A table detailing hundreds of instances of state and employer repression of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States in the early part of the 20th century.
An IWW office after a police raid, 1919
Below is a month-by-month list of more than 500 persecution reports culled from the pages of the Industrial Worker, Industrial Union Bulletin, Solidarity, and other sources. The Date column represents either a known start date for the action or the publication date of the newspaper. The Descriptions are derived from newspaper reports and have not been independently verified. These data are from our yearbooks and are also used in the interactive maps of arrests and persecution.
Database
| Title | Date | City | State | Description | Source |
| Trade Assembly Delegates Expelled for IWW Affiliation | 12/30/1905 | Schenectady | New York | Delegates of trade assembly union affiliated with the IWW are expelled by AFL members for unconstitutional election. | The Salt Lake Herald 12-30-1905 |
| Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone Arrests | 2/1/1906 | Denver | Colorado | WFM leaders and IWW delegates, Bill Haywood and Charles Moyer along with former WFM member George A. Pettibone were arrested after being implicated in a rehearsed confession from the assassin of Frank Steunenberg, the former governor of Colorado. | Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 97-105; Michael Hargis, "95 Years of Revolutionary Industrial Unionism," Anarcho Syndicalist Review, #27 and #28 |
| Silk Ribbon Weavers Locked Out | 8/13/1906 | New York | New York | The IWW's Silk Ribbon Weavers' Union is locked out after requesting the workers be given a reprieve due to the extreme heat and humidity. | The Sun 08-13-1906 |
| Tonopah Trades and Labor Council Boycott Businesses Displaying IWW Card | 8/18/1906 | Tonopah | Nevada | Tonopah Trades and Labor Council declares they will not patronize any business displaying and IWW card. | The San Francisco Call 08-18-1906 |
| IWW Delegate Sentenced for Assaulting AFL Member | 9/7/1906 | Tonopah | Nevada | IWW delegate sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting an AFL member. | Deseret Evening News 09-07-1906 |
| Injunction Issued Against IWW | 9/14/1906 | Goldfield | Nevada | A judge in Nye county issues an injunction against the IWW, the WFM, and the Newsboys' Union of Goldfield and Tonopah. | The Salt Lake Herald 09-14-1906 |
| Goldfield IWW Expulsion | 3/7/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | Capitalizing on the tensions between radical and conservative members of the IWW and WFM, mine and business owners worked with the AFL to close mines and open them free of IWW members. | Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 122 |
| Joe Smith Arrested for Killing of Restaurant Owner | 3/12/1907 | Tonopah | Nevada | Joe Smith arrested in relation to the killing of restaurant owner who allegedly disobeyed the IWW's order to serve only Wobblies. | Los Angeles Herald 03-12-1907 |
| Employment Refused to IWW Members | 3/15/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | Mine owners and business men meet and decide to refuse employment to all IWW members while recognizing any non-iWW union. | Los Angeles Herald 03-15-1907 |
| Murder Trial Development | 3/23/1907 | Boise | Idaho | Prosecuting attorneys against IWW members Moyer, Haywood, and Pettibone charged of complicity to murder decided to hold separate trials for each defendant. | Industrial Union Bulletin 03-23-1907 03-23-1907 |
| Cloak makers' Strike | 3/23/1907 | New York | New York | Eight to ten IWW members arrested during a strike against a cloak makers. None convicted. | Industrial Union Bulletin 03-23-1907 03-23-1907 |
| Silk Workers' Strike | 3/23/1907 | Paterson | New Jersey | Nine IWW members were fired from Auger & Simons' dye house without cause. The IWW threatened strike if the members were not immediately rehired. In response, the police jailed the IWW organizers, who then declared strike. | Industrial Union Bulletin 03-23-1907 03-23-1907 |
| No Change of Venue in Murder Trial | 3/30/1907 | Boise | Idaho | The judge in the trial of IWW members Haywood, Pettibone, and Moyer charged in relation to the murder of ex-governor Frank Steunenberg denied the defense's petition for a change of venue. | Industrial Union Bulletin 03-30-1907 03-30-1907 |
| WFM Delegate Held for Involvement in Killing | 4/6/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | Western Federation of Miners delegate M.R. Preston held in jailed after allegedly shooting an anti-union restaurant owner in self-defense. An assassin "Diamondfield Jack" supposedly was sent to the jail to lynch Preston, but the guard placed there by the IWW thwarted his plan. | Industrial Union Bulletin 04-06-1907 04-06-1907 |
| Beginning of Haywood Trial | 5/4/1907 | Boise | Idaho | The trial of Haywood et al. expected to begin within one week. | Industrial Union Bulletin 05-04-1907 05-04-1907 |
| Media in Trouble | 5/25/1907 | Boise | Idaho | In court, the judge presiding over the Haywood-Moyer case asserted anti-IWW statements by Governor Gooding and others published in the Associated Press were nearly in contempt of court. | Industrial Union Bulletin 05-25-1907 05-25-1907 |
| St. John and Others Jailed | 5/25/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | Vincent St. John and two others jailed on charges on conspiracy to murder. Despite his incarceration, St. John was elected a delegate for the IWW. | Industrial Union Bulletin 05-25-1907 05-25-1907 |
| IWW Members Convicted of Murder | 5/28/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | Preston and Smith, two IWW members, are convicted of murder and manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years and 10 years in prison, respectively. | Los Angeles Herald 05-28-1907 |
| Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone Acquittals | 6/1/1907 | Boise | Idaho | On July 27, 1907, a jury acquitted Haywood in the murder of Steunenberg. In January of 1908, Pettibone was also acquitted and charges were dropped against Moyer. Despite avoiding conviction, the trial created a public association between violence and IWW/WFM labor activities. | Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 97-105 |
| St. John in Court | 6/1/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | Vincent St. John, Preston, and Smith requested separate trials for their charges of conspiracy to murder. | Industrial Union Bulletin 06-01-1907 06-01-1907 |
| Haywood Trial Begun | 6/3/1907 | Boise | Idaho | The Haywood-Moyer trial begun with the judge overruling all objections to the prosecution allegedly recounting irrelevant labor disputes to win over the jury. | Industrial Union Bulletin 06-08-1907 06-08-1907 |
| Possibly Poisoning of Haywood | 6/8/1907 | Boise | Idaho | Haywood unable to attend court after an "acute attack of toxic poisoning." He and other union prisoners reportedly eat separately in jail. | Industrial Union Bulletin 06-08-1907 06-08-1907 |
| Anti-Gubernatorial Documents Admitted to Court | 6/29/1907 | Boise | Idaho | Presiding judge deemed anti-Frank Steunenberg documents printed by the Western Federation of Miners admissible in court as evidence against Haywood. | Industrial Union Bulletin 06-29-1907 06-29-1907 |
| Anti-IWW Sentiment in the WFM | 7/13/1907 | Chicago | Illinois | The Western Federation of Miners' held their 15th annual convention and formally instructed their delegates that they "shall not support for office any man who may have held office in connection with either of the factions of the I.W.W." | Industrial Union Bulletin 07-13-1907 07-13-1907 |
| Haywood Acquitted | 8/3/1907 | Boise | Idaho | Jury acquitted Bill Haywood of conspiracy to murder in relation to the killing of Fmr. Gov. Frank Steunenberg. | Industrial Union Bulletin 08-03-1907 08-03-1907 |
| Charges Dropped Against St. John and Others | 10/19/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | The conspiracy to murder charges brought against Vincent St. John and 7 others were dismissed. | Industrial Union Bulletin 10-19-1907 10-19-1907 |
| Vincent St. John Shot | 11/5/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | Vincent St. John and two others shot on the street by "Paddy" Mullany, who was arrested shortly thereafter. The reasons for the shooting were unknown, but expected to be related to St. John's involvement in the strike. | Industrial Union Bulletin 11-16-1907 11-16-1907 |
| St. John in Poor Condition | 11/30/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | St. John's injury had not healed well and he remained in poor condition after being shot two weeks prior. | Industrial Union Bulletin 11-30-1907 11-30-1907 |
| Federal Troops Called to Goldfield | 12/1/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | Nevada Governor John Sparks called in federal troops at the request of Goldfield mine owners as they broke contracts with the miners union and implemented wage reductions. No violence had broken out in the area but mine owners recognized the lack of local militia in the event of a labor uprising. The arrests of Haywood and Moyer had associated the IWW with violence and federal troops maintained a presence in Goldfield. | Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 123-4 |
| Soldiers Sent to Goldfield | 12/6/1907 | Goldfield | Nevada | At the request of the governor, Roosevelt sends troops to Goldfield. This apparently came as a surprise to residents as the situation had calmed since the strike earlier this year. | The Salt Lake Herald 12-06-1907 |
| Retrial Requested | 12/17/1907 | Carson City | Nevada | An attorney for the Western Federation of Miners asked the Supreme Court of Nevada for a new trial for Preston and Smith, saying their trial was prejudiced because of a the labor dispute that they were involved in. Preston shot and killed a restaurant owner, but he claims it was in self defense. | Industrial Worker 01-04-1908 |
| Preston and Smith Appeal to be Heard | 12/21/1907 | Carson City | Nevada | Preston and Smith, the two (non-IWW) workers convicted of murdering restaurant owner John Silva, granted appeal by the Nevada Supreme Court. | Industrial Union Bulletin 12-21-1907 12-21-1907 |
| IWW Employees Locked Out | 12/28/1907 | New York | New York | The silk workers who previously held a strike against their employer were locked out. Several strikers dismissed without cause. | Industrial Union Bulletin 12-28-1907 12-28-1907 |
| Troops Remain | 1/4/1908 | Goldfield | Nevada | The conditions are peaceful but President Roosevelt is allowing the troops to remain until Governor Sparks can raise a state militia. An attorney for the Western Federation of Miners has announced a plan to remove trouble makers, saying that Goldfield will be a union camp "only of good well-intending miners." The IWW declares that it is the mine owners who are responsible for all the problems at Goldfield. | Industrial Worker 01-04-1908 |
| Radicals, Unionists Arrested | 2/1/1908 | Los Angeles | California | Several IWW, Socialist and AFL speakers have been arrested for speaking on the streets. | Industrial Worker 02-29-1908 |
| Chaotic Conditions Among Railroad Workers | 3/21/1908 | Chicago | Illinois | Three separate unions representing railroad workers attempted to negotiate contracts with the newly created Chicago, Indiana and Southern. The company required everyone to reapply and submit to a physical exam so that the most militant men could be thrown out. | Industrial Worker 03-21-1908 |
| Recruiter Ousted | 5/2/1908 | Syracuse | New York | L. Caminata, who was to speak to Italian workers interested in joining the IWW, was escorted out of town by police. | Industrial Worker 05-02-1908 |
| Riders Arrested | 9/19/1908 | Seattle | Washington | Several good meetings held. The group was arrested for riding the train, then held another street meeting after spending the night in jail. | Industrial Worker 09-19-1908 |
| Preston and Smith Denied Rehearing | 10/24/1908 | Carson City | Nevada | The Nevada Supreme Court has denied Preston and Smith's appeal for the second time. Socialists and labor men say they will eventually have a new trial as a result of the agitation being carried on in their behalf. | Industrial Worker 10-24-1908 |
| Unionized Lumber Workers Favor IWW Despite Persecution | 12/12/1908 | Montana | A lumber workers local has switched from the Montana State Union into the IWW. The companies have discharged quite a number of men for joining the IWW but that only makes them more determined to keep out of the company union. | Industrial Worker 12-12-1908 | |
| Bosses Fear the IWW | 3/28/1909 | Spokane | Washington | Four workers were discharged from the Union Iron Works in Spokane because they were attending I.W.W. meetings. The bosses did not approve of these actions, and the I.W.W. claim that this is evidence of how fearful bosses are of the I.W/W. | Industrial Worker, 04-01-1909 |
| New Vagrancy Laws | 4/22/1909 | Olympia | Washington | Washington state recently passed new vagrancy laws in order to try to put down unions. The laws force workers who are unemployed to go back to work if there is work available. | Industrial Worker, 04-22-1909 |
| Industrial Worker Suppressed | 12/10/1909 | Spokane | Washington | Law enforcement seized and destroyed 7000 copies of the Industrial Worker. A few copies were smuggled out and secretly distributed.` | Solidarity 01-01-1910 |
| Spokane Hall Raided | 12/20/1909 | Spokane | Washington | Police raided the Spokane IWW hall, smashing furniture and arresting members. | Solidarity 12-25-1909 |
| Strikers Jailed in New Castle | 12/25/1909 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Twenty-eight men sentenced to thirty days in jail in violation of sheriffs orders that strikers may not hold public meetings. | Solidarity 12-25-1909 |
| Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Convicted of Conspiracy | 12/25/1909 | Spokane | Washington | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn sentenced to three months in jail for conspiracy | Solidarity 12-25-1909 |
| Industrial Worker Moved HQ to Seattle | 1/1/1910 | Seattle | Washington | Following a massive confiscation of the previous issue, the Industrial Worker's headquarters was moved to Seattle | Solidarity 01-01-1910 |
| Conspiracy Charges | 1/1/1910 | Spokane | Washington | Over 20 IWW members were being held on charges of conspiracy or have received convictions and sentenced to 3 to 6 months in jail. | Solidarity 01-01-1910 |
| Wobbly Released | 1/29/1910 | Spokane | Washington | Wobbly released without trial after six days in jail for giving tobacco to "men on the rock pile." | Solidarity 01-29-1910 |
| Wobbly Released | 2/19/1910 | Spokane | Washington | IWW organizer James P. Thompson was released on bond and then scheduled a meeting at Turner Hall. | Solidarity 02-19-1910 |
| Solidarity Staff Arrested | 3/1/1910 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | The editor and all members of the press committee arrested and one sent to the hospital for violating a state law that required the owners and editors of a newspaper's names be placed at the top of every issue. | Solidarity 03-12-1910 |
| Solidarity Staff Convicted | 3/26/1910 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Six members of the press committee sentenced to 90 days in jail in violation of the Pennsylvania law that requires a newspaper's owners and editor be named in the heading of each issue. | Solidarity 03-26-1910 |
| Harassing Strikebreakers Leads to Arrests | 4/7/1910 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Wobblies jailed after throwing eggs and tomatoes at strikebreakers. | Solidarity 04-16-1910 |
| Free Speech Case in Pennsylvania | 5/7/1910 | Lawrence County | Pennsylvania | Five Wobblies indicted for publishing "seditious and libelous" pieces in their paper, The Free Press. | Solidarity 05-07-1910 |
| Strike Injunction | 6/11/1910 | Chicago | Illinois | The appellate court of Chicago made illegal the cooperation of organized workers in refusing to work with non-unionized workers. | Solidarity 06-11-1910 |
