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==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early years===
Joseph James Ettor participated in the [[Lawrence textile strike]] at a [[Massachusetts]] textile mill in January, 1912. During the walkout, which came to be known as the [[Bread and Roses|Bread and Roses Strike]], IWW striker [[Anna LoPizzo]] was shot and killed. [[Joseph Caruso]] was charged with the murder. Ettor and [[Arturo Giovannitti]], who were giving speechs several miles away from the crime scene, were arrested as accomplices. The three were eventually acquitted.

Joseph James Ettorn was born in 1886.

===Union career===

Ettor participated in the [[Lawrence textile strike]] at a [[Massachusetts]] textile mill in January, 1912. During the walkout, which came to be known as the [[Bread and Roses|Bread and Roses Strike]], IWW striker [[Anna LoPizzo]] was shot and killed. [[Joseph Caruso]] was charged with the murder. Ettor and [[Arturo Giovannitti]], who were giving speechs several miles away from the crime scene, were arrested as accomplices. The three were eventually acquitted.


Ettor was one of the leaders of the [[waiters strike of 1912]] in [[New York City]], and the [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] [[barbers strike of 1913]].
Ettor was one of the leaders of the [[waiters strike of 1912]] in [[New York City]], and the [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] [[barbers strike of 1913]].
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Ettor became a member of the executive council of the IWW. In 1916, he was expelled from the IWW with [[Elizabeth Gurley Flynn]] after a dispute over the [[Mesabi range]] strike.<ref>{{cite book |last=Haywood |first=William D. |authorlink=William D. Haywood |coauthors= |title=Bill Haywood's Book: The Autobiography of William D. Haywood |year= |publisher= |quote=Joseph James Ettor (1885?- 1948) was an IWW organizer and a member of the IWW general executive board. A rousing speaker who was fluent in several languages ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QlVhAAAAIAAJ&q=William+D.+Haywood&dq=William+D.+Haywood&ei=bHyjSbzDC4HmyATXnYiMAg&pgis=1 |isbn= }}</ref>
Ettor became a member of the executive council of the IWW. In 1916, he was expelled from the IWW with [[Elizabeth Gurley Flynn]] after a dispute over the [[Mesabi range]] strike.<ref>{{cite book |last=Haywood |first=William D. |authorlink=William D. Haywood |coauthors= |title=Bill Haywood's Book: The Autobiography of William D. Haywood |year= |publisher= |quote=Joseph James Ettor (1885?- 1948) was an IWW organizer and a member of the IWW general executive board. A rousing speaker who was fluent in several languages ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QlVhAAAAIAAJ&q=William+D.+Haywood&dq=William+D.+Haywood&ei=bHyjSbzDC4HmyATXnYiMAg&pgis=1 |isbn= }}</ref>


===Death and legacy==
In later years, he ran a fruit orchard in [[San Clemente, California]], where he died in 1948.


In later years, Ettor ran a fruit orchard in [[San Clemente, California]], where he died in 1948.
==References==

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
==External links==

*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAettor.htm Spartacus Bio]
*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAettor.htm Spartacus Bio]


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Revision as of 17:28, 5 March 2010

Joseph James Ettor
Ettor (center) with Joseph Caruso and Arturo Giovannitti.
Born1886
Died1948
OccupationLabor leader

Joseph James Ettor (1886-1948) was one of the leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World.[1]

Biography

Early years

Joseph James Ettorn was born in 1886.

Union career

Ettor participated in the Lawrence textile strike at a Massachusetts textile mill in January, 1912. During the walkout, which came to be known as the Bread and Roses Strike, IWW striker Anna LoPizzo was shot and killed. Joseph Caruso was charged with the murder. Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti, who were giving speechs several miles away from the crime scene, were arrested as accomplices. The three were eventually acquitted.

Ettor was one of the leaders of the waiters strike of 1912 in New York City, and the Brooklyn barbers strike of 1913.

Ettor became a member of the executive council of the IWW. In 1916, he was expelled from the IWW with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn after a dispute over the Mesabi range strike.[2]

=Death and legacy

In later years, Ettor ran a fruit orchard in San Clemente, California, where he died in 1948.

Footnotes

  1. ^ The Samuel Gompers Papers. Joseph James Ettor (1885?-1948) was an IWW organizer and a member of the IWW general executive board. A rousing speaker who was fluent in several languages ... {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Haywood, William D. Bill Haywood's Book: The Autobiography of William D. Haywood. Joseph James Ettor (1885?- 1948) was an IWW organizer and a member of the IWW general executive board. A rousing speaker who was fluent in several languages ... {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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