22 results for: General Strike (1919)
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Seventh and Pike during the Strike, Seattle, February 7, 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:1983.10.10698.1
Date:1919
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A group of men and a boy carrying groceries during the Seattle general strike, February 7, 1919
During the Seattle General Strike in 1919, union members refused to report to their jobs. Businesses and stores were closed, and streetcars didn't run. Union members met the city's basic and emergency needs, however. They set up food lines, delivered milk to babies, and brought drugs to hospitals. They also maintained the city's electrical power and kept ambulances running. Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.10698.2
Date:1919
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Police Chief Joel Warren, Seattle, circa 1918
Joel "Joe" Warren was Seattle's Chief of Police from 1917 to 1919, active during Prohibition and the Seattle General Strike. Handwritten on sleeve: Chief Warren.Webster & Stevens number: 72043
ID Number:1983.10.10747
Date:Circa 1918
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The American Plan, December 10, 1919
Associated Industries of Seattle was an organization of local businessmen formed after the General Strike of 1919, which soon became the largest business opposition to the labor movement in Seattle. With 425 members, many of Seattle's leading companies were represented, and the group operated spies throughout the city into 1920. The organization created the "American Plan," first publicized in The…
ID Number:1996.55.14
Date:1919
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Seattle Star, February 5, 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:2012.48.1
Date:1919
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Vote for Ole Hanson postcard, 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:2018.3.3.19
Date:1918
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Seattle Star front page, February 7, 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:2019.3.52
Date:1919
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Strike Bulletin, Seattle, February 7, 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:2019.3.53
Date:1919
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Seattle Union Record, February 8, 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:2019.3.54
Date:1919
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Seattle Times, February 3, 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:2019.3.55
Date:1919