The call to form the non-partisan Irish Socialist Federation to be held at the home of Tom and Annie Flynn, parents of Elizabeth Gurley, and called by her John Lyng, John Mullray, James Connolly, and Patrick L. Quinlan.

‘Irish Socialists, Attention’ from the Daily People. Vol. 7 No. 216. February 1, 1907.

At a recent meeting of Irishmen ‘in this city (New York) it was unanimously resolved to form a Socialist organization of men and women of the Irish race and extraction for the following purposes:

First–To develop the spirit of revolutionary class consciousness amongst the Irish working class in America.

Second–To spread a knowledge of, and help to sustain, the Socialist movement in Ireland.

Third–To educate its members upon the historical development of the class struggle in Ireland.

We believe we do not need to point out to you the crying necessity of some such proletarian organization to combat the evil teaching and practices of the capitalist politicians and schemers who prey upon the workers of our race in America.

The undersigned, appointed as a committee of organization, desire to secure your active adhesion to our movement. It is proposed to formally inaugurate this organization at a social gathering to be held on the first week of March in commemoration of the Irish revolutionary movement of 1803 (Emmet Insurrection), and 1867 (Fenian Movement). Should you agree to co-operate with us you would facilitate our work by sending to John Lyng, 113 West Sixtieth street, notice of your adhesion, and also intimation of your intention to be present at our inauguration.

Membership will be open to all men and women of Irish and extraction irrespective of their present Socialist affiliations in America, but the organization itself will be affiliated directly with the Socialist movement in Ireland. An early reply will oblige, John Lyng, Secretary, 113 West Sixtieth street New York City.

John Lyng, John Mullray, James Connolly, late members of the Irish Socialist Republican Party, Ireland; Elizabeth Flynn, Patrick L. Quinlan. The committee will meet at the residence of Mrs. Thomas Flynn, 795 East One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street New York city, on SUNDAY, February 3, 3 P.M. sharp.

New York Labor News Company was the publishing house of the Socialist Labor Party and their paper The People. The People was the official paper of the Socialist Labor Party of America (SLP), established in New York City in 1891 as a weekly. The New York SLP, and The People, were dominated Daniel De Leon and his supporters, the dominant ideological leader of the SLP from the 1890s until the time of his death. The People became a daily in 1900. It’s first editor was the French socialist Lucien Sanial who was quickly replaced by De Leon who held the position until his death in 1914. Morris Hillquit and Henry Slobodin, future leaders of the Socialist Party of America were writers before their split from the SLP in 1899. For a while there were two SLPs and two Peoples, requiring a legal case to determine ownership. Eventual the anti-De Leonist produced what would become the New York Call and became the Social Democratic, later Socialist, Party. The De Leonist The People continued publishing until 2008.