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Reel 3

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Centralia case.

 File — Reel: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of the Industrial Workers of the World consist of publications by or about the union and its varied activities. The first reel is devoted to its labor periodicals. Included, among others, are The Industril Worker, January 1906-June 1907 (with frequent articles by Eugene Debs), Luber Workers Bulletins from various locals and The General Construction Workers Bulletin. The second reel contains 69 publications, addressed primarily to immigrant and minority groups and...
Dates: 1906-1939

Pamphlets about the Centralia case.

 File — Reel: 3
Scope and Contents

They deal with the events and aftermath of Armistice Day, November 11, 1919, in Centralia, Washington, when an exchange of gunfire between union members and a hostile crowd resulted in the death of Lt. Warren Grimm, the lynching of one worker, the eventual trial of eleven members of the IWW, and the conviction of eight for second degree murder.

Dates: 1906-1939