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He ‘asked for bread and they gave him lead’

  • John Alar asked for bread, but was met with violence, as noted by Carlo Tresca.
  • The Duluth News Tribune reported that the strike has ended, and no ore was turned in the mines.
  • The Labor World claimed that the Oliver Mining Company police prioritize property over human life.
  • According to Foley, Alar and Rosandich exchanged gunfire during the incident, highlighting escalating tensions.
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He ‘asked for bread and they gave him lead’

VIRGINIA, Minn. — At the head of a hearse carrying the bullet-ridled body of John Alar, Rosa Liberatti clutched a huge wreath of flowers, holding it high until her shoulders ached. She followed women and children displaying a red banner that read “Murdered by Oliver Gunmen.” She was only one woman in the “largest and longest funeral procession ever held in the city of Virginia” in June 1916, and at 16 years old, she was on her honeymoon. Defying…

·Cherokee County, United States
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