| Riot Charges | 6/11/1910 | Irwin | Pennsylvania | Twenty-two men, suggested to be but not explicitly stated to be IWW members, charged with inciting a riot of 150 people. | Solidarity 06-11-1910 |
| Press Committee Released | 7/2/1910 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | The members of the press committee jailed for failing to print the names of the editor and owners in the heading of Solidarity released after 92 days, meaning "the office of Solidarity, formerly at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Lusk Avenue, Lawrence County Jail" moved back to the former headquarters. | Solidarity 07-02-1910 |
| Brutality in McKees Rocks | 7/2/1910 | Stowe | Pennsylvania | Six IWW members shot by police, who then made arrests leading to charges of attempting to incite a riot. One other member shot. | Solidarity 07-02-1910 |
| Riot Convictions | 7/16/1910 | McKees Rocks | Pennsylvania | The six IWW member charged with attempting to incite a riot were sentenced to 60 days. | Solidarity 07-16-1910 |
| Ettor Arrested | 8/20/1910 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Joseph Ettor arrested on charges of criminal libel after speaking in Reading to striking workers and others. | Solidarity 08-20-1910 |
| Police Persecution in Duluth | 9/3/1910 | Duluth | Minnesota | Three IWW members arrested while holding street meetings. | Solidarity 09-03-1910 |
| Haymarket Memorial Meeting Prevented | 12/3/1910 | San Diego | California | San Diego police arrested two IWW members and forbade the rest from holding a meeting in memoriam of those convicted Haymarket Affair. | Solidarity 12-03-1910 |
| Fresno Arrests | 12/17/1910 | Fresno | California | Twenty-six IWW members jailed on charges of vagrancy. | Solidarity 12-17-1910 |
| IWW Secretary Assaulted | 3/18/1911 | Missoula | Montana | An IWW secretary was punched by an army lieutenant during a public speaking engagement. The secretary, lieutenant and one other IWW man was arrested. The charges were later dropped by a local judge. | Industrial Worker, 03-30-1911 |
| IWW Leader Killed in U.S./Mexico Border War | 4/10/1911 | Mexicali | Mexico | Famed IWW leader W.M. Stanley was shot to death in a battle during U.S. and Mexico border war. | Industrial Worker, 04-27-1911 |
| Gurley Flynn Arrested | 5/26/1911 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | IWW organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was arrested in Philadelphia during a public speaking engagement and charged with obstructing the highway and breach of the peace. She requested a trial and was subsequently held on $400 bail. | Industrial Worker, 06-08-1911 |
| Gurley Flynn Acquitted | 6/22/1911 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was acquitted of charges of obstructing the highway and breach of the peace. | Industrial Worker, 06-22-1911 |
| Masters Afraid of IWW, Close Down All Mills in Southern States | 8/10/1911 | New Orleans | Louisiana | The Sawmill Operators' Assoc. met in New Orleans to work together to bust labor unions. A result of the meeting was to immediately close 11 mills in Louisiana, putting 3,00 men out of work. 300 additional mills in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas were at risk of closure as well. IWW workers had been actively sought out and fired at the mills leading up to the meeting. | Industrial Worker, 08-10-1911 |
| IWW Member Arrested | 8/10/1911 | Odessa | Washington | An IWW member was arrested and sentenced to 30 days in county jail for agitating for better working conditions. | Industrial Worker, 08-10-1911 |
| IWW Member Face Hardship with Mill Closures | 8/10/1911 | IWW members affected by the lumber mill closures were urged to stay strong despite hardships. The sawmills were closed because the IWW and sawyers had the attention of the Sawmill Operators' Assoc. | Industrial Worker, 08-10-1911 | ||
| Arrest and Beating of IWW Trigger Protest; Correction and Update on IWW Arrests | 8/13/1911 | San Francisco | California | Union Labor police beat and arrested 10 IWW men at a public rally in San Francisco. 2,000 people gathered to protest and said they would protest again. Correction to last week's article: 11 men were arrested. Five men were released on $10 bail, two had their cases dismissed. Correction: 200 sympathizers gathered to protest the arrests. | Industrial Worker, 8/24/1911; 8/31/1911 |
| IWW Members Fired From Logging Company | 8/17/1911 | Fort Bragg | California | All Local No. 426 IWW members were fired from Mendocino county logging companies. 12 sawmills were threatened and jobless IWW members were urged to help in the fight. | Industrial Worker, 08-17-1911 |
| IWW Member Arrested and Assaulted | 8/24/1911 | Boise | Idaho | A Spokane, Wash. IWW member, Max Dezettel, traveled to Boise to speak publicly in the hopes of creating a new IWW chapter. Dezettel was arrested, then choked and punched by police on the way to jail. He was released on $100 bail. | Industrial Worker, 08-24-1911 |
| Information on the Arrest of Max Dezettel | 8/24/1911 | Boise | Idaho | More information on the arrest of Max Dezettel is provided. | Industrial Worker, 08-24-1911 |
| Max Dezettel Speaks in Streets Shortly After Release | 8/31/1911 | Boise | Idaho | Max Dezettel was released from a Boise, Ida. jail after four days and promised not to speak in public any more. He held a street speaking event shortly after his release despite his promise. | Industrial Worker, 08-31-1911 |
| Detective Extradited to Indiana | 8/31/1911 | The Indiana detective who kidnapped McNamara, James Hossick, was extradited to Indiana. | Industrial Worker, 08-31-1911 | ||
| Police Conduct Raids Against IWW Members | 9/4/1911 | Wenatchee | Washington | Police raided barns where IWW were suspected to be living, confiscated propaganda, and arrested 27 IWW men. The judge released all men. | Industrial Worker, 09-21-1911 |
| IWW Members Arrested; Correction: Men Arrested For Vagrancy | 9/6/1911 | Wenatchee | Washington | 20 IWW members were arrested for complaining about working conditions. The judge released them, but the police said they intended on driving all IWW out of town. Correction: 25 men were arrested in Wenatchee on charges of vagrancy. IWW literature was found on a number of the men. The judge released all of them and said he had nothing against IWW, but he didn't want them stirring up trouble among employed men. | Industrial Worker, 9/21/1911; 9/28/1911 |
| Gompers to Aid Southern Saw-Mill Owners | 9/7/1911 | A report from the meeting of the Southern mill owners outlined their plans to weed out IWW members, and label them scabs to favor AFL affiliation. | Industrial Worker, 09-07-1911 | ||
| Smith is Paroled | 11/14/1911 | Carson City | Nevada | Former IWW leader J.W. Smith was released from prison in Carson City, Nev. He was originally convicted for his role in a restaurant keeper. | Industrial Worker, 11-30-1911 |
| Workers Fired for Discussing Unionization | 11/16/1911 | Eureka | California | 16 workers were fired for talking about unionizing with IWW support. | Industrial Worker, 11-16-1911 |
| Workers Arrested on Suspicion of Theft of Pig | 1/11/1912 | Brawley | California | Three workers in Brawley, CA, were arrested because of suspicions that they had stolen a pig. They were later released because the local sheriff was unable to find substantial evidence. | Industrial Worker, 01-11-1912 |
| Arrests Made in Connection to Pig Stealing Incident | 1/15/1912 | Brawley | California | Almost everyone involved in the pig-stealing situation in Brawley was arrested again. | Industrial Worker, 01-25-1912 |
| IWW Man Kidnapped | 1/18/1912 | Holtville | California | An I.W.W. man was kidnapped near Holtville, CA, and taken to Mexico by two Mexican and two American officials without warrants or any other papers. | Industrial Worker, 01-18-1912 |
| Ettor and Giovannitti Sent to Grand Jury | 2/21/1912 | Salem | Massachusetts | A judge ruled that Ettor and Giovannitti would be bound over to a grand jury on a charge of accessory to murder. | Industrial Worker, 03-07-1912 |
| New Hampshire Jails Speakers | 2/29/1912 | Manchester | New Hampshire | Fearing an impending strike similar to Lawrence, mill owners in New Hampshire sent police to arrest free speech demonstrators in the Hampshire district. | Industrial Worker, 02-29-1912 |
| Free Speech Demonstrator Dies as a Result of Police Beating | 3/31/1912 | San Diego | California | A free speech demonstrator died due to injuries inflicted upon him by police officers in San Diego, | Industrial Worker, 04-04-1912 |
| Korean Organizer Beaten By Thugs | 11/30/1912 | Hawaiian Islands | Hawaii | I.W.W. organizer (B. Duck Sue) was beaten severely with heavy whips for organizing fifty two plantation laborers. He was forced from the county but the workers' wages were increased from twenty dollars a month to twenty four dollars a month. | Industrial Worker 01-02-1913 |
| Lucy Parsons Maltreated | 4/13/1913 | Los Angeles | California | Lucy Parsons is charged with selling literature without a license. | Industrial Worker 05-01-1913 |
| Citizenship of IWW Members Barred by Judges | 5/1/1913 | Montesano | Washington | There are a few judges in the state of Washington who are barring from citizenship all applicants who are suspected of being members of the I. W. W. | Industrial Worker 05-01-1913 |
| May Day Parade Threatened | 5/1/1913 | Seattle | Washington | Spanish American War Veterans are making preparations to forcibly break up any May Day parade that might be held in Seattle, WA. | Industrial Worker 02-20-1913 |
| Members Arrested at Picnic | 5/4/1913 | Los Angeles | California | Twenty five I. W. W. men arrested at a picnic on a charge of disturbing the peace and selling beer without a license. | Industrial Worker 05-08-1913 |
| Seamen Jailed for Riot | 6/11/1913 | New Orleans | Louisiana | Forty three members of the United Unions are in jail charged with inciting to riot. Five men were also shot and one died. The appeal is for funds to help them. | Industrial Worker 07-03-1913 |
| Child Dies After Striking Parents Arrested | 1/2/1914 | Shelton | Connecticut | A two-month-old child is dead of exposure and starvation after police and armed thugs break into a striker's house and drag him and his wife to the police station, leaving their children alone in a house with broken windows. In addition, a rent strike is declared when a number of landlords send eviction notices to a number of strikers. | Solidarity 01-10-1914 |
| Joe Hill Arrested for Murder of Grocer and Son | 1/10/1914 | Salt Lake City | Utah | On January first, a former police officer, J.G. Morrison and his son were shot in their grocery store by two men wearing masks. Joe Hill, an I.W.W. member, was arrested four days later. He had been treated for a gunshot wound the day of the shooting. | Solidarity 05-23-1914 |
| Ford and Suhr Convicted for Murder of District Attorney | 1/24/1914 | Marysville | California | Following the death of Yuba County District Attorney Manwell during a clash between workers and authorities, IWW members Richard Ford and Herman D. Suhr were convicted of starting the riot. Despite Suhr's mental handicap, both men were sentenced to life in Folsom State Penitentiary. | Melvyn Dubovsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the I.W.W., 298 |
| Riot Breaks Out Between Police and Demonstrators | 2/12/1914 | Detroit | Michigan | A riot breaks out at a demonstration in Detroit after a demonstrator raises a red sign that reads "BREAD OR REVOLUTION -- WHICH?" on one side and "WE WANT WORK -- NOT CHARITY" on the other. Police destroy the sign and a fight breaks out between police and demonstrators. | Solidarity 02-21-1914 |
| Unemployed Driven from City | 3/13/1914 | Sacramento | California | "Men On March To East Driven From City At Point Of Gun And Marooned On River Islands. Many Unarmed Out Of Works Clubbed, Jailed Or Sent To Hospital. Several Reporters Killed." | Solidarity 03-21-1914 |
| Miners Locked Out After Failed Negotiations | 4/1/1914 | Bellaire | Ohio | Miners are locked out after bosses refuse the workers' terms for a new contract. | Solidarity 06-27-1914 |
| Joe Hill's Trial Begins | 6/10/1914 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Joe Hill, the I.W.W member accused of murder in Salt Lake City, begins his trial. The author notes that the weapon used to kill the grocer is said to be a 38 caliber Colt revolver, while Hill carries a No. 7 Luger automatic. | Solidarity 06-27-1914 |
| Ford and Suhr Convicted for Murder of District Attorney | 6/26/1914 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Despite a lack of evidence, Joe Hill was convicted of the murder of a grocer and his son. The trial occurred in a hostile environment where Hill was repeatedly tied to the IWW. | Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 307-8 |
| Ford and Suhr Convicted for Murder of District Attorney | 7/8/1914 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Joe Hill is sentenced to death after being convicted for the murder of a grocer and his son. | Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 312 |
| Hill's Case Appealed to Supreme Court | 9/12/1914 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Judge Ritchie denies an argument for a new trial for Joe Hill. | Solidarity 09-12-1914 |
| Members Attacked by Police | 10/22/1914 | Tonopah | Nevada | I.W.W. members are attacked by police while singing and talking in the street. There are no arrests. | Solidarity 10-31-1914 |
| Sioux City Starts Free Speech Fight | 01/14/1915 | Sioux City | Iowa | Police raided the Sioux City IWW Hall on numerous occasions and arrested all unemployed workers, leading to sixth month sentences in jail. | Solidarity, 01/23/1915 |
| Rowan and Baret Freed | 01/18/1915 | Edmonton | Alberta | IWW members James Rowan and W. E. Baret freed after awaiting trial for six months in jail on charges of murder. | Solidarity, 01/30/1915 |
| Ettor Charged With Treason | 01/19/1915 | Bellaire | Ohio | Joseph J. Ettor, prominent public face of the IWW, was arrested on charges of treason for advertising an anti-capitalist speech. | Solidarity, 01/23/1915 |
| IWW Members Face Persecution | 02/01/1915 | Brawley | California | After the constable of Brawley was killed, police arrested everyone in the town's IWW headquarters and made them choose between 60 days on the chain gang or leaving town. Another member, Smith, was arrested and given 30 days on the chain gang, who refused to work and was thus beaten. Charges were brought up against the marshal who beat Smith. His attorney guaranteed the release of Smith if the charges against the marshal were dropped. The prosecutors agreed to that exchange | Solidarity, 05/29/1915 |
| Direct Action Used to Gain Releases | 02/14/1915 | Redding | California | IWW members held in jail were released after the organization announced 1000 workers planned to flood the town in protest. | Solidarity, 02/27/1915 |
| Tannenbaum Released from New York Prison | 03/09/1915 | New York | New York | Frank Tannenbaum released from prison after serving a year for inciting a riot is greeted with celebrations arranged by the IWW and other New York radical groups. | Solidarity, 03/20/1915 |
| IWW Members Arrested | 03/25/1915 | Sioux City | Iowa | One Wobbly arrested on charges of burglar. Thirteen other s followed him and the police to the jail, leading to their arrests. Twelve of those sentenced to thirty days in jail and a $100 fine. | Solidarity, 04/03/1915 |
| Boyd Repudiates Sabotage Speech | 03/25/1915 | Trenton | New Jersey | Frederick Sumner Boyd, IWW member convicted of advocating radical views, renounces those in a petition for clemency. The petition is accompanied by a statement urging the court to grant it signed by Theodore Roosevelt and others. | Solidarity, 04/03/1915 |
| IWW Members Arrested for Public Speaking | 04/01/1915 | Sioux City | Iowa | Thirty more men arrested while speaking in public and sentences to at least thirty days and a $100 fine. The local jail was then holding 49 Wobblies. | Solidarity, 04/17/1915 |
