The Everett Massacre
The Everett Massacre
At City Dock, just west of here, on November 5, 1916,
a group of Everett citizens, deputized by Sheriff
Donald McRae, exchanged gunfire with members of the
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The
"Wobblies" were returning to Everett
from Seattle on the steamer Verona
after earlier being beaten and
chased out of town for exercising a
free speech campaign during a
shingle weavers' strike. At least five
died, as well as two citizen deputies,
and the event became known as the
Everett Massacre.