Category Archives: Centralia Tragedy of 1919

Inslee refuses to pardon IWW union men in 100-year-old Centralia murder case

January 10, 2025                 Washington Governor Jay Inslee has refused to pardon eight Centralia, Washington union men convicted in a controversial murder case following the 1919 Centralia Tragedy. The men, members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), were convicted in 1920 “…in a trial thatContinue reading “Inslee refuses to pardon IWW union men in 100-year-old Centralia murder case”