Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Mother Jones" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
agitator, labor, Mary Jones (before 1897), miner, Mother Jones, strike.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles on a specific event in order to focus your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Queer Mary Jones"
The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), June 28, 1894, Night Edition, Page 5, Image 5, col. 3.
"Appeal For Worden"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), July 26, 1897, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"With The Stars and Stripes"
The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), August 3, 1897, Page 2, Image 2, col.5.
"A Program Laid Out"
The Herald (Los Angeles, CA), August 31, 1897, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Called The Strike Off"
The Scranton Tribune (Scranton, PA), April 29, 1901, Page 5, Image 5, col. 3.
"Mother Jones" Shook Hands With Judge Who Sentenced Her"
The Akron Daily Democrat (Akron, OH), July 25, 1902, Image 1, col. 6.
"Cheerless and Hopeless Is The Life Of A Miner Of Coal"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), August 3, 1902, Magazine Features, Page 18, Image 34, col. 6.
"Little Babes In A Crusade--Mother Jones Is To Storm Wall Street"
The Labor World (Duluth, MN), July 18, 1903, Image 6, col. 6.
"An Old Woman And An Old Man From Ohio"
The Sistersville Daily Oil Review (Sistersville, WV), January 15, 1904, Page 4, Image 4, col. 2.
"Mother Jones Directs Mob"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 27, 1904, Image 2, col. 7.
"Mother Jones" Talks. Tells Beef Strikers They Will Win If Not Weak Kneed"
The New-York Tribune (New York, NY), August 20, 1904, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.
"Mother Jones" Finds Tragedy Where Extremes Meet In Gotham"
The Spokane Press (Spokane, WA), November 18, 1905, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.
"Mother Jones Gets In Game- Deserting Strikers Are Black Listed By Maidens In Chicago"
The Evening Statesman (Walla Walla, WA), August 30, 1907, Page 5, Image 5, col. 3.
"Four Score Hard Winters Has Mother Jones Seen, and She Is a Heroine in Labor Rank's Still"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, TA), February 14, 1912, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2.
"'Mother' Jones Denounces The 'Corporation Bloodhounds'"
The Fairmont West Virginian (Fairmont, WV), August 3, 1912, Page 8, Image 8, col. 1.
"Miners Threaten The Life of Gov.; Many People Arrested"
The Fairmont West Virginian (Fairmont, WV), February 14, 1913, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Rich Suffragets Know Nothing of Miners' Wives' Suffering, Says Mother Jones"
The Day Book (Chicago, IL), October 27, 1913, Image 29, col. 1.
"A Modern Herod, "Mother" Jones Calls Rockefeller"
The Seattle Star (Seattle, WA), May 29, 1914, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"Rockefeller and Mother Jones In A Common Cause"
The Evening Capital News (Boise, ID), February 6, 1916, Page 2, Image 2, col. 3.
"Mother Jones and Fowler At Owings Picnic"
The West Virginian (Fairmont, WV), August 19, 1918, Page 8, Image 8, col. 4.
"Mother Jones Arrested By Homestead Police While Speaking to Steel Men"
The Labor World (Duluth, MN), August 13, 1919, Labor Day Edition 1919, Image 1, col. 3.
"Mingo Miners Give Governor Terms"
The Evening Star (Washington, DC), August 8, 1921, Page 10, Image 10, col. 1.

Mother Jones: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America