Frank Little

Frank Little (1879-1917) joined the radical union the Industrial Workers of the World in 1906. He organized miners, lumberjacks and oil field workers.

Related Topics:
1879 - 1917 - Industrial Workers of the World

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Little opposed World War I, and frequently spoke against it.

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In 1917 Little was kidnapped from his hotel room, beaten, dragged behind a car, and lynched from a railroad trestle. A note pinned to his body declared, "First and last warning".

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