| Boyd Denied Pardon | 04/26/1915 | Trenton | New Jersey | Frederick S. Boyd, IWW who is serving 1 to 7 years for of advocating sabotage, was denied pardon. | Solidarity, 05/08/1915 |
| Joe Hill Defense | 05/02/1915 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Joe Hill's appeal for a new trial in hopes of overturning his death sentence to be heard by the Supreme Court. | Solidarity, 05/01/1915 |
| IWW Members Arrested | 07/01/1915 | Arlington | Kansas | Four Wobblies arrested and convicted of illegally riding a freight train and sentenced to thirty days in jail and a fine of $10. | Solidarity, 07/10/1915 |
| Repressive Tactics Against I.W.W. in Harvest | 07/01/1915 | Rock Island Railroad orders brakemen to not allow IWW members to ride, leading to injuries and at least one death by beating. | Solidarity, 07/03/1915 | ||
| Lessons Gleaned From the Kansas Harvest | 07/01/1915 | Kansas | More than 100 Wobblies arrested, most being released shortly thereafter, but some sentenced to up to 60 days in jail. | Solidarity, 07/31/1915 | |
| IWW Members Punished for Vagrancy | 08/01/1915 | Minot | North Dakota | Nine Wobblies subject to ten days on the chain gang for vagrancy after not registering for a job at the police station. | Solidarity, 08/28/1915 |
| IWW Members Avoid Arrest Through United Action | 08/01/1915 | Oakes | North Dakota | The Oakes chief of police, mayor, sheriff, and others enter a camp with a hundred workers as they are cooking breakfast. Though some workers fled, about 25 Wobblies stood up to the law enforcement and were allowed to continue their meal. | Solidarity, 08/21/1914 |
| Schmidt Charged with Murder of Brakemen | 9/1/1915 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | James Schmidt charged with murder after killing a brakemen reportedly in self-defense. | Solidarity, 09/18/1915 |
| Workers Blocked from Attending IWW Rally | 9/1/1915 | Bayonne | New Jersey | The 1500 workers lined up to attend a rally with speeches by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Frank Tannenbaum, and Alexander Berkman blocked from entering by 20 policemen because the Chief of Police feared the IWW would "stir up trouble." | Solidarity, 09/11/1915 |
| Workers Escape Arrest | 09/01/1915 | Berthold | North Dakota | A police officer arrested one IWW member and one unorganized worker he believed to be in the IWW, loaded them into a box car in a freight train. They were able to escape, but the story spread through the town and chased off non-union workers, allowing the IWW to obtain their demand of $3.50 a day. | Solidarity, 09/18/1915 |
| IWW Member Charged With Libel | 09/01/1915 | Brawley | California | IWW member charge with libel after writing an article for Solidarity. | Solidarity, 09/25/1915 |
| IWW Members Denied Pay | 09/01/1915 | Crosby | North Dakota | Three IWW members are denied pay owed to them by their farmer. In response, they dined in a restaurant and refuse to pail the bill. They were arrested and sentenced to sixty days in jail. | Solidarity, 09/25/1915 |
| IWW Members Arrested | 9/1/1915 | Minot | North Dakota | Minot police arrested IWW members and discard the literature and supplies of delegates. | Solidarity, 09/11/1915 |
| Fraser Sentenced for Vagrancy | 9/1/1915 | Minot | North Dakota | IWW organizer Ted Fraser sentenced to 15 days for vagrancy. | Solidarity, 09/18/1915 |
| Governor Johnson Refuses Pardon to Ford and Suhr | 09/01/1915 | Sacramento | California | Gov. Hiram Johnson rejects Ford and Suhr's request for pardon. | Solidarity, 09/25/1915 |
| Ettor Sentenced to Jail | 9/1/1915 | Waterbury | Connecticut | Prominent IWW member Joseph J. Ettor sentenced to six months in jail. | Solidarity, 09/11/1915 |
| IWW Members Charged With Robbery | 9/1/1915 | After a scuffle between IWW members and railroad operators about their illegal riding, the three IWWs arrested on charges of robbery. | Solidarity, 09/11/1915 | ||
| AWO Gains Membership | 9/1/1915 | AWO gains 200 new members in the first two and half weeks of September with 400 more anticipated that month, which would bring their total membership to 2300. | Solidarity, 09/18/1915 | ||
| Alleged IWW Member Confesses to Arson | 09/24/1915 | Watsonville | California | One alleged IWW member confessed as the arsonist responsible for the grain fires a month earlier. The membership status of the member in dispute. | Solidarity, 10/09/1915 |
| Ford and Suhr Convicted for Murder of District Attorney | 11/19/1915 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Joe Hill is executed by firing squad. | Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 307-8 |
| IWW Members Convicted for Vagrancy | 1/3/1916 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Eight Wobblies arrested in a raid and charged with vagrancy, two convicted and sentenced to 10 days on the chain gang. | Solidarity, 01/15/1916 |
| IWW Members Convicted for Vagrancy | 1/8/1916 | Eau Claire | Wisconsin | Four wobblies convicted of vagrancy and sentenced to up to 9 days of solitary confinement. | Solidarity, 01/08/1916 |
| IWW Member Beaten and Denied Medical Aid | 1/15/1916 | Salt Lake City | Utah | IWW member shot and beaten by a victim of a recent robbery. The Wobbly received no medical aid and was held in jail. | Solidarity, 01/29/1916 |
| IWW Members Arrested and Charged with Rioting | 1/22/1916 | Youngstown | Ohio | IWW arrested of charges of rioting. | Solidarity, 01/22/1916 |
| IWW Members Arrested and Charged with Rioting | 1/24/1916 | Rockford | Illinois | After a fight between an IWW member and a non-unionized worker, thirteen IWWs arrested on charges of rioting. All thirteen convicted and received sentences from thirty days to six months in jail. | Solidarity, 02/26/1916 |
| IWW Members Prevented From Renting Hall | 1/29/1916 | Kansas City | Missouri | Mine operators prevented the IWW from renting a hall in the city. One Italian IWW member was arrested, charged with robbery, and sentenced to 8 years while maintaining his innocence. | Solidarity, 12/09/1916 |
| IWW Workers Fired for Membership | 2/12/1916 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Over 100 wobblies fired from Big Four Tractor Works because of their membership status. | Solidarity, 02/12/1916 |
| Judge Denies IWW Legal Protections | 3/4/1916 | Detroit | Michigan | Judge refused to grant IWW and other radical groups protection from interference of law enforcement on matters of free speech and demonstration rights. | Solidarity, 03/04/1916 |
| Virginia Snow Stephen Fired for Involvement in Joe Hill Defense | 4/1/1916 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Virginia Snow Stephen, University of Utah art instructor and daughter of the former president of the Mormon church, fired for her involvement in the defense of Joe Hill. | Solidarity, 04/01/1916 |
| Member Arrested After Public Speech | 5/12/1916 | San Francisco | California | One IWW member arrested after speaking to a crowd of 500 in the street. He received a 30 day suspended sentence. | Solidarity, 05/27/1916 |
| City Council Bans IWW from Publically Speaking Without a Permit | 5/13/1916 | Webb City | Missouri | City council banned Wobblies from speaking publically without a permit. | Solidarity, 05/13/1916 |
| IWW Member Declared Ineligible for Naturalization | 5/13/1916 | Wilkes-Barre County | Pennsylvania | Judge declared member of the IWW not eligible for naturalization. | Solidarity, 05/13/1916 |
| Joe Ettor Deported from Lawrence, Mass | 5/22/1916 | Lawrence | Massachusetts | Joseph J. Ettor arrested without a warrant and transported to Boston. Ettor and Connolly, his lawyer, pressed charges of abduction against four Lawrence police officers. | Solidarity, 06/03/1916 |
| IWW Sailors and Firemen Fired | 6/3/1916 | New York | New York | One company fired all sailors and firemen that were IWW members. | Solidarity, 06/03/1916 |
| Miner Killed | 6/22/1916 | Virginia | Minnesota | A striking miner was shot and killed in a confrontation between deputized company enforcers and striking workers. | The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, eds. Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, and Immanuel Ness, 467 |
| IWW Members Granted Release Following Protest | 6/24/1916 | Great Bend | Kansas | Fourteen Wobblies arrested and charged with vagrancy or using profane language and inciting a riot. 37 marched to the mayor demanding their release, which was granted. | Solidarity, 06/24/1916; Industrial Worker, 06-24-1916 |
| Striking Miner Arrested | 6/30/1916 | Gilbert | Minnesota | One striking miner arrested without charge. In response, nine workers (at least one of whom a Wobbly) send a letter to the governor asking that he remove the mine guards. | Solidarity, 07/15/1916 |
| IWW Organizers Arrested for Murder | 7/1/1916 | Virginia | Minnesota | Citing the bootlegging of alcohol, law enforcement raided the home of Nick Mesonovich, killing him in the process. While the IWW were not connected to Mesonovich's activities, nor present during the events that led to his death, organizers Carlo Tresca, Sam Scarlett, Joseph Schmidt, and Frank Little were arrested and charged with inciting violence with their speeches. The organizers were released by the end of the month for lack of evidence. | The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, eds. Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, and Immanuel Ness, 467-8 |
| Hall Closed and Members Jailed | 7/9/1916 | Yakima | Washington | IWW hall closed and almost 100 jailed without charge. | Solidarity, 08/04/1917 |
| IWW Members Arrested for Carrying Weapons | 7/15/1916 | Baltimore | Maryland | Twenty IWW members arrested for carrying deadly weapons, which may have been associated with a joint IWW and AFL Strouse Bros. strike. | Solidarity, 07/15/1916 |
| IWW Member Charged with Carrying Concealed Weapon | 7/15/1916 | Kansas City | Missouri | IWW member charged with carrying concealed weapons and threatening to kill after he was allegedly beaten by a police officer who found him sleeping. | Solidarity, 08/26/1916 |
| IWW Organizer Arrested | 7/22/1916 | Duluth | Minnesota | IWW organizer involved in a steel strike arrested for spitting on the street and disorderly conduct. | Solidarity, 07/22/1916 |
| Pregnant Woman Beaten by Gunmen | 7/26/1916 | Gilbert | Minnesota | Pregnant wife of striking miner beaten by corporate-hired gunmen then put in jail. | Solidarity, 08/12/1916 |
| Violence Breaks Out Between IWW Members Boarding Train and Gunmen | 7/27/1916 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | 15 gunmen and 50 others threatened to shoot IWW members if they attempted to board a train. When the IWW tried to get on the train anyway, they were shot at. They returned fire, leading to about 100 gunshots total. Three IWW shot, four gunmen shot. The police arrested half the gunmen, but released them and returned their guns, instructing them to shoot more IWWs. Several IWWs arrested and other sent out of town on a northbound freight. | Solidarity, 08/19/1916 |
| IWW Member Arrested and Deported | 8/5/1916 | Duluth | Minnesota | IWW member and active striker deported after being arrested for inciting a riot and anarchism. | Solidarity, 08/05/1916 |
| IWW Members Arrested at Miners' Defense Meeting | 8/12/1916 | Denver | Colorado | Four IWW arrested during meeting for the defense of the striking miners in Minnesota and charged with "refusing to move on." The were released on $100 bail after five days in jail. | Solidarity, 08/12/1916 |
| IWW Organizers Arrested and Put on Train | 8/12/1916 | Duluth | Minnesota | Two IWW organizer and one correspondent for an IWW newspaper arrested then put on train out of town by deputy sheriff. | Solidarity, 08/12/1916 |
| IWW Members Charged with the Murder of a Police Officer | 8/19/1916 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Two IWW members arrested on charges of murder of a police officer. The arrestees claimed to have been miles away the scene of the crime. | Solidarity, 09/16/1916 |
| IWW Speaker Arrested | 8/19/1916 | St. Louis | Minnesota | Speaker/organizer of the IWW arrested and convicted of disturbing the public peace and sentenced to 90 days. He reports not being properly fed. | Solidarity, 08/19/1916 |
| IWW Organizer Ordered to Leave Town | 9/1/1916 | Oakes | North Dakota | IWW organizer ordered to leave town after being blamed for men walking off the job. | Solidarity, 09/16/1916 |
| IWW Organizers Ejected by Citizen's Committee | 9/2/1916 | Ironwood | Michigan | Eight to ten IWW organized ejected from the city by a "citizens' committee". | Solidarity, 09/02/1916 |
| IWW Members Indicted for First Degree Murder | 9/9/1916 | New York | New York | Eight IWW members, including Carlo Tresca and one woman, indicted by a grand jury for first degree murder. | Solidarity, 09/09/1916 |
| IWW Members Arrested on Multiple Charges | 9/14/1916 | Scranton | Pennsylvania | 262 IWW members arrested for inciting a riot, disorderly conduct, trespassing, and forcible entry. | Solidarity, 09/23/1916 |
| IWW Members Arrested and Beaten, Local Hall Raided | 9/16/1916 | Everett | Washington | Thirty-five IWW members put in jail, beaten, and had their hall raided. | Solidarity, 09/16/1916 |
| IWW Sentenced | 9/16/1916 | Jamestown | North Dakota | IWW sentenced to 90 days in jail for "giving the cat cream." | Solidarity, 09/16/1916 |
| Majority of Pennsylvania Prisoners Released | 9/30/1916 | Scranton | Pennsylvania | All but 28 of the over 250 jailed IWW members released. | Solidarity, 09/30/1916 |
| IWW Members Jailed | 9/30/1916 | Yakima | Washington | 46 IWW members were sent to jail for undisclosed reasons. However, they attempted to break out of the jail. The fire department and police stopped them. | Industrial Worker, 09-30-1916 |
| Grand Jury Finds IWW Members Charged Without Evidence | 10/4/1916 | Scranton | Pennsylvania | Grand Jury rules the over 250 IWW arrested were charged without legal evidence against them on any of the charges. | Solidarity, 10/14/1916 |
| James Schmidt Released | 10/7/1916 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Schmidt, charged of the murder of a brakemen, had his charges dismissed without trial. | Solidarity, 10/07/1916 |
| IWW Members Arrested for Carrying Concealed Weapons | 10/7/1916 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Seven IWW members sentenced to 30 days for carrying concealed weapons after a fight with non-unionized members. | Solidarity, 10/07/1916 |
| Vigilantes Remove IWW Members From Jail and Attempt to Deport Them by Train | 10/14/1916 | Yakima | Washington | Yakima police shut down IWW hall after being open only four hours. In response, the IWW moved their meetings to the streets, where 50 to 60 men were arrested. A gang of vigilantes raided the jail, locked the IWW members in railroad cars, and demanded the crew take them out of town. The train crew refused, so the IWW were released from the cars and returned to jail. | Solidarity, 10/14/1916 |
| Workers Attacked | 10/30/1916 | Everett | Washington | 41 workers were beaten up and Everett is denying these men the protection of the law and the constitution. The IWW calls for action and support. The issue started with violations of free speech. | Industrial Worker, 11-04-1916 |
| IWW Members Assaulted by Vigilantes | 11/4/1916 | Everett | Washington | 41 IWW members tried to go to Everett in a steamer after paying for their tickets, but were stopped by over 200 vigilantes and assaulted. Several seriously injured. | Solidarity, 11/04/1916 |
| Warren Billing Convicted of Murder | 11/4/1916 | San Francisco | California | Wobbly Warren Billing convicted of first degree murder for alleged bombing. | Solidarity, 11/04/1916 |
| Everett Massacre | 11/5/1916 | Everett | Washington | The struggle between the working class and the vigilantes finally erupted. Five members of the IWW were killed and two of the vigilantes were killed. Many were injured. Beforehand, the IWW informed the authorities that they were coming to Everett on November 5th. | Industrial Worker, 11-11-1916 |
