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Life of Bill Haywood born in Salt Lake City Utah
The autobiographical piece outlines Bill Haywood born February 4 1869 in Salt Lake City Utah. It follows his miner family roots from pioneer father william haywood and scotch Irish mother to early underground work and mining camps in Ophir Nevada Willow Creek and Silver City Idaho. It notes his roles with the Western Federation of Miners and Industrial Workers of the World including key events like his 1906 imprisonment and acquittal over alleged murder of Governor Stennenberg, and his later alignment with the Internation Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and AF of L. It ends with his salute to Russian comrades in the mining industry.
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Salt Lake, City
Utah
U.S.A
Great Plains
America
California
Salt Lake
City
Dudley Haywood
Henrietta Martha Clegg
Mercur
Salt Lake City
Will Carruthers
Maude
Ophir
Abel Wwe
Bravery
Willow
Nevada
Ohio
the Brook
W.F.M
Western Federation of Minera
Silver City
Idaho
Denver
Colorado
Moyer, Pettibone
Boise
Stennenberg
Couet d’ Aenes
Pettibone
Industrial Workers of the World
W.I.M
Moyer
International Mine, Mill and Smelter
AF. of L
Amsterdam International
Lw.w
United States
Russia
Western Federation of Miners
Communist Party