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Advertisement for a propaganda meeting of the Hotel, Restaurant and Domestic Workers Industrial Union No. 1100, Seattle, October 3, 1919
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| Title | Advertisement for a propaganda meeting of the Hotel, Restaurant and Domestic Workers Industrial Union No. 1100, Seattle, October 3, 1919 |
| Author | Industrial workers of the world. Hotel, restaurant and domestic workers industrial union No. 1100 (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Printer | Equity Printing Co., Inc. Co-op. |
| Date of Publication | 1919 |
| Notes | This flyer from the Hotel, Restaurant and Domestic Workers Industrial Union #1100 of the Industrial Workers of the World announces a "propaganda meeting" for the purpose of informing workers about the best methods for exercising their power. The meeting, which is held at Painters Hall on First and Columbia, October 3, 1919, at 8:00 p.m., is particularly aimed at "Cooks, Waiters, Waitresses, Dishwashers, Cashiers, and all hotel and domestic workers". Abner E. Woodruff is the keynote speaker, and other speakers are promised who will "deal with conditions in the industry here in Seattle". |
| 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 (LCTGM) | Advertisements |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Hotel, Restaurant and Domestic Workers Industrial Union No. 1100; Labor unions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Labor movement--Washington (State)--Seattle; Industrial Workers of the World |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital ID Number | PNW00975 |
| 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 2/18 |
| Object Type | Ephemera
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| Physical Description | 1 leaf; 23 x 15 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. |
| Restrictions | For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Reproduction & Use page: http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
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