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Butte Riot Inquest Hears I W W Leaders Plot Revolutionary Plan
Testimony at the coroner s inquest into Tom Manning s death reveals Butte I W W leaders Embree and Sellers describing a planned second U S capitalism collapse and workers seizure of mines farms and industries. Witnesses detail threats to kill, picket networks, and a riot on Anaconda road that left Manning dead and 14 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Embree
Butte
United States
Thomas Manning
Embree
Montana
Secretary of Labor
Franklin and Paine
Great Britain
C. W. Sellers
Sellers
Ed Hayes
Leavenworth
Metal Mine Workers Union No. 800
Anaconda Road
W. D. Bolling
United States Department of Justice
Bolling
Sullivan
I. W. W. Hall
Tom Manning
O’rouke
Stewart
Roy S. Alley
John PD. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Company
Alley
Alcey
St. James Hospital
Mont