Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 12:34:25 -0500
From: Mark S Kuhn mskuhn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CHRISTA.UNH.EDU
Subject: Re: Sam Hill
Do not confuse Samuel Hall or Sam Hill with the IWW songwriter and organizer
Joe Hill.
Joe Hill was executed in Utah for his organizing efforts on trumped up
charges in 1915 or 1916.
Mark Kuhn
Univ. of New Hampshire
On Mon, 13 Mar 1995, elliot mcintire wrote:
Samuel Hall was an organizer/activist for the International Worker's of
the World (IWW)(Wobblies) who was hanged for murder in Utah early in the
century. Most feel that the evidence was very weak.So it's an old American
labor song. BTW, Wallace Stegner did a nice biography of Hall, which is
somewhere on my shelves. If I could located I would be more exact in my
comments.
Elliot McIntire
emcintire[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]huey.csun.edu