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Jim Moylan

A miner and union sympathizer.

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Also known as Jim, James Moylan, Moylan

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Jim Moylan shows up with force in XVII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Secretary of the district organization, arrived from Western City.

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XVII
Secretary of the district organization, arrived from Western City.
XVIII
District secretary of the union, explains the impossibility of supporting the strike and the need for secret organization.
XIX
Mentions the 97 organizers working secretly for the union.
Chapter XX
Union leader who defends the union's strategy against accusations of betrayal, explaining the need to avoid a hopeless strike.
XXI
Argues that defeats can educate workers and urges the committee to keep the union alive.
XXII
Intervenes to warn Hal about detectives and helps coordinate the escape.
XXVI
Moylan plans to return to Western City and discusses future union organizing strategies.

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