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Domestic News August 15, 1917

Carson City Daily Appeal

Carson City, Ormsby County, Carson City County, Nevada

What is this article about?

Charles H. McKinnon, an I.W.W. organizer, was forcibly escorted from Rochester by armed Lovelock citizens due to his agitation in a camp, taken to Lovelock, and deported by train to Winnemucca.

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Run Out of Lovelock
Arrives In Winnemucca

Charles H. McKinnon, I. W. W. organizer, was escorted from Rochester last evening by a delegation of citizens from Lovelock. He and a man with whom he was stopping in Rochester were placed in an automobile and taken to Lovelock and the two were put on board Southern Pacific No. 10, on which they arrived in Winnemucca this morning.

The deportation of McKinnon from Rochester followed the receipt of a report by Lovelock business men that he had a band of men with him and they had begun to stir up trouble in the camp. It is said that fifty Lovelockers, armed to the teeth, at once set out for Rochester and cut McKinnon's campaign of agitation short in the manner above stated. -Humboldt Star.

What sub-type of article is it?

Riot Or Protest Politics

What keywords are associated?

Iww Organizer Deportation Lovelock Citizens Rochester Labor Agitation Winnemucca

What entities or persons were involved?

Charles H. Mckinnon

Where did it happen?

Rochester

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Rochester

Event Date

Last Evening

Key Persons

Charles H. Mckinnon

Outcome

deported to winnemucca via southern pacific no. 10

Event Details

Charles H. McKinnon, I.W.W. organizer, and a companion were escorted from Rochester by armed Lovelock citizens after reports of agitation in a camp; taken by automobile to Lovelock and placed on a train arriving in Winnemucca this morning.

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