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Bloody Sunday: One Of The Worst Massacres In Washington State History

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Did you know that bloody Sunday was one of the worst massacres in Washington state history? Also known as the Everett Massacre. This day many people died. There was corruption and it was not a good time altogether. And the IWW (industrial workers of the world) had the most control over everyone because they were so big. On Sunday, November 5, 1916, the IWW was on a strike. It was the wobblies against the vigilantes. The strike was to support the shingle mill workers. More than 70 wobblies died were killed. They begin their speeches, but after a short amount of time, it was not a matter of free speech. No one knows who fired the first shots but it was a very bloody battle hence the name “Bloody Sunday”. There were 200 citizen deputies and

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