Sure thing, Pete: Around 1910 James Conolly lived in New York City, I believe 7th street, and sold papers in front of Cooper Union. One of the oldest members of the New York Local, back in the early 1980s remembers hearing the speaches at the Paterson Silk Strike, as a child wob, and I am fairly sure one was Connolly. He learned Italian as an IWW organiser in New York, and in fact, there is and was much more to the One Big Union than a couple of good songs. The Irish Transport Workers Union, which Connolly organised was an IWW sydicalist union. If you are ever up in Cape Breton Nova Scotia, look up his grandson Brian Herron for more about him.
In One Big Union
Larry