Seattle Laborers Call for Boycott
The Workingmen's Club of Seattle organizes to support local widows by targeting businesses employing Chinese labor.
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Seattle, March 13.—The Workingmen's Club of Seattle has distributed thousands of circulars calling upon the citizens of that place to unite in the cause of union labor, to discontinue patronizing Chinese in that city, and to give their support to deserving widows of working men.
“The Workingmen's Club of Seattle has distributed thousands of circulars calling upon the citizens of that place to unite in the cause of union labor.”
This item reflects the volatile and exclusionary atmosphere of 1886 Seattle, where organized labor often defined its platform through anti-Chinese sentiment. It serves as a stark reminder of the era's xenophobic labor politics.
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