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A guide to characters in "Under Ground"

May 20, 2015 at 6:50PM

Fictional characters

  • Aino, a Finnish miner.
    • Gene Baker, sheriff's deputy.
      • Milo Blatnik, boarder in the Kovich boarding house.
        • Toivo Eskola, miner.
          • Susan Fletcher, sporting girl at Torelli's Boarding House.
            • Ina, Maria, Leppe and Briana, sporting girls at Torelli's Boarding House.
              • Moose Jackson, the bouncer at Torelli's.
                • Old Joe, boarder in the Kovich boarding house.
                  • Quincy Johnson, reporter, Duluth Labor News.
                    • Johan Koski, strike committee member.
                      • Anton Kovich, Katka's uncle, who gives her a place to live.
                        • Katka Kovich, a Slovenian immigrant who ends up living on the Iron Range in Minnesota.
                          • Lily Kovich, Anton's wife.
                            • Andre Kristeva, a Bulgarian clerk for the mining company and strike committee member.
                              • Andy Lamppi, soda pop peddler.
                                • Harris Maki, heavy equipment operator at the mine and striker.
                                  • John Logan, a deputy
                                    • Avi Nurmi, wife of Hans Nurmi.
                                      • Hans Nurmi, victim of a beating and shooting by the sheriff's men.
                                        • Dr. Payne, a doctor used by the miners.
                                          • Eli Sandinski, a deputy.
                                            • Paul Schmidt, International Workers of the World (IWW) organizer who accompanies Katka to America.
                                              • Adeline Sherek, the midwife.
                                                • Mr. Augustine Stone, an owner of the Oliver Mining Company.
                                                  • Sheriff Archibald Turner, the town sheriff.
                                                    • William Jarvi, member of the Finnish Socialist Hall.
                                                      • Leo, Ana and Danko Zalar, immigrants who gave Milo Blatnik a place to live when he first arrived.
                                                        • Mrs. Zalinsky, an immigrant mother who shares space in steerage with Katka.
                                                          • Grete, Mrs. Zalinsky's daughter.
                                                            • Samo Zupitz, a miner.

                                                              Historical figures of the era, who appear in fictionalized roles

                                                                • Arthur Boose, IWW organizer.
                                                                    • Gov. Joseph Burnquist, governor of Minnesota.
                                                                      • Eugene Debs, Socialist presidential candidate and labor leader.
                                                                        • Joseph Ettor, IWW organizer.
                                                                          • Emma Goldman, anarchist leader.
                                                                            • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, IWW leader, suffragette and later chair of the Communist Party USA.
                                                                              • James "Joe" Gilday, IWW organizer.
                                                                                • Warren H. Greene, prosecuting attorney.
                                                                                  • Dr. Andrea Hall, Iron Range doctor.
                                                                                    • Big Bill Haywood, founding member of the IWW.
                                                                                      • Arthur Le Sueur, defense attorney.
                                                                                        • Frank Little, French-speaking Ojibwe IWW leader.
                                                                                          • Sam Scarlett, IWW organizer.
                                                                                            • Carlo Tresca, IWW organizer and anarchist.
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