| IWW Members and Vigilantes Clash Leaving Five Dead and Many Injured | 11/5/1916 | Everett | Washington | Three hundred IWW in jail, five dead, and many wounded after a shootout in Everett between Wobblies aboard the Verone and a group of vigilantes on the shore. Two vigilantes were killed. | Solidarity, 11/11/1916 |
| Domestic Workers' Industrial Union Headquarters Burglarized | 11/11/1916 | Denver | Colorado | Headquarters of the Domestic Workers' Industrial Union burglarized and a list of 6000 places of employment of these domestic workers stolen. | Solidarity, 11/11/1916 |
| Man Arrested for Selling IWW Newspapers | 11/24/1916 | Mesabi Range | Minnesota | One man searched and arrested without a warrant for selling IWW newspapers. | Solidarity, 12/09/1916 |
| Victims of the Everett Massacre | 11/25/1916 | Everett | Washington | List of dead from the Everett Massacre and a picture. | Industrial Worker, 11-25-1916 |
| Mayor Gill Says I.W.W. Did Not Start Everett Riot | 11/25/1916 | Seattle | Washington | Seattle Mayor Hiram Gill asserted IWW were not the instigators of the violence in Everett. | Solidarity, 11/25/1916 |
| IWW Members Released From Jail | 12/2/1916 | Everett | Washington | James Johnson, George Bradley and Edith Frenete were released from Everett jail. They were charged with bogus claims. Carlson, who was shot nine times, is suing the sheriff and several members of the Commercial club and steamship club. Those who tried to visit the arrested were denied entry. | Industrial Worker, 12-02-1916 |
| Strikers Tried for Rioting | 12/2/1916 | Hibbing | Minnesota | Three people tried for rioting in relation to the recent Mesaba steel strike. | Solidarity, 12/02/1916 |
| IWW Members Charged with Murder of Fish and Game Commissioners | 12/12/1916 | Pittsburg | California | Two fish and game commissioners shot three IWW members without provocation, inciting a shoot out that ended in the death of the two commissioners. The IWW were charged with murder. | Solidarity, 03/03/1917 |
| Some IWW Members Freed on Bail | 12/14/1916 | Everett | Washington | 38 of the 74 held for the Everett massacre released on bail. | Solidarity, 12/30/1916 |
| Murder Charges Dropped Against IWW Members | 12/15/1916 | Minnesota | Murder charges against the eight IWW on trial dropped and replaced with manslaughter charges against three of the eight. | Solidarity, 12/23/1916 | |
| Lumber Barons Seek to Prevent Workers From Joining IWW | 12/23/1916 | Spokane | Washington | The lumber Barons' Union of eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana are having a meeting to discuss a way to prevent their workers from joining the IWW. | Industrial Worker, 12-23-1916 |
| Members Arrested for Distributing Lumberjack Strike Pamphlets | 1/6/1917 | Gemmell | Minnesota | Six arrested for distributing pamphlets related to a lumberjack strike. Their sentences suspended by a judge. | Solidarity, 01/06/1917 |
| Lumberjacks Strike Leads to Arrests | 1/6/1917 | Gemmell | Minnesota | All strike organizers ordered out of town and 70 jailed in response to the strike of "thousands" of lumberjacks. | Solidarity, 01/06/1917 |
| IWW Members Released | 1/6/1917 | Portland | Oregon | 40 IWW members released on a dismissal order form a judge. | Solidarity, 01/20/1917 |
| IWW Members Arrested on Way to Harvest | 1/13/1917 | Fargo | North Dakota | Two IWW members arrested after a group of 30 of them boarded a freight train bound for the harvest fields and removed all train non-IWW train riders. The two IWW members eventually pled guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and were sentenced to 90 days and a 100 dollar fine. After four weeks in jail, they were pardoned. | Solidarity, 01/13/1917 |
| IWW Members Refused Naturalization | 1/20/1917 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Judge asked 80 applicants for naturalization about their membership status in the IWW. If they answered they were a member, the judge would refuse citizenship. | Solidarity, 01/20/1917 |
| Bill Introduced to Outlaw IWW | 1/20/1917 | Pierre | South Dakota | A representative introduced two bills, one outlawing riding freight trains and the other banning tin horn gambling in that state with the intention of halting the I.W.W. | Solidarity, 01/20/1917 |
| IWW Members Arrested for Vagrancy | 1/20/1917 | Portland | Oregon | 52 IWW members arrested for vagrancy. | Solidarity, 01/20/1917 |
| Mass Meeting Delayed | 1/20/1917 | San Francisco | California | The mass meeting that was to be held in January moved back a month after the police demanded they not use a particular venue. The performance was planned to include speakers and a play detailing the events of the Everett Massacre. | Solidarity, 01/20/1917 |
| Legislators Meet to Discuss IWW | 1/20/1917 | Sioux City | Iowa | Legislators planned a meeting in Sioux City to "discuss the I.W.W. problem." | Solidarity, 01/20/1917 |
| IWW Members Arrested for Taking Control of Freight Train | 1/20/1917 | Virginia | Minnesota | 60 IWWs arrested after taking control of a freight train. They were released after trial. | Solidarity, 01/20/1917 |
| IWW Members Acquitted of Murder | 1/27/1917 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Two wobblies acquitted of murder of a security guard. | Solidarity, 02/10/1917 |
| IWW Member Arrested for "Defrauding the Railroad Company" | 2/3/1917 | Los Angeles | California | IWW members convicted of "defrauding the railroad company" and sentenced to thirty days. | Solidarity, 02/03/1917 |
| IWW Members Arrested for Carrying Weapon | 2/3/1917 | Park Falls | Minnesota | IWW member arrested for carrying an unloaded gun and sentenced to six months. | Solidarity, 02/03/1917 |
| Demonstrations Gain Release of IWW Speaker and Unmolested Free Speech | 2/6/1917 | Drumright | Oklahoma | IWW member arrested while soapboxing. After demonstrations in his defense, he was released. He then held a street meeting and was left unmolested. | Solidarity, 02/24/1917 |
| Company Threatens Firing of IWW Members | 2/17/1917 | Chicago | Illinois | Company Swift and Co. attempted to identify workers in the IWW and threatened to fire any members. | Solidarity, 02/17/1917 |
| IWW Members Arrested for Pretending to Have a Gun | 3/3/1917 | Oregon | Lavine and another worker were discovered by brakemen while riding a freight train. The brakemen demanded they get off the train that was travelling at 20 mph. When they refused, the brakemen attempted to force them off. Lavine brandished a set of pliers he tried to pass off as a gun, which scared away the brakemen. Upon dismounting at Hornbrook, they were arrested for "shooting... with intent to kill." | Solidarity, 03/03/1917 | |
| IWW Members on Trial for Destruction of Good in Rail Car | 3/24/1917 | Nebraska | Nebraska | Eight IWWs on trial for the destruction of goods in a Missouri Pacific rail car. | Solidarity, 03/24/1917 |
| IWW Members Charged with Murder | 3/31/1917 | Des Moines | Iowa | Three Wobblies charged with murder, though they claimed they were in the IWW hall at the time of the killing. | Solidarity, 03/31/1917 |
| Marines Raid IWW Hall | 4/7/1917 | Kansas City | Missouri | A gang of marines raided the IWW, causing mass destruction. None of the intruders were arrested. | Solidarity, 04/07/1917 |
| IWW Organizers Locked Out | 4/14/1917 | Eureka | Montana | IWW organizers in Eureka, Montana are facing hunger as locals refuse to sell them meals. A stockade has been built to keep the IWW members out. | Industrial Worker, 04-14-1917 |
| IWW Members Arrested for Selling IWW Newspapers | 4/14/1917 | Rockford | Illinois | Nine IWW members arrested for selling Solidarity and Allarm, a Swedish IWW publication. | Solidarity, 04/21/1917 |
| Sheriffs Close IWW Halls | 4/14/1917 | Pennsylvania | Sheriffs closed IWW halls across the coal fields. | Solidarity, 04/14/1917 | |
| IWW Members Fired, Other Quit in Protest | 4/21/1917 | Cleveland | Ohio | Willard Storage Battery Co. fired 60 workers in order to clear the factory of all IWW members. 80 additional workers quit in protest. | Solidarity, 04/21/1917 |
| IWW Members Beaten | 4/21/1917 | Judith Gap | Montana | IWW members found in Judith Gap, Montana are arrested and beaten up solely because of their IWW membership. | Industrial Worker, 04-21-1917 |
| IWW Member Jailed on Robbery Charges | 4/21/1917 | Sacramento | California | A young IWW member named Frank Warren has been arrested for a crime he did not commit, purportedly on the grounds of his visible IWW membership. Despite a solid alibi and many witnesses as to his whereabouts at the time of the crime, he and another man have been imprisoned for ten years for a robbery he did not commit. | Industrial Worker, 04-21-1917 |
| Edward Nolan Released on Bail | 5/5/1917 | San Francisco | California | Edward Nolan, accused of involvement in the San Francisco bomb plot, was released on bail due to lack of evidence. | Solidarity, 05/05/1917 |
| Fourteen Members Still Held for Everett Massacre | 5/8/1917 | Everett | Washington | Courts dismissed charges again Tracy and 38 others in relation to the Everett massacre. Fourteen are still being held. | Solidarity, 05/12/1917 |
| IWW Man Involved in Officer Shooting | 5/16/1917 | Stockton | California | IWW Man Mr. Schoon was arrested for vagrancy in Stockton, California with a one other man. While being accompanied to the police department, the officer attacked the other man, a shot was fired, and Schoon ran from the scene. He was arrested one hour later and charged with the murder of the officer. The other man was not found. According to insiders, multiple details of the case have been ignored or fabricated to convict innocent Mr. Schoon because of his IWW membership. | Industrial Worker, 05-26-1917 |
| IWW Member Arrested for Membership | 5/19/1917 | New Orleans | Louisiana | IWW arrested and accused of "being active in I.W.W. labor agitation." | Solidarity, 05/19/1917 |
| Witness in Mooney Case Accused of Perjury | 5/19/1917 | San Francisco | California | Primary witness against Thomas J. Mooney accused of perjury. Superior Judge refused to remove himself from the case after accusations of prejudice. | Solidarity, 05/19/1917 |
| Hall Raided and Members Arrested | 5/26/1917 | Buffalo | New York | Buffalo police raid IWW hall and arrest 46 workers during a meeting. | Solidarity, 05/26/1917 |
| Schoon Convicted of Murder and Sentenced to Death | 5/26/1917 | Stockton | California | Worker convicted of killing a police officer and sentenced to death. The worker was under arrest at the time of the shooting and maintained his innocence. | Solidarity, 05/26/1917 |
| Union Organizer Murdered | 5/31/1917 | Riverside | Oregon | An organizer for the Sheep Shearer's Union in Riverside, Oregon, has been shot and killed by a sheepowner. Mr. George W. Shoemaker and other shearers went on a strike for a raise in wages. When attempting to negotiate the raise, Shoemaker was shot by the sheep owner three times. | Industrial Worker, 05-31-1917 |
| Members Arrested in Hall Raid Released | 6/2/1917 | Buffalo | New York | Thirty-six of those arrested in the IWW hall raid released from jail after pleading not guilty and demanding a jury trial. | Solidarity, 06/02/1917 |
| Members Arrested in Hall Raid Released | 6/2/1917 | Buffalo | New York | The remained IWW members arrested in the raid released. | Solidarity, 06/02/1917 |
| IWW Organizers Arrested and Compelled to Join Wester Federation of Miners | 6/2/1917 | Morenci | Arizona | Two IWW organizers arrested without charge and released after five days on the grounds that they join the Western Federation of Miners. | Solidarity, 06/02/1917 |
| Hall Raided | 6/8/1917 | Whitefish | Montana | Military men raided the IWW hall and arrested their secretary without charge. | Solidarity, 06/16/1917 |
| Hall Raided | 6/9/1917 | Detroit | Minnesota | Under the auspices of a secret service agent, the Detroit IWW was raided. Their literature and records were seized and destroyed and two members arrested. | Solidarity, 06/09/1917 |
| Hall Raided | 6/9/1917 | Kansas City | Missouri | Soldiers raided the IWW hall, destroyed the interior, and injured a worker so severely he was sent to the hospital. | Solidarity, 06/16/1917 |
| IWW Members Arrested During Anti-registration Demonstration | 6/16/1917 | Rockford | Illinois | 138, about half IWW members, arrested during an anti-registration demonstration. | Solidarity, 06/16/1917 |
| Soldiers and Sailors Attack IWW Hall | 6/16/1917 | Seattle | Washington | After inflammatory articles by the Seattle PI and the Seattle Times were published, sailors and soldiers attacked the Seattle IWW Hall. IWW members had some prior knowledge of the raid, and were prepared, even notifying the police force and mayor prior to the attack. One shot was fired, though it is unclear from which side, and fifty-one IWW men were arrested. By the next day, all but ten had been released. | Industrial Worker, 06-23-1917 |
| Hall Raid Attempted | 6/16/1917 | Seattle | Washington | Military men attempted to raid the IWW hall, leading to 51 arrests on open chargers and the injury of one soldier. | Solidarity, 06/23/1917 |
| Members Arrested in Hall Raid | 6/23/1917 | Duluth | Minnesota | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, prominent IWW speaker, and 9 other IWW members arrested in a raid on their hall. They were charged with being in violation of the state's ban on "unpatriotic agitation." | Solidarity, 06/30/1917 |
| Members Arrested for Unlawful Assembly | 6/23/1917 | Scranton | Pennsylvania | Two IWW members arrested for unlawful assembly. | Solidarity, 06/23/1917 |
| IWW Member Arrested for Vagrancy | 6/26/1917 | Elkader | Iowa | IWW member arrested for vagrancy. | Solidarity, 07/14/1917 |
| Member Scheduled for Release | 6/26/1917 | Portland | Oregon | Lavie, charged of shooting a brakemen, scheduled to be released from jail. | Solidarity, 06/23/1917 |
| Members Released Following Failed Hall Raid | 6/30/1917 | Seattle | Washington | Wobblies arrested in the raid of their two weeks earlier released. | Solidarity, 06/30/1917 |
| AWO Delegate Shot by Depot Agent, IWW Members Arrested | 7/1/1917 | Turon | Kansas | Depot agent shot AWO delegate without provocation. Two IWW members arrested in the incident, one for disturbing the peace and the other for assault and battery. | Solidarity, 07/14/1917 |
| Hall Raided | 7/3/1917 | Bend | Oregon | Men raided the IWW hall and removed all materials. One Wobbly charged with extortion. He was released upon trial. | Solidarity, 07/21/1917 |
| Case Dismissed Against Member Arrested in Hall Raid | 7/6/1917 | Kansas City | Missouri | IWW member arrested during the raid on their hall dismissed upon appeal. | Solidarity, 07/14/1917 |
| Strikers and Sympathizers Deported | 7/12/1917 | Bisbee | Arizona | 2000 strikers and strike sympathizers deported in crowded cattle cars and left for 36 hours without food or water. | Solidarity, 07/21/1917 |
| Striking Miners Deported | 7/14/1917 | Jerome | Arizona | 200 striking miners deported from Jerome. | Solidarity, 07/14/1917 |
| IWW Member Arrested for Membership | 7/14/1917 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Worker arrested on charged of being an active member of the IWW. | Solidarity, 07/14/1917 |
| Anti-registration Demonstrators Charged | 7/14/1917 | Rockford | Illinois | 117 of the 136 (about half of whom IWW members) arrested in an anti-registration demonstration sentenced to non-registration or vagrancy. Their sentenced ranged from 30 days in jail to a year and a day of hard labor, the maximum sentence. | Solidarity, 07/14/1917 |
| Anti-IWW Vigilante Group Formed | 7/14/1917 | Sioux City | Iowa | Anti-IWW vigilante group Sioux City Civilian Unit created in anticipation of the coming IWW members. | Solidarity, 07/14/1917 |
| Members Arrested at Request of Governor | 7/20/1917 | Sandpoint | Idaho | At the alleged request of the governor, IWW member arrested. | Solidarity, 08/04/1917 |
