Rocks and cliffs look pretty permanent. Mist does not. And yet mist, with its ethereal nature, is a reminder that even the rocks and cliffs have a lifespan, and given enough time, they will change and alter, disappear, even as mist does.
Today in Labor History January 7, 1939: The authorities finally freed Tom Mooney, a labor activist who they wrongly convicted of murder in the San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing in July 1916. The governor granted him an unconditional pardon after 22.5 years of incarceration. As a result of the bombing, 10 people died and 40 were injured. Not surprisingly, only anarchists were suspected in the bombing. A few days after the bombing, they searched and seized materials from the offices of “The Blast,” Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman’s local paper.