trestle Joe Hill,an IWW organizer,wrote dozens of songs-biting,funny,class-conscious, inspiring-that appeared in IWW publications and in its Little Red Song Book.He became a legend in his time and after.His song "The Preacher and the Slave"had a favorite IWW target,the church: Long-haired preachers come out every night, Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right; But when asked how about something to eat They will answer with voices so sweet: You will eat,bye and bye, In that glorious land above the sky; Work and pray,live on hay, You'll get pie in the sky when you die. His song "Rebel Girl"was inspired by the strike of women at the textile mills in Lawrence,Massachusetts,and especially by the IWW leader of that strike,Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: There are women of many descriptions In this queer world,as evervone knows Same are living in beautiful mansions, on. And are wearing the finest of clothes. Who have charms made of diamonds and peari There are blue-blooded queens and princesses, But the only and Thoroughbred Lady Is the Rebel Girl. 人) In November 1915,Joe Hill was accused of killing a grocer in Salt Lake City,Utah, in a robbery.There was no direct eyidence presented to the court that he had committed the murder,but there were enougtpreces of evidence to persuade a jury to find him guilty.The case became known throughout the world,and ten thousand letters went to the governor in protest,but with machine guns guarding the entrance to the prison,Joe Hill was executed by a firing squad.He had written Bill Haywood just before this:"Don't waste any time in mourning.Organize." The IWW became involved in a set of dramatic events in Lawrence,Massachusetts, in the year 1912,where the American Woolen Company owned four mills.The work force were immigrant families-Portuguese,French-Canadian,English,Irish,Russian, Italian,Syrian.Lithuanian,German.Polish.Belgian-who lived in crowded,flammable wooden tenements.The average wage was $8.76 a week.A woman physician in Lawrence,Dr.Elizabeth Shapleigh,wrote: A considerable number of the boys and girls the within the first two or three years after beginning work...thirty-six out of every 100 of all the men and women who work in the mill the before or by the time they are twenty-five years of age. It was in January,midwinter,when pay envelopes distributed to weavers at one of the mills-Polish women-showed that their wages,already too low to feed their families, had been reduced.They stopped their looms and walked out of the mill.The next day, five thousand workers at another mill quit work,marched to still another mill,rushed the gates,shut off the power to the looms,and called on the other workers to leave.Soon tentrestle. Joe Hill, an IWW organizer, wrote dozens of songs-biting, funny, class-conscious, inspiring-that appeared in IWW publications and in its Little Red Song Book. He became a legend in his time and after. His song "The Preacher and the Slave" had a favorite IWW target, the church: Long-haired preachers come out every night, Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right; But when asked how about something to eat They will answer with voices so sweet: You will eat, bye and bye, In that glorious land above the sky; Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie in the sky when you die. His song "Rebel Girl" was inspired by the strike of women at the textile mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and especially by the IWW leader of that strike, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: There are women of many descriptions In this queer world, as everyone knows. Same are living in beautiful mansions, And are wearing the finest of clothes. There are blue-blooded queens and princesses, Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl, But the only and Thoroughbred Lady Is the Rebel Girl. In November 1915, Joe Hill was accused of killing a grocer in Salt Lake City, Utah, in a robbery. There was no direct evidence presented to the court that he had committed the murder, but there were enough pieces of evidence to persuade a jury to find him guilty. The case became known throughout the world, and ten thousand letters went to the governor in protest, but with machine guns guarding the entrance to the prison, Joe Hill was executed by a firing squad. He had written Bill Haywood just before this: "Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize." The IWW became involved in a set of dramatic events in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the year 1912, where the American Woolen Company owned four mills. The work force were immigrant families- Portuguese, French-Canadian, English, Irish, Russian, Italian, Syrian, Lithuanian, German, Polish, Belgian-who lived in crowded, flammable wooden tenements. The average wage was $8.76 a week. A woman physician in Lawrence, Dr. Elizabeth Shapleigh, wrote: A considerable number of the boys and girls the within the first two or three years after beginning work ... thirty-six out of every 100 of all the men and women who work in the mill the before or by the time they are twenty-five years of age. It was in January, midwinter, when pay envelopes distributed to weavers at one of the mills-Polish women-showed that their wages, already too low to feed their families, had been reduced. They stopped their looms and walked out of the mill. The next day, five thousand workers at another mill quit work, marched to still another mill, rushed the gates, shut off the power to the looms, and called on the other workers to leave. Soon ten no profit use only