And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.

I want you to pledge to yourselves in this convention to stand as one solid army against the foes of human labor. Think of the thousands who are killed every year and there is no redress for it. We will fight until the mines are made secure and human life valued more than props. Look things in the face. Don't' fear a governor; don't fear anybody. You pay the governor; he has the right to protect you. You are the biggest part of the population in the state. You create its wealth, so I say, let the fight go on; if nobody else will keep on, I will.

Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads

Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!

Men's hearts are cold. They are indifferent.

What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union.

Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.