Sumner Iron Works
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- Mar 14, 1893A Tragic Waterfront EndA Seattle iron worker perishes in Everett harbor after a night of drinking.Everett, WA
- May 20, 1910The Eight-Hour Day FightEverett labor organizers call out local manufacturers for 'calamity howls' and fear-mongering regarding the movement for shorter workdays.Everett, WA
- Jun 17, 1910Everett Machinists Strike for the Eight-Hour DayAs local metal workers walk off the job, the Chamber of Commerce hides behind 'open shop' rhetoric to suppress the growing union movement.Everett, WA
- Jun 17, 1910Chamber of Commerce Targets Striking MachinistsThe Everett Chamber of Commerce declares for the 'open shop' amid a heated eight-hour workday strike.Everett, WA
- Jun 24, 1910The Eight-Hour Day Fight Reaches Fever PitchLocal machinists are holding firm in a region-wide strike against the Sumner Iron Works and other firms to secure the eight-hour workday.Everett, WA
- Jul 15, 1910Everett Labor Leaders Discuss Cooperative FutureThe Everett Trades Council explores expanding co-operative ventures with local granges, including a state-wide co-operative society following the success of Seattle's model.Everett, WA
- Sep 9, 1910The Contract Proof of a Hidden StrikeA labor newspaper exposes the desperate tactics used by the Sumner Iron Works to recruit strikebreakers through shady employment contracts.Everett, WA
- Sep 16, 1910The Strike-Breakers of Sumner Iron WorksThe Labor Journal calls out three specific workers who crossed the picket line to keep the machines running.Everett, WA
- Sep 30, 1910The Machine Behind the BadgeStriking Everett machinists allege that local industry and the police have merged, with company men serving as 'special police' to suppress picket lines.Everett, WA
- Sep 30, 1910The False Deputy of the Snohomish River BridgeA machinist strike in Everett turns into a legal farce when a 'special police officer' is revealed to be a hired gun without any official authority.Everett, WA
- Oct 7, 1910Who Polices the Strikers?Everett labor leaders demand transparency after discovering private companies were deputizing their own strike-breakers as law enforcement.Everett, WA
- Oct 21, 1910The Strikebreakers Who Became PolicemenDuring a four-month strike at Sumner Iron Works, Everett's police commission armed strikebreakers with police authority—and the Labor Journal demanded to know who was protecting whom.Everett, WA
- May 26, 1911City Officials Cover for Strikebreaking PoliceA secret reversal of policy allows the Fire and Police Commission to hide the identities of special officers hired by the Sumner Iron Works.Everett, WA
- Jun 30, 1911The Unbroken Line of Everett MachinistsStriking workers at the Sumner Iron Works receive community support as union solidarity continues to hold.Everett, WA
- Aug 11, 1911The Shadowy Policing of Sumner's Iron WorksEverett labor organizers discover that local police badges were secretly handed out to strikebreakers, sparking a call for commission government.Everett, WA
- Aug 11, 1911Secret Police PowersA labor critique of the 'wholesale granting' of secret police stars to strike-breakers at the local iron works.Everett, WA