| Members Arrested and Accused of Burning Down Saw Mill | 7/21/1917 | Bemidji | Minnesota | Four IWWs accused of burning down a sawmill and arrested. The IWW claimed it was burned by the company to collect insurance. Shortly after, three released and one held for "Displaying Literature Advocating Sabotage." | Solidarity, 08/04/1917 |
| Workers Deported for Activity in Copper Strike | 7/21/1917 | Bisbee | Arizona | 30 unionized workers deported from Bisbee for their involvement in the copper strike. | Solidarity, 07/21/1917 |
| Deported Miners Standing Firm | 7/21/1917 | Columbus | New Mexico | The 1100 miners removed from Bisbee and shipped to New Mexico released. However, they refused to leave unless they could return to their families in Bisbee. | Solidarity, 08/11/1917 |
| Members Deported by Mine Owners | 7/21/1917 | Duluth | Michigan | Mine owners begun to deport all IWW members. | Solidarity, 07/21/1917 |
| Duluth Cases Being Tried | 7/21/1917 | Duluth | Michigan | IWW members charged of vagrancy went on trial and faced horrible conditions in jail, including lack of edible food. | Solidarity, 07/21/1917 |
| Hall Raided | 7/21/1917 | Kansas City | Missouri | Other publications reported another raid on the Kansas City IWW hall. | Solidarity, 07/21/1917 |
| Organizer Arrested for Agitation | 7/21/1917 | Niagara Falls | New York | Organized Manuel "Ray" (Rey) arrested for agitation. | Solidarity, 07/21/1917 |
| Hall Raided and Members Arrested | 7/22/1917 | Bemidji | Minnesota | 3 IWW members arrested during a raid on their hall. | Solidarity, 07/28/1917 |
| Hall Raided and Members Arrested and Beaten | 7/23/1917 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Fifty IWWs arrested without charge. Thirty-five taken outside town and beaten. Their hall was raided and their property destroyed. In all, 250 reported to have been arrested or harassed. | Solidarity, 08/11/1917 |
| Member Freed on Bail | 7/28/1917 | Detroit | Michigan | IWW member held for seven weeks on charges of conspiracy released on bail. | Solidarity, 07/28/1917 |
| Members Released After Vagrancy Charges Found Unconstitutional | 7/28/1917 | Duluth | Minnesota | 16 Wobblies tried for vagrancy released after the ordinance they violated was considered unconstitutional. | Solidarity, 07/28/1917 |
| Sheriff Threatens Expulsion of IWW | 7/28/1917 | Fairfield | Iowa | Sheriff threatened to expel all IWW delegated found in the town. | Solidarity, 07/28/1917 |
| Hall Raided | 7/28/1917 | San Antonio | Texas | Local police raided IWW hall and arrested workers on charges of "complting against the U.S.A." | Solidarity, 07/28/1917 |
| Member Arrested for Advocating Property Destruction | 7/30/1917 | Brooklyn | New York | IWW member arrested on charges of advocating property destruction. | Solidarity, 08/04/1917 |
| Frank Little Murdered | 8/1/1917 | Butte | Montana | An armed and masked group kidnapped organizer Frank Little and hanged him on a railroad trestle. | Solidarity, 08/04/1917 |
| Dual Card Holder Arrested for "Unpatriotic" Speech | 8/1/1917 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Dual card holder arrested after a speech at an AFL meeting in which he refused to purchase a flag for Labor Day. The AFL subsequently revoked his card. | Solidarity, 08/18/1917 |
| Frank Little Murdered for IWW Affiliation | 8/3/1917 | Butte | Montana | Frank Little, a striking copper worker in Butte, Montana, has been murdered because of his IWW affiliation. Killed stealthily at night by five masked invaders, Little was found with a coded note pinned to his clothing, stating, "Others take notice. First and last warning." | Industrial Worker, 08-04-1917 |
| Law Enforcement Search for IWW Members on Trains and Beat Them | 8/4/1917 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Law enforcement begun to inspect all trains for IWW riders and, if found, beat them. | Solidarity, 08/04/1917 |
| IWW Sued for Striking Without Notice | 8/4/1917 | Grays Harbor | Washington | Gray's Harbor Lumber Co. sued 24 IWW members for striking without notice. | Solidarity, 08/04/1917 |
| IWW Sued for Striking Without Notice | 8/4/1917 | Index | Washington | At least 13 IWW members arrested in relation to the lumber strike. They were released after one and half days. | Solidarity, 08/04/1917 |
| Hall Closed | 8/4/1917 | Sandpoint | Idaho | IWW hall closed. | Solidarity, 08/04/1917 |
| IWW Members Jailed | 8/8/1917 | Ellensburg | Washington | About one hundred IWW members have been jailed in Washington on charges of "being IWW's". Food is scarce and poor, and many are sick. | Industrial Worker, 08-08-1917 |
| Hall Raided | 8/10/1917 | Oakland | California | Mob raided IWW hall and burned all dues books and furniture. | Solidarity, 08/18/1917 |
| Members Sentenced | 8/11/1917 | Duluth | Minnesota | Two IWW member received sentences of 18 months in prison. | Solidarity, 08/11/1917 |
| Rena Mooney Acquitted | 8/11/1917 | San Francisco | California | Rena Mooney, wife of Tom Mooney who was convicted in relation to a bomb plot and sentenced to death, acquitted of murder. | Solidarity, 08/11/1917 |
| Members Deported | 8/18/1917 | Bemidji | Minnesota | Four IWW members deported after attempting to punish those in charge of the mass deportation a month earlier. | Solidarity, 08/18/1917 |
| Hall Raided | 8/18/1917 | Duluth | Minnesota | One hundred soldiers raided the IWW hall and burned all records. | Solidarity, 09/01/1917 |
| Member Beaten and Robbed | 8/18/1917 | Groton | South Dakota | IWW member beaten and robbed by vigilantes. | Solidarity, 08/18/1917 |
| Members Charged with Inciting Riot | 8/25/1917 | Montesano | Washington | IWW member charged with inciting a riot, unlawful assemblage, contempt of court, and violation of an injunction. | Solidarity, 08/25/1917 |
| Members Arrested in Relation to Lumber Strike | 9/1/1917 | Pasco | Washington | Forty IWW members arrested in relation to the general lumber strike. | Solidarity, 09/01/1917 |
| Members Arrested in Relation to Lumber Strike | 9/1/1917 | Spokane | Washington | Forty IWW members arrested in relation to the general lumber strike. | Solidarity, 09/01/1917 |
| IWW Halls and Newspapers Raided | 9/5/1917 | Seattle | Washington | The halls, offices, and newspaper rooms of the IWW across the US have been raided by federal marshals assisted by the local police forces. According to the policemen, the forces were searching for seditious material. Papers, typewriters, and other office supplies were seized. Some suspect this was an action to suppress the IWW effort. | Industrial Worker, 09-12-1917 |
| Hall Raided | 9/5/1917 | Seattle | Washington | Office of Lumber Workers' Industrial Union No. 500 raided and all files seized. No arrests were made. | Solidarity, 09/22/1917 |
| Update on Chicago Raid | 9/15/1917 | Chicago | Illinois | An update on the raid in Chicago- News from the Chicago headquarters of the IWW state that "business is going as usual", and that all IWW publications are available to buy, as before. The author states that the IWW has nothing to hide in its records. | Industrial Worker, 09-15-1917 |
| Camp Broken Up | 9/22/1917 | Columbus | New Mexico | Rations stopped and formerly striking miners left the camp. Some tried to returned to Bisbee and were promptly arrested. 150 Mexican workers return to Mexico and were welcomed by the government. | Solidarity, 09/22/1917 |
| Hall Raided | 9/22/1917 | Salt Lake City | Utah | M.M.W.I.U 800, formerly based in Arizona, raided and all records seized. | Solidarity, 09/22/1917 |
| Denver Recruiting Union Secretary Arrested | 9/29/1917 | Denver | Colorado | Secretary of the Denver Recruiting Union arrested. | Solidarity, 10/13/1917 |
| IWW Member Convicted as Criminal Syndicalist | 9/30/1917 | Bemidji | Minnesota | Jess Dunning, secretary of the Bemidji IWW, was charged with "criminal syndicalism" and determined to serve two years in the penitentiary. | Industrial Worker, 10-06-1917 |
| Branch Secretary Arrested | 9/30/1917 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Branch secretary arrested after an IWW meeting after indictment by the Chicago Grand Jury. | Solidarity, 10/13/1917 |
| IWW Members Indicted Across Country | 10/2/1917 | Chicago | Illinois | The Federal Grand Jury has indicted 266 IWW members across the country, and 240 of those have already been arrested. They have been charged with "striking". | Industrial Worker, 10-03-1917 |
| IWW Member Murdered | 10/3/1917 | Butte | Montana | Verner Nelson was shot and killed by a man named Savichewich. | Industrial Worker, 10-06-1917 |
| IWW Men Arrested and Charged with Conspiracy and Sedition | 10/3/1917 | Fresno | California | Fifteen men were arrested and charged with "conspiracy and sedition". These charges are refuted in a later October 6 article. | Industrial Worker, 10-03-1917 |
| IWW National Secretary Detained | 10/13/1917 | Chicago | Illinois | William D. Haywood, national secretary of the IWW, is detained at the federal prison with $25,000 bail. | Industrial Worker, 10-13-1917 |
| Members Arrested for Sedition | 10/13/1917 | Fresno | California | Fourteen IWW members arrested on charges of sedition. | Solidarity, 10/13/1917 |
| 10/13/1917 | This article lists over 75 IWW members incarcerated at the time of publication. Notable figures include Ralph Chaplin, William D. Haywood, Rangner Johannsen, Samuel Scarlett, J.A. McDonald, and Herbert Mahler. | Solidarity, 10/13/1917 | |||
| Indictments Against IWW Continue | 10/22/1917 | Chicago | Illinois | 166 indictments have been returned against members and officers of the IWW by the Federal Grand Jury. | Industrial Worker, 10-27-1917 |
| Members Released While Others Charged with Criminal Syndicalism | 10/27/1917 | Moscow | Idaho | Eighteen IWW members released after being held for three months. Five still held on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Solidarity, 10/27/1917 |
| Federal Agents Raid IWW Quarters | 11/3/1917 | Miami | Arizona | Federal agents have raided an IWW office in Arizona, seizing "correspondence, literature, and records". | Industrial Worker, 11-03-1917 |
| Trials Denied to Prisoners | 11/3/1917 | Wenatchee | Washington | Thirteen IWW men have been jailed in Wenatchee for over three months without promise of a trial. Ghastly living conditions and abuse by the jailer has caused several of the men to fall seriously ill. | Industrial Worker, 11-03-1917 |
| Bonds Refused for Jailed IWW Members | 11/3/1917 | Bonds for the 266 IWW men arrested in late September have been refused. The men remain in jail. | Industrial Worker, 11-03-1917 | ||
| Men Indicted for Loyalty to Labor | 11/10/1917 | Chicago | Illinois | As attorneys work the case, it has become clear that the arrests of the 266 men in late September were made on grounds of IWW involvement in the past few years. | Industrial Worker, 11-10-1917 |
| Vigilantes Mob IWW in Oklahoma | 11/17/1917 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | A masked group of fifty people mobbed and abused seventeen IWW members, whipping, then tar and feathering them. | Industrial Worker, 11-17-1917 |
| Sioux City Forms Ku Klux Klan | 12/1/1917 | Sioux City | Iowa | A group, calling themselves the "Knights of Liberty" after the original group in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have formed in Sioux City, Iowa. They openly oppose and wish violence upon IWW members. | Industrial Worker, 12-01-1917 |
| Tacoma IWW Office Raided | 12/1/1917 | Tacoma | Washington | A raid of the IWW Tacoma office took place on November 23rd. Acting on fabricated information that the office was distributing liquor, police raided the room, seizing documents and arresting none. | Industrial Worker, 12-01-1917 |
| IWW Attorney Fred Moore Missing | 12/1/1917 | Fred Moore, long time attorney for the IWW and chief counsel in the Everett trials has been missing for two months. IWW members suspect foul play or kidnapping. | Industrial Worker, 12-01-1917 | ||
| All IWW Prisoners Released at St. Maries, Idaho | 12/8/1917 | St. Maries | Idaho | All IWW members imprisoned in Idaho have been released. The IWW is hopeful that this signals the collapse of "criminal syndicalist" charges. | Industrial Worker, 12-08-1917 |
| Anti-IWW Sentiment in Fresno Likely to be Legally Codified | 12/15/1917 | Fresno | California | The federal indictments of late September seem to be shaping up quite seriously in Fresno. It is very likely that anti-IWW policies will be written into law, threatening the safety of IWW members across the country. | Industrial Worker, 12-15-1917 |
| Officers Refuse to Arrest Additional IWW Men | 12/15/1917 | Seattle | Washington | In a form of protest over the recent wave of arrests, several IWW men have approached police requesting to be arrested due to their IWW membership. The officers turned them away. | Industrial Worker, 12-15-1917 |
| National IWW Headquarters Raided | 12/22/1917 | Chicago | Illinois | The national headquarters of the IWW was raided by local police. No men were arrested. 105 men indicted in the late September arrests have pleaded "not guilty" to charges. Some face hanging. | Industrial Worker, 12-22-1917 |
| Defense and Worker Office Raided | 12/29/1917 | Seattle | Washington | Several IWW offices and associated offices were raided by Seattle police under the guidance of new chief Joel Warren. | Industrial Worker, 12-29-1917 |
| Members Charged with Conspiracy | 10/25/1918 | Spokane | Washington | IWW members charged with conspiracy pled not guilty. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Female Members with Influenza Face Trial | 11/08/1918 | Portland | Oregon | Defended by E. E. Heckbert and George Vanderveer, female IWW member suffering from the Spanish influenza went on trial for violation of the Espionage Act. | New Solidarity, 11/23/1918 |
| Members Jailed | 11/16/1918 | Boise | Idaho | 20 IWW members in L.W.I.U. No. 500 held in jail. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Members Arrested Upon Entering Town | 11/16/1918 | Leadville | Colorado | 2 IWW members arrested upon entering town. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Member Convicted of Criminal Syndicalism | 11/16/1918 | Moscow | Idaho | IWW member convicted of criminal syndicaism and sentenced to between six months and ten years in prison. His appeal for pardon was denied. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Members Face Trial Under Poor Conditions | 11/16/1918 | Omaha | Nebraska | 24 IWW members put on trial in cruel conditions, a number without shoes, socks, or underwear. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Members on Trial Die of Influenza | 11/16/1918 | Sacramento | California | 4 of the 54 IWW members on trial died of influenza. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Member Released | 11/16/1918 | Sioux City | Iowa | All IWW members arrested two weeks prior released. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Member Dies While Incarcerated | 11/16/1918 | Urbana | Illinois | IWW member jailed in the raids of the Butler county oil fields died of influenza and pneumonia while incarcerated. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Members Convicted of Criminal Syndicalism | 11/16/1918 | Wallace | Idaho | IWW member convicted of criminal syndicalism and sentenced to one year in prison and a $500 fine. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Members Face Poor Jail Conditions | 11/16/1918 | Wichita | Kansas | 7 IWW members held in jail in poor conditions. | New Solidarity, 11/16/1918 |
| Members Arrested for Carrying Radical Literature | 11/21/1918 | Chicago | Illinois | IWW member arrested, released, and rearrested for carrying radical literature. Case investigator told the defendant, "…we will keep you in jail till you get over [foreign ideas]." | New Solidarity, 12/28/1918 |
| Members Arrested for "advocating, teaching,and aiming at destruction of property" | 11/23/1918 | Leadville | Colorado | 4 IWW members arrested. 1 dismissed, 3 charged with "advocating, teaching, and aiming at destruction of property." | New Solidarity, 11/23/1918 |
