Roslyn mining strike, 1888
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Citation
“Roslyn mining strike, 1888,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed May 23, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/7019.
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Title
Roslyn mining strike, 1888
Subject
African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Labor disputes; Mining; Strikes
Description
Telegram sent from Tacoma, Washington Territory on December 30, 1888 to John Kangley of Streator, Illinois: "In taking the new drivers to Roslyn this afternoon Ronald and Williamson were surrounded and knocked senseless by strikers and disarmed. Afterwards run out of town. Several of new men badly used up. Mob rule reigns in Roslyn tonight and..." Alexander Ronald was Superintendent of the Northwestern Improvement Company (N.W.I.) in the 1880's and for whom the town of Ronald was named.
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Date
1888
Contributor
Ellensburg Public Library
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the director of the Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection.
Format
Scanned photographic print March 2001, DPI- 300, JPEG, with a Microtek Scanmaker 6400 XL.
Type
Photograph
Coverage
Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn