People/miner, labour leader

Joe Hill

Joe Hill (1879–1915), miner, labour leader, writer, from United States.

The downfall

Convicted on circumstantial evidence of killing the Salt Lake City grocer John Morrison in 1914. President Wilson tried twice to stop the execution, and Hill was shot at the Utah State Prison on 19 November 1915.1,2,3

Legacy

Born Joel Hagglund in Gavle, he reached New York in 1902 and worked in the Park City mines from 1913. His IWW songs include The Preacher and the Slave and There Is Power in a Union.1,2,3

I don't want to be found dead in Utah

Joe Hill1

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Where next

People

Partner ofWilliam D. HaywoodIWW comrades, one executed in Utah, one acquitted in Idaho.1,4

Places

Worked atPark CityThe Swedish-born songwriter who worked the Park City mines.1

Sources

  1. Joe Hill Utah Division of State History (History To Go)
  2. Author page: Joe Hill (works and dates) Wikisource (public domain source text)
  3. Wikidata item Q346993
  4. Chronicling America research guide: the Haywood trial Library of Congress

Pictures on this page: Bill haywood from langdon page243.png, Emma Florence Langdon (Public domain).

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