Smeltermen Organize in Northport
Over one hundred miners join the Western Federation of Miners as mineral output across the region climbs.
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A smeltermen’s union was organized at Northport, Wash., with more than 100 members, recently. The union is a branch of the Western Federation of Miners. An important factor contributing to the increased output of mineral in the northwest is the large number of mills and concentrators which have gone into operation this year or are expected to do so before the close of 1916.
“A smeltermen’s union was organized at Northport, Wash., with more than 100 members, recently.”
The labor movement in early 20th-century Washington was defined by the intensity of the mining and timber sectors. While Northport’s smelter era has long since faded, the tension between industrial resource extraction and the organized voice of the worker remains a defining feature of the Pacific Northwest's political landscape.
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