ATHM Textile Industry Publications on Microfilm

Ettor writes on letterhead of the Essex County Jail and House of Correction, thanking Sawyer for his support, attesting his innocence, and his loyalty to the working class. Collection also contains copies of press releases issued at the time of the Lawrence textile strike. They include: "Socialist Candidate Speaks for Ettor," in which Rev. Sawyer, the Socialist candidate for governor of Massachusetts, likened Ettor and Giovannitti to William Lloyd Garrison and other leaders of the abolitionist movement; "To Rev. Father O'Reilly Who Denounces the I.W.W. and Socialism," a reply by Sawyer to Father James T. O'Reilly of St. Mary's Church in Lawrence; "Resolutions Protesting Court's Treatment of Ettor," about a petition of 300 citizens of Greenfield, MA, protesting the imprisonment of Ettor and Giovannitti; and "The Lawrence Strike was the Most Important Labor War in the History of New England," a document demanding a speedy trial or release from prison for the two men.