Who were the Wobblies (I.W.W.)

• Industrial Workers of the World

• Welcomed everyone

Who were the Wobblies (I.W.W.)

• Goal...overthrow capitalism (private owned business and property)
  

• Spoke out against poor working conditions and low pay...used unions 'greatest weapon.'

What might this comic's message be?

Everett Massacre Beginnings

1. Shingle Workers promised a raise

2. Did not happen

3. Shingle workers go on strike

4. I.W.W. sent people up from Seattle

   to support strikers

Beginnings of Everett Massacre cont.

• October 30....Wobblies speaking at a busy corner

• Police asked them to move away from town center...Wobblies said "No!"

Beginnings of Everett Massacre cont.

• Wobblies gathered, taken to woods, and beaten

Everett Massacre

1. November 5th...two boats filled with Wobblies come to Everett

2. Police told that Wobblies came to burn city

   How could both groups have handled the situation differently?

3. Wobblies told not to land on docks...someone shoots

4. People died and people wounded

Centralia Massacre (1919)

• Wobblies warned of raid

• Wobblie lawyer said they could protect their property

• Was this handled correctly? Y or N

Centralia Massacre (1919)

Parade for WW1 ending....stopped in front of IWW headquarters

• Some veterans shot

• In the end an I.W.W. member broken out of jail and hung