| Tom Mooney Appeal Dismissed | 11/23/1918 | San Francisco | California | The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Tom Mooney, the IWW member sentenced to death for his role in a bomb plot. | New Solidarity, 11/23/1918 |
| Member Convicted of Owning Finnish Literature | 11/23/1918 | Sault Ste. Marie | Ontario | L.W.I.U. No. 500 delegate J.J. Wilson convicted of owning literature in Finnish, an enemy language, and being in the IWW. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison. | New Solidarity, 11/23/1918 |
| Members Released After Appeal Finds Previous Conviction Unconstitutional | 11/23/1918 | Seattle | Washington | The 50 IWW members held in violation of the Espionage Act released after the United States Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a Seattle grand jury conviction and declared the unconsitutionality of the prosecution. | New Solidarity, 11/23/1918 |
| Mooney's Death Sentence Commuted to Life in Prison | 11/30/1918 | San Francisco | California | Governor Stephens commuted Mooney's death sentence to life in prison. | New Solidarity, 11/30/1918 |
| Delegate Jailed | 11/30/1918 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | M.M.W.I.U. No. 800 delegate jailed for ten months without charge. | New Solidarity, 11/30/1918 |
| Workers Charged | 12/07/1918 | Omaha | Nebraska | 20 workers charged in the "Omaha indictments." | New Solidarity, 12/07/1918 |
| Members Released | 12/09/1918 | Omaha | Nebraska | 3 Wobblies released from jail. | New Solidarity, 12/14/1918 |
| Cases Against Members Dismissed | 12/09/1918 | Sacramento | California | The cases of 3 Wobblies dismissed. | New Solidarity, 12/14/1918 |
| Members Tarred and Feathered by Vigilantes | 12/14/1918 | McMurray | Washington | IWW member tarred and feathered by a mob of twenty vigilantes. Additionaly, 10 were deported. | New Solidarity, 12/21/1918 |
| Members Released on Bonds | 12/14/1918 | Omaha | Nebraska | All but 2 of the Wobblies arrested over a year prior released on bonds. | New Solidarity, 12/14/1918 |
| Members on Trial | 12/14/1918 | Sacramento | California | 24 Wobblies on trial for unspecified charges. | New Solidarity, 12/14/1918 |
| Newsboy Arrested for Selling Seattle Defense Bulletin | 12/20/1918 | Seattle | Washington | Newsboy arrested for selling the Seattle Defense Bulletin, prompting others to begin selling the paper and leading to the arrest of 9 others. | New Solidarity, 12/28/1918 |
| Indicted Officials Released Without Trial | 12/21/1918 | Bisbee | Arizona | The 25 indicted officials for deporting over 1000 workers from Bisbee in 1917 released without trial. | New Solidarity, 12/21/1918 |
| The Jail Sentences of 93 Convicted Members Equals 807 Years | 12/21/1918 | Chicago | Illinois | 93 IWW members sentenced to, collectively, 807 years in the Leavenworth penitentiary. | New Solidarity, 12/21/1918 |
| Members Released from Immigration Detention After One Year | 12/21/1918 | Seattle | Washington | 5 IWW members released from immigration detention after being held for over a year. | New Solidarity, 12/21/1918 |
| Sentenced Without Any Trial | 12/27/1918 | Everett | Washington | IWW member allegedly held for almost one year without charge. | Solidarity 12-27-1918 |
| Property Returned | 12/31/1918 | Spokane | Washington | IWW equipment and supplies seized during an earlier raid is returned except those used in the Chicago syndicalism trial. | Solidarity 01-11-1919 |
| Slow Murder of a Fellow Workers | 1/4/1919 | Spokane | Washington | German IWW member arrested for "trying to make this world a fit place in which to live," and held for tenth months. He later died due to poor conditions of the jail. | Solidarity 01-04-1919 |
| Prosecution Rests | 1/12/1919 | Sacramento | California | Trial of the 47 Wobblies accused of unspecified charges continued. | Solidarity 01-18-1919 |
| One Letter of Month | 1/18/1919 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Jailed IWW member in Leavenworth reports that he and fourteen other members were put in isolation and restricted to bread and water after they "got in bad with the powers that be" in the prison. | Solidarity 01-18-1919 |
| Reward Offered | 1/19/1919 | Springfield | Massachusetts | Springfield IWW hall raided and property stolen. The Department of Justice denied any involvement in the raid. The IWW local announced a $500 reward for the return of the stolen property. | Solidarity 02-01-1919 |
| Preventing Defense | 1/22/1919 | Spokane | Washington | Defense Office of the IWW raided by police, who seized all property related to defense. Five arrested in the raid, and later released on bonds. | Solidarity 02-01-1919 |
| Arrested in Chicago | 1/25/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | Eighteen Chicago IWW members arrested, finger printed, and released. One additional person arrested the next day and not released by the time of publication. | Solidarity 01-25-1919 |
| Sacramento Members Convicted | 1/25/1919 | Sacramento | California | 38 IWW members convicted on charges related to a bombing and sentenced to one to ten years in Leavenworth. Three let out on bail and their trial postponed indefinitely. After the jury returned the verdict, the convicted responded by singing "Solidarity Forever." | Solidarity 01-25-1919 |
| None | 2/8/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | Chicago Recruiting Union member Jennie La Zar arrested and questioned by the police who attempted to persuade her against attending IWW meetings. | Solidarity 02-08-1919 |
| Worker Deported | 2/8/1919 | Seattle | Washington | Several IWW members in Seattle face deportation back to Russia. | Solidarity 02-08-1919 |
| Wichita Jail Again | 2/8/1919 | Wichita | Kansas | Delegate of Oil Workers' Industrial Union No. 450 arrested for vagrancy. He spent a week in jail awaiting trial facing horrendous conditions with vermin, steel bunks with no mattresses, and no protection from the cold. The charges were dropped upon trial, but he was ordered to leave town and surrender all IWW supplies. | Solidarity 02-08-1919 |
| Deportees Beaten | 2/25/1919 | New York | New York | 54 people, most of them previously active in the IWW, were beaten on their way to Ellis Island for deportation. | New Solidarity 02-25-1919 |
| Arrest in the General Strike | 2/25/1919 | Seattle | Washington | Prominent Wobbly author Walker C. Smith arrested during the Seattle General Strike for distributing a pamphlet about Russia. | New Solidarity 02-25-1919 |
| Hall Raided, Members Arrested | 2/27/1919 | San Francisco | California | IWW hall raided leading to the arrest of nine, seven of which were released on bail shortly thereafter and two held for deportation. | New Solidarity 03-08-1919 |
| Another IWW for Leavenworth | 2/28/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | IWW member Petro Nigra sentenced to 18 months at Leavenworth. | New Solidarity 03-08-1919 |
| Worker Held for Deportation | 3/1/1919 | Bartlesville | Oklahoma | Several IWW members arrested on unknown charges. All released except one who then faced possible deportation. | New Solidarity 03-01-1919 |
| Krieger Trial Delayed | 3/8/1919 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | In the case of Charles Krieger, an IWW member charged with obstructing the draft and destroying property belonging to the head of the Carter Oil Company, the presiding judge sustained the defense's motion to quash. The judge ordered Krieger be released of a new bill of information was not filed in 24 hours. | New Solidarity 03-08-1919 |
| Landlords Instructed to Discriminate | 3/12/1919 | Kansas City | Missouri | Judge Kennedy, who was responsible for the recent conviction of IWW members, asks police department to contact landlords and ask them to not rent out their property to the IWW. | New Solidarity 03-22-1919 |
| Hall Raided, Members Arrested | 3/15/1919 | Kansas City | Missouri | Sixteen members arrested during a raid on the IWW hall. Twelve received either a $500 fine or 90 days in jail. | New Solidarity 03-15-1919 |
| Thirty-One Arrests after the General Strike | 3/15/1919 | Seattle | Washington | Thirty-one IWW members arrested due to their involvement in the Seattle General Strike, including Harvey O' Connor and Walker Smith. | New Solidarity 03-15-1919 |
| Pamphlet Distributors Arrested | 3/16/1919 | Newark | New Jersey | Two IWW members arrested on charges of insurrection and sedition after distributing pamphlets on labor. | New Solidarity 04-05-1919 |
| Fourteen More Arrested | 3/22/1919 | Kansas City | Missouri | During another raid on their hall, fourteen Wobblies arrested, convicted of vagrancy, and sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in jail. | New Solidarity 03-22-1919 |
| Trials of 32 Postponed | 3/22/1919 | Wichita | Kansas | The trials of 32 IWW members jailed on unspecified charges postponed an additional five months by the presiding judge who, the IWW claimed, "Allowed] two months to talk it over, then [took] three months to smoke." | New Solidarity 03-22-1919 |
| Hail Raided, Members Arrested | 3/29/1919 | Bridgeport | Connecticut | Police raided the IWW hall, seized property, and arrested ten members. | New Solidarity 03-29-1919 |
| Secretary and Others Arrested | 4/19/1919 | San Francisco | California | Police arrested local secretary and two other IWW members. One sentenced to three months in jail, but won an appeal. They all refused an attorney stating, "[W]e are more able to defend the principles of the One Big Union than any bourgeois lawyer." | New Solidarity 04-19-1919 |
| Sedition Conviction | 4/26/1919 | Fargo | North Dakota | IWW member sentenced to three years in Leavenworth for two counts of sedition. | New Solidarity 04-26-1919 |
| Hall Raided, Records Seized | 4/26/1919 | Phoenix | Arizona | Maricopa County Sheriff raided the IWW headquarters and seized literature, records, and supplies. The sheriff claimed he found evidence of over $100000 being collected by the IWW local in the last year. | New Solidarity 04-26-1919 |
| Interrupted May Day Demonstration | 5/1/1919 | Cleveland | Ohio | May Day celebration organized by the Socialist Party and the IWW was met with a heavy police presence leading to two deaths, many injuries, and over 130 people convicted of rioting. | New Solidarity 05-10-1919 |
| Immigrant Members Released | 5/3/1919 | Ellis Island | New York | Four foreign-born IWW members released after being held for over a year. | New Solidarity 05-03-1919 |
| Everett Defendant Arrested Again | 5/10/1919 | Everett | Washington | Former Everett defendant Adolph Ersson arrested in LA for his connection to the IWW. | New Solidarity 05-10-1919 |
| Held in Detention | 5/10/1919 | Ft. Douglas | Utah | Over 100 foreign-born IWW members were held for being "alien enemies." | New Solidarity 05-10-1919 |
| Bonds for Leavenworth Men | 5/10/1919 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Five IWW members (Joe Gordon, Charles Rothfisher, Vincent St. John, Frank Westerlund, and Petro Nigra) released on bond while they await the decision to be granted an appeal. | New Solidarity 05-10-1919 |
| Army Captain Denounces Persecution | 5/10/1919 | New York | New York | Former assistant attorney general of the Philippines and captain of military intelligence of the US Army released a statement claiming the conviction of Vincent St. John and others in Chicago was unjust. | New Solidarity 05-10-1919 |
| Prisoners Strike for Food, Better Treatment | 5/17/1919 | Kuna | Idaho | Twelve jailed IWW members went on strike against the prison farm for more food and improved condition. | New Solidarity 05-17-1919 |
| Wobbly Fired for Membership | 5/24/1919 | Schenectady | New York | Nine year veteran of General Electric fired for his affiliation with the IWW. | New Solidarity 05-24-1919 |
| Hall Raided, Literature Seized | 5/24/1919 | Seattle | Washington | Police raided the IWW hall and seized all literature, including New Solidarity. | New Solidarity 05-24-1919 |
| James A. Billings Arrested | 5/31/1919 | Los Angeles | California | Prominent IWW member James Billings arrested for his activity in Spokane, Seattle, and Portland. | New Solidarity 05-31-1919 |
| James Bruce on Trial for Strike Activity | 5/31/1919 | Seattle | Washington | The trial of James Bruce, charged with crimes related to the recent strike, began with the prosecution asserting the IWW is a radical organization for the violent overthrow of the US government. George Vanderveer represented Bruce. | New Solidarity 05-31-1919 |
| Criminal Syndicalism Arrests | 6/7/1919 | Bay Area | California | Eight Wobblies arrested for criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 06-07-1919 |
| Wobblies Still in Jail | 6/7/1919 | Hitchinson | Kansas | Ten Wobblies still in jail ten months after their arrests in Wichita. | New Solidarity 06-07-1919 |
| Wobblies under Federal Investigation | 6/7/1919 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Two members arrested and held of federal investigation after a raid on their hall in which police seized one copy of "The I.W.W. Trial" and one copy of the "Tenth Convention Report" because "[t]he dicks were likely broke or too cheap to buy the books themselves." | New Solidarity 06-07-1919 |
| Prosecution Rested in Bruce Trial | 6/7/1919 | Seattle | Washington | The prosecution in the trial of James Bruce ended after what was reported to be a weak case. | New Solidarity 06-07-1919 |
| Warrants Issued | 6/14/1919 | Oakland | California | Police issued 39 warrants for the arrests of IWW members on charges of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 06-14-1919 |
| Criminal Syndicalism Arrests | 6/21/1919 | San Francisco | California | To date, 13 Bay Area IWWs have been arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 06-21-1919 |
| Anti-IWW Bailiff Investigated | 6/21/1919 | Seattle | Washington | George Vanderveer, lawyer representing accused anarchist James Bruce, charges that court bailiff tampered with jury urging them to vote for conviction, | New Solidarity 06-21-1919 |
| IWW Member Deported | 6/28/1919 | Butte | Montana | Joe Kennedy of the IWW deported. | New Solidarity 06-28-1919 |
| Workers Left Leavenworth | 6/28/1919 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Ten IWWs convicted in the Chicago trials released after serving their full term. | New Solidarity 06-28-1919 |
| Hall Raided | 6/28/1919 | New York | New York | Hall raided and literature and supplies seized by the State Investigation Committee. | New Solidarity 06-28-1919 |
| Spokane Raid | 6/28/1919 | Spokane | Washington | Police raid room in the Bristol Hotel, seize IWW literature and ballots, and arrest two members on charges of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 06-28-1919 |
| Federal Officers Raided Hall | 7/5/1919 | Toledo | Ohio | Federal officers raided the IWW hall in search of materials for printing "books and pamphlets for circulation in the spread of treason, disloyalty, and mutiny." | New Solidarity 07-05-1919 |
| Victim of Poor Conditions | 7/8/1919 | Seattle | Washington | One of the 27 IWW members charged with "attempting to overthrow the government" in relation to the Seattle General Strike died of illness likely caused by the unsanitary conditions of the King County jail. | New Solidarity 08-02-1919 |
| Vagrancy Charge | 7/9/1919 | Miami | Arizona | Secretary of Metal Mine Workers' Industrial Union No. 800 sentenced to 90 days in jail on a vagrancy charge. | New Solidarity 07-19-1919 |
| Court of Appeals Required $4300 | 7/12/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the IWW must pay $4300 for printing records, Clerk's fees, and other expenses for United States of America vs. William Haywood, et al. or the request for appeal would be denied. | New Solidarity 07-12-1919 |
| Hail Raided, Members Arrests and Property Seized | 7/12/1919 | Stockton | California | Police raided the IWW hall, seized records and literature, and arrested 19 members. | New Solidarity 07-12-1919 |
