Hall played a major role in the Louisiana-Texas Timber War and the United Fruit Company strike of 1913.
The loss of his family land and the Thibodaux massacre played a major role in forming Hall's political beliefs.
[5] He ended up losing his position with the organization after he wrote several articles over the topic that strongly went against the views of most of the members of the group.
He didn't take any official roles within the leadership of the IWW but he became a prolific writer about labor movement and the activities of the union, members of which were nicknamed the Wobblies.
He pressed for coverage from other labor newspapers and began a national publicity campaign to gather money and resources to defend the union members during their trial.
His group, called the Rebel Clan of Toil, grained some traction during the years of 1915–1917, but owing to several factors, failed to meet their goals.
[2]: 261 There have been several collections of his poetry published including: Songs of Love and Rebellion (New Orleans: John J. Weihing Printing Co., 1915), Rhymes of Rebel (New Llano: Llano Co-operative Colony Printery, 1931), Quivara, or The Quest of Alvarez (Rogers: Avalon Press, 1946) and Battle Hymns of Toil (Oklahoma City: General Welfare Reporter, 1946).
After his death Dave T. Roediger edited Dreams & Dynamite: Selected Poems (Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 1985) and Kevin I.
Slaughter edited Covington Hall's Satanic Lumberjacks and Southron Rebels (Baltimore: Underworld Amusements, 2019).
[2]: 263 The labor wars and the general decline of the IWW led to Hall living a less activist life after the 1920s.