The Everett Dock Riot Trials Approach
A judge in Everett sets the date for the mass trial of 73 I.W.W. members accused of murder following the violent confrontation on the Everett municipal docks.
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Judge J. T. Ronald of Everett has named March 5 for the beginning of the trials of 73 men, most of them members of the I.W.W., charged with murder as a result of the municipal dock riot of November 5, when seven men were killed. Without contest by the state, the motion of the defense for a change of venue was granted, and the trial will move to Seattle next month.
“Judge J. T. Ronald of Everett has named March 5 for the beginning of the trials of 73 men... charged with murder as a result of the municipal dock riot.”
The Everett Massacre remains a seminal event in Washington labor history, marking a violent peak in the conflict between the I.W.W. (Wobblies) and local authorities over free speech and worker rights. This trial set the stage for the suppression of labor radicalism in the Northwest.
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