Police raid Cooperative Food Products Association

On January 24, 1919 the Seattle Retail Grocers’ Association suspended credit to striking shipyard workers and their families. The Co-operative Food Products Association (CFPA), which was owned by local labor, came to the rescue of striking laborers by offering liberal credit to their families. Later that day, the Seattle ‘Dry Squad’ raided the offices of the CFPA and confiscated the manager’s files under the pretences of searching for an illegal supply of liquor. The raid on the local co-op was seen by Seattle labor as an attempt by police to harass the idle workers.