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Joseph Ettor | Joseph J. Ettor, who had been arrested in 1912, giving a speech to barbers on strike The IWW's efforts were met with violent reactions from all levels of government, from company management and their agents, and from groups of citizens functioning as vigilantes.

In 1914, Joe Hill ( Joel Hägglund ) was accused of murder and, despite only circumstantial evidence, was executed by the state of Utah in 1915.

On November 5, 1916 at Everett, Washington a group of deputized businessmen led by Sheriff Donald McRae attacked Wobblies on the steamer Verona, killing at least five union members ( six more were never accounted for and probably were lost in Puget Sound ).

Two members of the police force — one a regular officer and another a deputized citizen from the National Guard Reserve — were killed, probably by " friendly fire ".