In her 1925 autobiography, Mother Jones wrote about the UMWA strike in Ludlow, Colorado, over the harsh winter of 1914. This photo shows her with a family in one of the tents that the striking miners and their families lived in.
We welcome you to click through these links to learn more about Mother Jones and the history of labor in Southern Illinois.
FOR More information on the Cemetery and monument
The Union Miners Cemetery on Wikipedia
Partial Listing of Persons Buried at the Cemetery
History of the Cemetery by S. Joan Wiley
Roadside America Page (with directions to the monument)
Enjoy Illinois Page
To visit our friends elsewhere online
The Mother Jones Foundation on Facebook
Illinois Coal Museum at Gillespie
Mythic Mississippi Project
Collinsville, Illinois Historical Museum
Madison County, Illinois Historical Society
Spirit of Mother Jones Festival at Cork, Ireland
Durham Miners’ Association
Books on the Square in Virden, Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois AFL-CIO
Italian Cultural Association of Southern Illinois
IATSE Local 493 [International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States]
Illinois Labor History Society