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Wobbly Walk Through The Siskiyous |
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by Jay Carlton Mullen |
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On February 16, 1911, over a hundred members of the IWW |
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left Portland on freight trains bound for Fresno to join |
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striking workers. The group consisted of young working |
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men willing to die for free speech. They risked being |
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beaten or killed by strike breakers. After being kicked |
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out of the box cars in Ashland, nearly a hundred Wobblies |
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made the hazardous trek south by foot through the snow- |
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covered Siskiyous. By the end ot their trek the they had |
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walked roughly 150 miles across the frozen Siskiyous. |
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The following words come from Jay Mullen s written |
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research documenting the miraculous events which unfolded |
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nearly 100 years ago: |
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to those men of conviction who voluntarily, for the |
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cause of free speech, hit-the-grits and disappeared |
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into the snowfall to confront possible death, not in |
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the face of hostile gunfire, but in the face of an |
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indifferent nature s blizzard. History forgets more |
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heroes than it remembers. Those Wobblies warrant |
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memory. |
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Professor Jay Mullen s story about brave men of |
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conviction whose solidarity stand for free speech is |
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absolutely amazing and it needs to be remembered. Once |
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you know the history you will understand why a blue |
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ribbon committee has been assembled to commemorate the |
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1911 Wobbly Walk Through the Siskiyous. |
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Date Published: 2024-05-13 01:21:17 |
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Identifier: wobbly-walk-through-the-siskiyous |
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Oregon |
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IWW |
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Siskiyous |
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