| Criminal Syndicalism Arrests | 7/19/1919 | Oakland | California | Six more IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 07-19-1919 |
| Kidnappers Released | 7/21/1919 | Virginia | Minnesota | The city attorney and eight mining company gunmen allegedly responsible for the kidnapping and beating of an IWW member released upon trial. | New Solidarity 08-02-1919 |
| IWW Women Deported | 7/22/1919 | New York | New York | Two sisters in the IWW were deported reportedly because of their membership after being held in Ellis Island for several months. | New Solidarity 08-02-1919 |
| Arrested for Riding Freights | 8/2/1919 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Fifteen harvesters arrested on charges of riding a freight train. Some released, but several held because of their red cards. | New Solidarity 08-02-1919 |
| Train Riders Met Violence | 8/2/1919 | Casselton | North Dakota | IWW members sleeping in box car were approached by bulls, who searched the whole train and beat several riders. Some workers ran and were shot at by the bulls, one of whom received a bullet in the hand. The rest were carted to town, searched, threatened with violence, and told to never return. | New Solidarity 08-02-1919 |
| Harvester Killed by Brakeman | 8/2/1919 | Hutchinson | Kansas | IWW harvester shot and killed by brakemen. The brakemen claimed self-defense, but witnesses asserted the worker was holding his bindle in one hand and the freight car's ladder in the other, leaving him unable to make any threatening actions. | New Solidarity 08-02-1919 |
| Haywood and Miller Released | 8/2/1919 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Bill Haywood and Francis Miller released pending appeal on bonds of $15000 and $10000 respectively. | New Solidarity 08-02-1919 |
| Syndicalism Law Upheld | 8/4/1919 | Sacramento | California | The California Supreme Court ruled the criminal syndicalism law that had jailed so many IWW members was constitutional. | New Solidarity 08-16-1919 |
| Arrested in Freight Yard | 8/9/1919 | Aberdeen | South Dakota | Thirteen IWW members arrested for attempting to ride a freight train. | New Solidarity 08-09-1919 |
| Coal Miners Arrested | 8/9/1919 | Adena | Ohio | IWW member and UMW chairman arrested after suggesting industrial unionism at a meeting. Officers in the UMW called him a Bolshevik and allegedly led to his arrest. | New Solidarity 08-09-1919 |
| Il Nuovo Proletario Editor Threatened with Deportation | 8/9/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | The Department of Labor issued a warrant for the deportation of Angelo Faggi, editor of Il Nuovo Proletario. He was allowed to leave the county voluntary instead of being deported as a criminal. | New Solidarity 08-09-1919 |
| California Cases | 8/9/1919 | Eureka | California | Two IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 08-09-1919 |
| Arrest for "Absolutely Nothing" | 8/9/1919 | Holdredge | Nebraska | Two IWW members arrested after being caught by a bull on railroad property. | New Solidarity 08-09-1919 |
| Chaplin and Others Released on Bond | 8/9/1919 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Ralph Chaplin and 26 others were released on bond pending appeal. One of those men was rearrested for conspiracy to kill public officials. | New Solidarity 08-09-1919 |
| California Cases | 8/9/1919 | Santa Barbara | California | One IWW member arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 08-09-1919 |
| California Cases | 8/9/1919 | Stockton | California | Five IWW arrested of charges of criminal syndicalism, all but one released on bond. | New Solidarity 08-09-1919 |
| Two Wobblies Arrested | 8/16/1919 | Superior | Wisconsin | Two IWW members arrested on charges of unlawful organization after accepting money from two new members. | New Solidarity 08-16-1919 |
| New Vagrancy Law in Action | 8/16/1919 | Wichita | Kansas | IWW member sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine under the new state vagrancy law. He was the first person convicted after its passing. | New Solidarity 08-16-1919 |
| First Syndicalism Cases in the State | 8/16/1919 | Ohio | Three members arrested and held for federal investigation on charges of criminal syndicalism, the first in the state of Ohio. | New Solidarity 08-16-1919 | |
| Restaurant Workers Strike | 8/23/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | Restaurant workers strike for the eight hour day, six day week, time and a half for overtime, union recognition, and increased wages. | New Solidarity 08-23-1919 |
| Dismissed, Re-Arrested | 8/23/1919 | Stockton | California | Nineteen criminal syndicalism cases dismissed, but eight rearrested on bench warrants. | New Solidarity 08-23-1919 |
| Organizer and Delegates Arrested | 8/23/1919 | Walsenburg | Colorado | Metal Mine Workers Industrial Union No. 800 organizer arrested and three delegates kidnapped by company gunmen. | New Solidarity 08-23-1919 |
| Ranchers Beat Delegate | 9/6/1919 | Calipatria | California | Ranchers appeared at an IWW propaganda meeting of 100 people and demanded the meeting end. Law enforcement later arrived on the scene and placed the IWW delegate, Peter Lynch, under arrest and brought him to jail at the urging of the ranchers. The marshal warned Lynch that the ranchers would mob the jail. At midnight, the ranchers showed up at jail with the keys, kidnapped Lynch, and drove him to the desert where they beat and robbed him of clothing, shoes, money, jewelry, dues books, and $100 worth of dues stamps. | New Solidarity 09-27-1919 |
| New Syndicalism Law | 9/6/1919 | Lansing | Michigan | New criminal syndicalism banning the advocating of crime, sabotage, violence, or other terrorist methods to obtain political reform went into effect. | New Solidarity 09-06-1919 |
| Ten Workers on Ellis Island | 9/6/1919 | New York | New York | Ten IWW members on Ellis Island awaiting deportation. | New Solidarity 09-06-1919 |
| Hall Raided, Arrests Made | 9/10/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | Russian IWW hall raided and eight members arrested without warrant and held without charge. | New Solidarity 09-20-1919 |
| Hungarian Member Arrested | 9/13/1919 | Hammond | Indiana | Hungarian IWW arrested and held in jail. | New Solidarity 09-13-1919 |
| Arrested for Seditious Literature | 9/13/1919 | Newark | New Jersey | Two members arrested for intending to distribute seditious literature. They were released on bond after two weeks in jail and their cases dismissed a few weeks later. | New Solidarity 10-18-1919 |
| IWW Member Murdered | 9/20/1919 | Carrington | North Dakota | IWW member from Chicago found dead underneath the train depot platform with two bullet wounds. | New Solidarity 09-20-1919 |
| IWW Members Arrested | 9/20/1919 | Flint | Michigan | Two IWW members arrested for violating the state's criminal syndicalism law. | New Solidarity 09-20-1919 |
| Emma Goldman to Be Released | 9/20/1919 | Jefferson City | Missouri | Emma Goldman to be released after serving an extra thirty days on top of her two year sentence because she could not pay the ten thousand dollar fine that accompanied her prison sentence. | New Solidarity 09-20-1919 |
| Strikers Arrested | 9/28/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | Two IWW members arrested by federal agents while collecting defense funds. | New Solidarity 10-04-1919 |
| Criminal Syndicalism Arrests | 10/4/1919 | California | Thirty-five IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism and two on charges of vagrancy. | New Solidarity 10-04-1919 | |
| Jailed and Beaten | 10/7/1919 | Haines | Oregon | Nine IWW members arrested, jailed, then released two days later when they were beat and run out of town. | New Solidarity 10-18-1919 |
| Hall Raided, Literature Burned | 10/8/1919 | Portland | Oregon | Police raided IWW hall, brought two members in for questioning, and burned their literature. After the incident, their landlord gave them notice to vacate. | New Solidarity 10-25-1919 |
| First Syndicalism Cases in the State | 10/11/1919 | Ft. Wayne | Indiana | In the first exercise of the new criminal syndicalism law in Indiana, an IWW member arrested shortly after arriving from Chicago. | New Solidarity 10-11-1919 |
| Police Blocked IWW Hall and Made Arrests | 10/11/1919 | Los Angeles | California | Seventeen prominent IWW members arrested, some of whom from their homes, on charges of criminal syndicalism. The began to police block the entrance to the IWW hall rendering it unusable. | New Solidarity 10-11-1919 |
| Eleven Wobblies Pending Trial | 10/11/1919 | Oakland | California | Eleven IWW members to face trial on charges of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 10-11-1919 |
| Criminal Syndicalism Arrests | 10/11/1919 | Sacramento | California | Two more IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 10-11-1919 |
| AWO 400 Members Arrested | 10/11/1919 | Scotts Bluff | Nebraska | Fifteen members of the AWO 400 arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism | New Solidarity 10-11-1919 |
| Krieger Defense Requested Change of Venue | 10/11/1919 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Charles Krieger, IWW member charged with destroying the property of the head of Standard Oil, began his trial in Tulsa, where his lawyer requested a change of venue in order to have a just trial. | New Solidarity 10-11-1919 |
| IWW Members Arrested | 10/16/1919 | Sault St. Marie | Michigan | Two arrested for their membership status. | New Solidarity 11-01-1919 |
| Ironic Syndicalism Arrest | 10/18/1919 | Scotts Bluff | Nebraska | James Cronin, IWW member sent to Scotts Bluff to investigate the fifteen syndicalism-related arrests, was arrested on the same charges shortly after his arrival. | New Solidarity 10-18-1919 |
| IWW Members Arrested for Literature | 10/18/1919 | St. Louis | Missouri | Twelve IWW members arrested by federal agents for possession of literature showing the number of lynchings in the United States and encouraging black workers to join the I.W.W. | New Solidarity 10-18-1919 |
| Defense's Change of Venue Request Denied | 10/18/1919 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | The Krieger Defense's Request for a change of venue to ensure a fair trial was denied. | New Solidarity 10-18-1919 |
| Injunction Against IWW | 10/25/1919 | Tonopah | Nevada | An injunction was issued banning declaring, "That an unlawful organization known as the I.W.W. be restrained from further publishing dodgers of writings declaring Tonopah a scab camp and that said scab camp is on strike," as a response to their attempt to organize strikers in the Metal Trades Union. | New Solidarity 10-25-1919 |
| IWW Hall Vandalized | 11/4/1919 | Des Moines | Iowa | IWW hall "smashed… and an attempt made to burn it." | New Solidarity 11-08-1919 |
| Mutiny Conviction | 11/8/1919 | Balboa | Panama Canal Zone | IWW member James Hayes sentenced to two years in prison in the Canal Zone for mutiny. | New Solidarity 11-08-1919 |
| International Association of Machinists Expel Wobblies | 11/8/1919 | Detroit | Michigan | The International Association Machinists Lodge No. 82 expelled seven prominent members, including its president, vice president, and secretary for being sympathetic to the IWW. | New Solidarity 11-08-1919 |
| IWW Hall Raided, Publications Seized | 11/19/1919 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Police raided IWW hall and confiscated literature including New Solidarity and the One Big Union Monthly | New Solidarity 11-25-1919 |
| IWW Hall Raided | 11/22/1919 | Paterson | New Jersey | Police raided IWW hall, confiscate literature, and demand the organization take down the poster in the window depicted a jailed member. | New Solidarity 11-22-1919 |
| Offices Raided | 11/22/1919 | Pueblo | Colorado | Two IWW members arrested, their offices raided, and all possessions seized. | New Solidarity 11-22-1919 |
| Hall and Defense Office Raided | 11/22/1919 | Seattle | Washington | Police raided IWW hall and arrested several members. | New Solidarity 11-22-1919 |
| Vigilantes Raided Five IWW Halls | 11/25/1919 | New York | New York | A band of vigilantes consisting of those in the American Legion and the bomb squad division of the New York Police Department raided five IWW halls, smashing and burning furniture, and beating several member so severely they were hospitalized. Two workers arrested for carrying concealed pen knives. In court, the judge compared the pen knives in question with his own then dismissed the case. The IWW suspected the NYPD organized the raids. | New Solidarity 11-25-1919 |
| Hall Closed, Fifty-Seven Members Arrested | 11/25/1919 | Portland | Oregon | IWW hall closed after fifty-seven of their members were arrested during a series of raids | New Solidarity 11-25-1919 |
| Thirty-Seven Members Arrested | 11/25/1919 | Seattle | Washington | Thirty-seven members arrested during a series of raids on IWW halls and meeting places. | New Solidarity 11-25-1919 |
| One Hundred Twenty Arrested | 11/29/1919 | Spokane | Washington | One hundred twenty IWW members arrested, seventy-three of whom on the same night. Fifty-three convicted of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 11-29-1919 |
| Krieger Trial Ended in Hung Jury | 11/29/1919 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | After 42 hours of deliberation, the jury fails to reach consensus with the final vote counting seven for conviction and five for acquittal. | New Solidarity 11-29-1919 |
| Massive Defense Meeting | 11/30/1919 | Detroit | Michigan | Ten thousand attend meeting held for the raiding of defense funds, four thousand of whom had to be turned away due to the restricted capacity of the hall. Bill Haywood, the scheduled principal speaker, was asked not to appear on stage by the police commissioner who anticipated violence. | New Solidarity 12-06-1919 |
| Red Card Evidence of Vagrancy | 12/6/1919 | Omaha | Nebraska | The police judge ruled the carrying of a red card could be considered evidence of vagrancy, leading to the arrest and conviction of sixteen Wobblies despite their all having money and employment in the city. | New Solidarity 12-06-1919 |
| IWW Hall Vandalized | 12/13/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | Front windows of IWW hall smashed by unknown assailants. The locals based their offered $100 for the identification of the guilty parties. | New Solidarity 12-13-1919 |
| Hall Closed, Arrests Made | 12/13/1919 | Denver | Colorado | Six IWW members arrested during a raid and sentenced to 31 days in "the capitalistic institution of learning." | New Solidarity 12-13-1919 |
| Wobbly Died in Jail | 12/13/1919 | Kansas City | Kansas | IWW member died after being arrested during a raid and jailed for 13 months. | New Solidarity 12-13-1919 |
| Criminal Syndicalism Conviction | 12/13/1919 | Oakland | California | After deliberating for five minutes, jury convicted a Wobbly of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 12-13-1919 |
| IWW Member Convicted | 12/13/1919 | Seattle | Washington | IWW member convicted of unknown charges, likely criminal syndicalism, and sentenced to thirty days in jail and a $100 fine. | New Solidarity 12-13-1919 |
| Change of Venue Granted | 12/20/1919 | Centralia | Washington | The IWW members on trial for killing four American Legionnaires granted a change of to Grays Harbor. | New Solidarity 12-20-1919 |
| Arrested while Cashing Checks | 12/20/1919 | Marion | Indiana | IWW member arrested while cashing his paycheck from Construction Workers' Industrial Union No. 573. | New Solidarity 12-20-1919 |
| Plan Outlined to Breed IWW Hostility in Schools | 12/20/1919 | New York | New York | District Superintendent outlined a plan that would require all graduating high school senior to sign a pledge of loyalty to the United States that would include the promise, "I will actively oppose all revolutionary movements such as bolshevism, anarchism, I.W.W.'ism or any movement antagonist to the laws of the United States or tending to subvert the constitution of the United States." | New Solidarity 12-20-1919 |
