22 results for: General Strike (1919)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 6, 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:1969.4599.1
Date:1919
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Gus Carlson's machinists union dues book, 1919-1923
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions joined the walkout in solidarity with the shipyard workers. Although the strike was non-violent…
ID Number:1977.6478.2
Date:1919-1923
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Launching of the Steamship "Bellata," Seattle, April 17, 1918
Patterson-McDonald Shipbuilding Co. was founded during World War I by Adam Patterson and Alex M. McDonald. According to the Seattle Daily Times, the company went into bankruptcy in 1920 due to protracted legal battle with the Government of Australia over the cancellation of part of a contract to build nine steamships. The shipping company was also idle during the Seattle…
ID Number:1982.34.1
Date:1918
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Mayor Ole Hanson, Seattle, circa 1918
Ole Hanson (1874-1940) was a man who packed multiple lives into one. He's best known in Washington for his role, as Seattle's mayor, in ending the city's General Strike of 1919, but he's also well known for founding the city of San Clemente, California, six years later. Though opportunistic and erratic, Hanson was a shrewd politician and realtor who left…
ID Number:1983.10.6.2
Date:Circa 1918
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General strike participants leaving shipyards, Seattle, February 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:1983.10.1347.3
Date:1919
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Seattle General Strike deputies receiving weapons, February 6, 1919
In 1919, Seattle shipyard workers went on strike for higher wages. Other labor unions stopped work too, thus starting the nation's first general strike. Many people feared the strike would lead to violence. Seattle's mayor and chief of police deputized groups of soldiers and sailors to help keep the peace. Most of the strikers stayed home, however, and the city…
ID Number:1983.10.1348
Date:1919
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Serving food to striking workers, February 1919
During the 1919 Seattle General Strike, various individuals and groups supported the strikers' cause by setting up soup kitchens to feed workers and their families. In this photo, a woman serves a plate of food to a striking worker. Webster & Stevens number: 67482
ID Number:1983.10.1735
Date:1919
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Ole Hanson posing in suit and fur stole, Seattle, circa 1919
Ole Hanson (1874-1940) was a man who packed multiple lives into one. He's best known in Washington for his role, as Seattle's mayor, in ending the city's General Strike of 1919, but he's also well known for founding the city of San Clemente, California, six years later. Though opportunistic and erratic, Hanson was a shrewd politician and realtor who left…
ID Number:1983.10.1760.2
Date:Circa 1919
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Soldiers and trucks outside National Guard Armory, Seattle, February 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle begun on February 6, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers…
ID Number:1983.10.10696
Date:1919
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Police officers standing on cobbled street during Seattle General Strike, February 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:1983.10.10697
Date:1919