num_pages: 264
description: In Centralia, WA on Armistice Day 1919 members of the Industrial Workers of the World killed Legionnaires who were parading thru town, believing the Workers' hall was going to be attacked. The subsequent uprising lead to the lynching of an IWW member. The men convicted of the Legionnaire killing later inspired the sympathies of the Wobbly's successors--the CIO. The Centralia War became a cause celebre in the tradition of the Sacco-Vanzetti case. The author has uncovered much new information regarding the events surrounding the Centralia case &amp; has provided many photgraphs &amp; documents. "The men who were convicted in the Centralia case came to be regarded as 'class-war prisoners,' &amp; in time inspired the sympathies of many prominent persons as well as those who succeeded the Wobblies in advocating industrial unionism- members of the CIO. Theirs was a cause celebre in the tradition of the Haymarket &amp; Sacco-Vanzetti cases."
language: English
title: Wobbly War: The Centralia Story
titlecomplete: Wobbly War: The Centralia Story
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma)