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Mill Town Under Siege: Everett, Washington–1916 (Part Three)
Sunday, November 5, 1916 The Seattle office of the I.W.W. has charted a steamboat to take as many men who could fit aboard up to a citizens’ meeting in Everett. The purpose of the community meeting is to discuss the … Continue reading
The Homestead Steel Strike– Part One
July 7th, 1892: From various parts of the country comes the news of festering labor unrest, as workers feel left out of the prosperity issuing from new industrial technologies and rising productivity. Jimmy Scanlon is holed up in Everett, Washington, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1892, Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers, Andrew Carnegie, Bessemer Process, Everett WA, Henry Clay Frick, Homestead PA, Homestead Works, Iron Puddlers, Monongahela River, Open Hearth Process, Pinkerton Agency, Steelmaking, Wrought Iron
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Panic on the Farm- Part One
Summer 1894: During the two years following his ride into Everett, picked up by an accommodating farm couple, Jimmy had run into the farm wife on a train–finally learning her and husband’s names. In spring of 1894, the nation … Continue reading
Posted in farming, history, labor, railroading, writing
Tagged American Federation of Labor, American Railway Union, Eugene V. Debs, Everett WA, Great Northern Railway, hay loaders, hay rakes, I.W.W., James J. Hill, John D. Rockefeller, mowing machines, Northern Pacific Railroad, Panic of 1894, Populists, Pullman Strike, Samuel Gompers, Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad, Snohomish WA, Tulalip Indians
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