Blood Shed at the Waterfront
A violent clash between union longshoremen and strikebreakers at a Tacoma flour mill leaves three injured.
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Tacoma—Three union longshoremen were shot Monday in a clash between them and strike-breakers at the Sperry flour mill. The strikers rushed the guards at the mill and swarmed over the steamer Santa Cruz, loading at the dock, and then through the mill. Strikebreakers were badly beaten, as well as employes of the mill.
“The strikers rushed the guards at the mill and swarmed over the steamer Santa Cruz.”
Labor conflict on the Tacoma waterfront has defined the city’s economic history for over a century. The tension between organized labor and companies utilizing strike-breakers remains a recurring theme in Pacific Northwest labor disputes.
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