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3 was written by Hill fairly early in the strike. I'd like to find a book, magazine, or ? story on the strike in Pedro when Hill was there. In short, I want some peg upon which to hang his song. If you can help with a reference I may have overlooked please let me know.

By the way, do you know what happened to Person after he wrote the Lizards Tail? In a sense, Person and Hill had similar reactions to the strike but the song lives on and the book is a forgotten item. I'd like to comment on the contrast.

Now I'll indicate why Glazer's error came about. This is my personal theory. All the people who write about Hill -- pro and con -- seem to be cast under a spell that forgets fact and compounds error.

Chaplin in Wobbly, pg. 186 places the song on the great strike on the SP in 1910. He is wrong on name of strike and date. Stegner in Preacher and Slave, pps. 13-28 calls it a trainmen SP strike in June, 1910. He repeats Chaplin and involves an operating croft not actually on strike. Stuis ? in Man Who Never Died, pg. 3, corrects date to 1911 and calls it an SP strike. Note all 3 accept fact of strike but title it S.P.