Letter by Mollie Stimer Denounces Individual Prisoner Aid
In a 1920 Missouri State Penitentiary letter to the Women’s Kate O’Hare Committee Mollie Stimer rejects solo appeals for her release. She argues for solidarity with all class war prisoners, urging the group to work for the freedom of everyone rather than one woman, and warns that supporting her alone would harm the broader cause.
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Mollie Stimer
Russia
Kate O'Hare
Resolution by Waist and Dressmakers Union Local 25 Demanding Release
The shop delegates meeting at Webster Hall on June 19 1920 adopts a resolution calling for the immediate release of Mollie Steimer and all class-war and political prisoners. It pledges 25 000 organized workers to continue the fight until all prisoners are freed and copies of the resolution are sent to the press and Mollie Steimer. Pauline Morgenstein, Chairman.
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Waist and Dressmakers Union Local 25
Webster Hall
Mollie Steimer
Pauline Morgenstein
Eight Victims of the Capitalist System Report
In Huntington West Virginia on August 18 1920 a letter to the Toller describes eight workers from the International Chain Workers Union who striked on July 8 and returned to work the next day. The piece notes scabs led by a former international president and claims some scabs are socialist or religiously devout while others teach unionism to youth. It adds that most striking brothers remain revolutionary and prepared to fight to a finish.
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International Chain Workers’ Union
Chain Workers’ Union
Columbus
Ohio
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Missouri State Penitentiary
Huntington
West Va