[Letter] 1912 June, Lawrence, Mass. : [to] Rev. Roland D. Sawyer / [from] Joseph Ettor.

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[Letter] 1912 June, Lawrence, Mass. : [to] Rev. Roland D. Sawyer / [from] Joseph Ettor.

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Ettor writes on letterhead of the Essex County Jail and House of Correction, thanking Sawyer for his support, attesting his innocence, and his loyalty to the working class. Collection also contains copies of press releases issued at the time of the Lawrence textile strike. They include: "Socialist Candidate Speaks for Ettor," in which Rev. Sawyer, the Socialist candidate for governor of Mass., likened Ettor and Giovannitti to William Lloyd Garrison and other leaders of the abolitionist movement; "To Rev. Father O'Reilly Who Denounces the I.W.W. and Socialism," a reply by Sawyer to Father James T. O'Reilly of St. Mary's Church in Lawrence; "Resolutions Protesting Court's Treatment of Ettor," about a petition of 300 citizens of Greenfield, Mass., protesting the imprisonment of Ettor and Giovannitti; and "The Lawrence Strike was the Most Important Labor War in the History of New England," a document demanding a speedy trial or release from prison for the two men.

2 p. ; 28 cm.

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Ettor, Joseph J.

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Ettor joined the International Workers of the World in 1906 and was active in leading strikes in several cities. He came to Lawrence, Mass. during the textile workers' strike of 1912 to help organize workers and to assist in relief efforts. He and Arturo Giovannitti, another organizer, were arrested as "accessories to murder" after a woman striker was shot and killed during a demonstration, although they had been speaking at a strike meeting three miles away from the murder. They were later acqu...

Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...

Sawyer, Roland D. (Roland Douglas), 1874-1969

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Giovannitti, Arturo M., 1884-1959

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O'Reilly, James T., 1851-1925

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Socialist Party of Massachusetts

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