What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union.
I am Mother Jones. The Government can't take my life and you can't take my arm, but you can take my suitcase.
I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.
And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.
I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.
The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.
Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.