| Wobbly Convicted of Inciting a Revolution | 12/20/1919 | Raton | New Mexico | IWW member convicted of inciting a revolution despite the alleged crime only having one witness. | New Solidarity 12-20-1919 |
| Governor Certain of Mooney's Guilt | 12/20/1919 | Sacramento | California | California Governor William Stephens publically released a letter to the secretary of the California State Federation of Labor stating he did not at all doubt the guilt of Tom Mooney, IWW member convicted on charges related to the preparedness day bombing. | New Solidarity 12-20-1919 |
| Labor Defense Officer Arrested | 12/20/1919 | San Francisco | California | Labor Defense League secretary Miss Whitney arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 12-20-1919 |
| Injunction Against IWW | 12/20/1919 | Spokane | Washington | Superior Judge Webster signed a restraining order against "any person who advocates, teaches, or promulgates teachings and principles of the I.W.W." | New Solidarity 12-20-1919 |
| Members Acquitted on Charge of Syndicalism | 12/27/1919 | Bellingham | Washington | After three hours of deliberation, jury acquitted three members accused of criminal syndicalism. | New Solidarity 12-27-1919 |
| Hall Raided, Fifty Arrested | 12/27/1919 | Chicago | Illinois | Police raided hall and arrested the fifty members present. | New Solidarity 12-27-1919 |
| Forty Arrested and Given Jail Time | 12/27/1919 | Denver | Colorado | Forty IWW members arrested and sentenced to thirty to ninety days. | New Solidarity 12-27-1919 |
| Twenty-Six Sentenced to Leavenworth | 12/27/1919 | Kansas City | Kansas | Twenty-six IWW members convicted for violating the espionage and Lever acts and sentenced to up to nine year in Leavenworth. | New Solidarity 12-27-1919 |
| Reporter Beaten | 12/27/1919 | Kansas City | Missouri | Non-unionized reported beaten after writing about the trial of the 26 IWW sentenced to Leavenworth. | New Solidarity 12-27-1919 |
| Members Arrested for Distributing Pamphlets on Centralia Events | 12/31/1919 | Spokane | Washington | Charles Butts, Sam Crane, Stephen Indahl and one other arrested without "the pretense of filing charges against them" while carrying several pamphlets outlining the IWW's perspective on the events at Centralia. | Industrial Worker, 01/10/1920 |
| IWW Secretary Arrested | 1/4/1920 | Missoula | Montana | Secretary of the IWW, Frank Jarvis, arrested and jailed. Authorities seized 100 pounds of I.W.W. pamphlets about the Centralia Massacre. | Industrial Worker, 01/17/1920 |
| Lawyer for IWW Arrested | 1/10/1920 | Vancouver | Washington | George Vanderveer, lawyer chosen to represent IWW workers in the Montesano case, arrested for talking to prisoners in the county jail without permission. | Industrial Worker, 01/10/1920 |
| Injunction Against IWW Made Permanent | 1/24/1920 | Spokane | Washington | Temporary injunction again the I.W.W. made permanent. | Industrial Worker, 01/24/1920 |
| Some of the Defendants in the Montesano Case Go on Hunger Strike | 2/24/1920 | Montesano | Washington | Six of the eleven IWW defendants in the Montesano trial went on hunger strike in protest of poor treatment while detained. | Industrial Worker, 03/02/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 3/6/1920 | Chehalis | Washington | IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. (Sixteen between Seattle, Sandpoint, and Chehalis) | Industrial Worker, 03/06/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 3/6/1920 | Sandpoint | Idaho | IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. (Sixteen between Seattle, Sandpoint, and Chehalis) | Industrial Worker, 03/06/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 3/6/1920 | Seattle | Washington | IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. (Sixteen between Seattle, Sandpoint, and Chehalis) | Industrial Worker, 03/06/1920 |
| Members Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Montesano Trial | 3/13/1920 | Montesano | Washington | Mike Sheehan and Elmer Smith acquitted of having a connection to the death of Warren O. Grimm at Centralia. Loren Roberts was adjudicated mentally insane. Britt Smith, Bert Bland, Commodore Bland, Ray Becker, James McInerney, Eugene Barnett, and John Lamb all convicted of second degree murder | Industrial Worker, 03/19/1920 |
| Centralia I.W.W. Hall Burned by Unknown parties | 3/24/1920 | Centralia | Washington | The I.W.W. hall famous for the Armistice Day massacre burned down by unidentified arsonists. | Industrial Worker, 04/02/1920 |
| Drastic Syndicalism Law for Kentucky | 3/25/1920 | Frankfort | Kentucky | The governor of Kentucky signed a criminal syndicalism law providing the imprisonment of 21 years or a $10,000 fine, or both, for those convicted of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 05/22/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 4/9/1920 | Newport | Washington | Eight IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism in Seattle and Newport. Seven held for federal investigation. | Industrial Worker, 04/09/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 4/9/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Eight IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism in Seattle and Newport. Seven held for federal investigation. | Industrial Worker, 04/09/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 4/16/1920 | Everett | Washington | Eight IWW members from Seattle and Everett arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 04/16/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 4/16/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Eight IWW members from Seattle and Everett arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 04/16/1920 |
| Office Raided | 4/22/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Police raided IWIU office, seize a directory of 12000 IWW members in the Northwest, and arrested W. E. Spear, Ed. Burns, and Alice Rose on open charges. | Industrial Worker, 05/01/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 4/23/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Nine IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 04/23/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/1/1920 | Ellensburg | Washington | Four IWW members from Ritzville, Ellensburg, and Seattle arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism | Industrial Worker, 05/01/1920 |
| Member Arrested for Distributing IWW Literature | 5/1/1920 | Providence | Rhode Island | IWW member and textile factory worker Louis Serrotti fired for distributing pro-labor pamphlets | Industrial Worker, 05/01/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/1/1920 | Ritzville | Washington | Four IWW members from Ritzville, Ellensburg, and Seattle arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism | Industrial Worker, 05/01/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/1/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Four IWW members from Ritzville, Ellensburg, and Seattle arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism | Industrial Worker, 05/01/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/8/1920 | Pasco | Washington | Sixteen IWW members from Pasco, Wallace, and Seattle arrested: fifteen on charges of criminal syndicalism, one charge unknown. | Industrial Worker, 05/08/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/8/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Sixteen IWW members from Pasco, Wallace, and Seattle arrested: fifteen on charges of criminal syndicalism, one charge unknown. | Industrial Worker, 05/08/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/8/1920 | Wallace | Idaho | Sixteen IWW members from Pasco, Wallace, and Seattle arrested: fifteen on charges of criminal syndicalism, one charge unknown. | Industrial Worker, 05/08/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/15/1920 | Everett | Washington | Forty-one IWW members from Portland, Everett, and Seattle arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 05/15/1920 |
| Protests Free Arrested Marchers | 5/15/1920 | Great Falls | Montana | Police arrest several of the 5,000 marchers in a parade protesting the recent deaths in Butte. Following their arrest, fellow marchers trailed them to the police station, demanding they also be arrested, leading to the release of all arrested paraders. | Industrial Worker, 05/15/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/15/1920 | Portland | Oregon | Forty-one IWW members from Portland, Everett, and Seattle arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 05/15/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/15/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Forty-one IWW members from Portland, Everett, and Seattle arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 05/15/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/22/1920 | Coeur D'Alene | Idaho | Fourteen IWW members arrested from Coeur D'Alene and Seattle on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 05/22/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/22/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Fourteen IWW members arrested from Coeur D'Alene and Seattle on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 05/22/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 5/29/1920 | Aberdeen | Washington | Three IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 05/29/1920 |
| Workers Convicted of Criminal Syndicalism | 6/1/1920 | Yakima | Washington | Five IWW members convicted of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 06/01/1920 |
| Injunction Passed Against IWW | 6/24/1920 | Eldorado | Kansas | Kansas passed a temporary injunction against the I.W.W., specifically restraining the "teaching and putting into practice any of the doctrines of the organization." | Industrial Worker, 10/23/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 7/3/1920 | Port Townsend | Washington | Two IWW members arrested on charges of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 07/03/1920 |
| Lawyer for IWW Arrested and Fined | 7/4/1920 | Astoria | Oregon | George Vanderveer, lawyer for the IWW members in the Centralia Massacre trial, arrested in Astoria on charges of resisting an officer on the 4th of July. He was fined $10 at the conclusion of his trial on July 24. | New Solidarity 08-09-1919; New Solidarity 08-23-1919 |
| Grand 4th of July Picnic | 7/4/1920 | Spokane | Washington | Police force assembled at IWW Independence Day Picnic in Spokane to forbid the distribution of ice cream and sandwiches without a health certificate. | Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920 |
| Chief of Police Barred from Speaking Freely About Centralia | 7/10/1920 | Bellingham | Washington | Bellingham Chief of Police prevented Elmer Smith, lawyer and IWW-sympathizer, from speaking freely about Centralia in public debates. | Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 7/10/1920 | Boise | Idaho | Six IWW member released from jail and their charges of criminal syndicalism dropped. Five awaiting trial. One found not guilty. Four convicted. Thirty-one indicted. | Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920 |
| Members Released Following Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 7/10/1920 | Chehalis | Washington | Six IWW member released from jail and their charges of criminal syndicalism dropped. Five awaiting trial. One found not guilty. Four convicted. Thirty-one indicted. | Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 7/10/1920 | Condon | Oregon | Six IWW member released from jail and their charges of criminal syndicalism dropped. Five awaiting trial. One found not guilty. Four convicted. Thirty-one indicted. | Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 7/10/1920 | Everett | Washington | Six IWW member released from jail and their charges of criminal syndicalism dropped. Five awaiting trial. One found not guilty. Four convicted. Thirty-one indicted. | Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 7/10/1920 | Portland | Oregon | Six IWW member released from jail and their charges of criminal syndicalism dropped. Five awaiting trial. One found not guilty. Four convicted. Thirty-one indicted. | Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920 |
| Members Released Following Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 7/10/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Six IWW member released from jail and their charges of criminal syndicalism dropped. Five awaiting trial. One found not guilty. Four convicted. Thirty-one indicted. | Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 7/10/1920 | Tillamook | Oregon | Six IWW member released from jail and their charges of criminal syndicalism dropped. Five awaiting trial. One found not guilty. Four convicted. Thirty-one indicted. | Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 7/31/1920 | Centralia | Washington | Four IWW members convicted of criminal syndicalism. One arrested on charges of disorderly conduct. | Industrial Worker, 07/31/1920 |
| Members Arrested for Violating Injunction | 7/31/1920 | Spokane | Washington | Four IWW convicted of violating the injunction against the IWW. Three convicted of vagrancy. | Industrial Worker, 07/31/1920 |
| Mining Companies Screen Potential Employees for IWW Members | 8/14/1920 | Butte | Montana | Copper mining companies begun to require all employees of their corporations to fill out a questionnaire, which includes "Are you a member of the I.W.W.?" and "Do you believe in the purposes or methods of the I.W.W. (Yes or No)?" | Industrial Worker, 08/14/1920 |
| Member Arrested for Vagrancy | 8/28/1920 | Spokane | Washington | Suspected IWW activities leader was arrested on charges of city vagrancy and was also alleged to be distributing IWW literature. | Industrial Worker, 09/11/1920 |
| Members Arrested on Charges of Criminal Syndicalism | 9/4/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Six IWW members charged with criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 09/04/1920 |
| Member Killed by Railway Special Agent | 10/2/1920 | Hannaford | North Dakota | Joe Bagley, a reportedly well-know member of the IWW, was shot and killed by Special Agent Nolan of the Great Northern railway. | Industrial Worker, 10/23/1920 |
| Member Arrested for Selling IWW Literature | 10/6/1920 | Hoquiam | Washington | Waino Aho, active IWW in western Washington, was arrested on charges of selling radical literature. He was found guilty and fined a total of $43.29 | Industrial Worker, 10/30/1920 |
| Sheriff Interferes in IWW Dance | 10/22/1920 | Seattle | Washington | Seattle Police Chief W.H. Searing attempted to ban the IWW dance scheduled for 10/22/1920. His attempt proved unsuccessful due to the ruling of a judge, but the IWW claimed the popularity and attendance of the dance was hindered due to the police involvement. | Industrial Worker, 10/30/1920 |
| Police Oppose Radicals as Unemployed Enter City | 11/17/1920 | Portland | Oregon | Public officials in Portland resumed their plans to oppose radical elements in Portland. Since mills and lumber camps closed in the area surrounding Portland, unemployed workers have entered the city in droves, which, the article explains, was likely the cause of the re-concentration of police on radicals. | Industrial Worker, 11/27/1920 |
| Member on Trial for Criminal Syndicalism | 11/20/1920 | Everett | Washington | Walter Smith went on trial for criminal syndicalism. Another IWW, Pat Cantwell, was convicted of the same days before the beginning of Smith's trial | Industrial Worker, 12/04/1920 |
| Member Acquitted of Criminal Syndicalism | 12/2/1920 | Everett | Washington | After thirteen hours of deliberation, the jury of Smith's case found him not guilty of criminal syndicalism. | Industrial Worker, 12/11/1920 |
Taken from this fantastic resource: http://depts.washington.edu/iww/persecution.shtml
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