Monday, September 10, 2012

Monday, September 17th, 2012


THE HISTORY OF September 17th, I'm ___________________.

AND I'M ___________. TODAY IN 1900: A hundred thousand Pennsylvania anthracite coal miners go on strike. After the Molly Maguire trials in 1876, unionism disappeared from the state's five hundred square miles of hard-coal fields. English-speaking workers were replaced by workers from twenty different nations. Suspicious of each other, they appeared almost impossible to organize. But led by Johnny Mitchell in 1898, the United Mine Workers quietly began a campaign.

The miners' average annual wage is two hundred and fifty dollars a year. They are paid by the ton, which Pennsylvania defines as two thousand four hundred pounds but, which mine operators have increased to as much as four thousand pounds. Responding to public pressure, the nation's Republican Party leaders will force the railroads, which own the coal fields, to increase wages by 10 percent.



Monday, September 17th, 2012
It's today’s Action Calendar!

Tonight on the Access Hour, Brian Bieniek presents a program to honor Jimi Hendrix. This is tonight at 7pm right here on WORT, 89.9fm.

The public is invited to the art showcase Gems, featuring local artists’ interpretations of special people and places and presented by the Northside Artists Group. An opening reception will be held at the Warner Park Community Recreational Center, 1625 Northport Drive, on Friday, September 28th, from 5-7 P.M. The show runs today through November 18. For more information contact David at 442-6958.

The YWCA Madison is dedicated to providing safe, affordable housing and shelter; education and training for finding, changing or maintaining a job; Racial and Restorative Justice programs to create a more inclusive community, and Girls Inc. to inspire girls to be strong, smart and bold. For more info on how you can help, please call YWCA Madison at 608-257-1436 or visit ywcamadison.org.

The Parental Stress line helps prevent child abuse by connecting parents who are stressed or feeling alone with volunteers who talk with them by phone. Training is necessary. Call 241-4888 extension 26 for details.

The Insurgent Radio Kiosk is a five minute pre-recorded segment featuring a commentary, this-day-in-history, and a calendar of daily events. Events must be low cost or non-profit and of interest to people in and around the WORT listening area and where other media might not highlight. Email announcements at least one week before the event to kioskevent@wort-fm.org.


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