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| Title | Logging camp strike bulletin, October 13, 1919 |
| Author | Unknown |
| Date of Publication | 1919 |
| Notes | This strike bulletin, produced by the "Publicity Committee" on October 13, 1919, details the latest news regarding labor activities in logging camps in Washington and Idaho. After this list, some brief statements are made criticizing "the Lumber Barons" and their unwillingness to share rising profits with the lumberjacks. It concludes by stating that "every man that hasn't got scab blood in his veins will endorse and support this strike", and insists that 95% of lumberjacks support the action. |
| Contextual Notes | Broussais Coman Beck (1886-1936) was a prominent Seattle businessman and rowing enthusiast. He was educated at the University of Washington and at Yale, graduating from the latter university in 1911. He returned to Seattle later in the 1910s to work as the store manager for the Bon Marche. In the wake of the Seattle general strike of 1919, Beck paid spies to infiltrate the labor movement in Seattle, and received frequent reports from his agents (often accompanied by clippings or ephemera relating to labor organizations) in 1919 and 1920. Due to the information acquired through these reports, the Bon Marche was centrally important to the alliance of Seattle employers who organized against labor, a group called the Associated Industries of Seattle -- and, consequently, the Bon Marche became the target of increased pressure and boycotts by organized labor in this time period. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Strikes and lockouts--Lumber trade--Washington (State); Strikes and lockouts--Lumber trade--Idaho |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State) |
| Digital ID Number | PNW00967 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: photos@u.washington.edu. |
| Digital Collection | Pacific Northwest Historical Documents
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Broussais C. Beck papers. Accession No. 0155-001. Box 2/13 |
| Object Type | Typescript
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| Physical Description | 1 leaf; 33 x 22 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text or image at 150 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2011. |
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