Death of Mr. McKay; Funeral march in North Aberdeen — 5/1923 — #6083_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State) — Aberdeen
Banner : "Fellow Worker McKay, murdered at Bay City Mill by a Co. gunmen, May [3?] 19[23?], Victim of Capitalistic Greed ! WE NEVER FORGET?"
Thanks to Sam Talley who notes: “In May 1923 logger William McKay, a member of the IWW union (Industrial Workers of the World or 'Wobblies'), was picketing at the Bay City Mill in South Aberdeen. The protesters were trying to organize mill workers into joining a big union representing skilled and unskilled employees. He was shot in the back of the head by a hired gunman in an attempt to disrupt the strikers."
Additional thanks to William Smay who notes "This photo is looking east on E 1st St. in Aberdeen. The building in the background with several small dormers is St. Andrews church, and is largely the same today."
