Below is a chronological database of nearly 100 campaigns, strikes, and IWW related events as recorded in the pages of Solidarity, the weekly IWW newspaper during 1915.

Research by Arianne Hermida

Arrests and trials dominated headlines in Solidarity throughout the year. In the winter months, the organization continued efforts to revive membership among the silk workers of Patterson New Jersey, and supported a two-week-long strike of Philadelphia street car workers that came to an inconclusive close. In April, the IWW launched the Agricultural Workers Organization (AWO) at a conference in Kansas City. Meanwhile Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the IWW's most effective orator, set off on a cross-country speaking tour.

Free speech campaigns continued, notably in Sioux City, Iowa and Redding, California, where Wobblies endured mass arrests and crowded jails but were ultimately able to claim victories. In Redding, IWW members held in jail were released after the organization announced 1000 workers planned to flood the town in protest.

Summer saw more strike activity. Solidarity reported strikes by longshoremen in the New York area and Chicago transit workers without clarifying the role that IWWs played in those actions. Building the AWO and preparing for the wheat harvests across the Great Plains was a major focus of the organization. In October, Solidarity reported hundreds of new members joining the AWO. Agricultural worker campaigns in California were also reported.

Meanwhile Joe Hill's death sentence appeal was followed closely in each issue, continuing after his execution by firing squad in Salt Lake City on November 19, 1915.

In California, Wobblies organized protests against the harsh sentences imposed on Richard Ford and Herman Suhr, sentenced to life in prison for their role in the 1913 Wheatland Hop riot.

Date	Title	Place	State	Description
1/14/1915	Sioux City Starts Free Speech Fight	Sioux City	IA	Police raided the Sioux City IWW Hall on numerous occasions and arrested all unemployed workers, leading to sixth month sentences in jail.
1/15/1915	N.Y. Unemployed Listen to IWW	Manhattan	NY	A mass meeting regarding unemployment drew hundreds and packed the Manhattan Lyceum.
1/16/1915	Brooklyn Mass Meeting	Brooklyn	NY	Mass meeting held in response to "long hours, irregular employment and unemploying." Speakers included Joseph Ettor and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.
1/16/1915	Four IWWs Dine Then Ride "Home"	St. Louis	MO	Four Wobblies, in protest of only being fed 'municipal soup' ate a hearty supper amounting to $1.50 and asked the waitress to put it on the mayor's tab, claiming they were old friends.
1/18/1915	Rowan and Baret Freed	Edmonton	Alberta	IWW members James Rowan and W. E. Baret freed after awaiting trial for six months in jail on charges of murder.
1/19/1915	"Treason" Charge Against Ettor	Bellaire	OH	Joseph J. Ettor, prominent public face of the IWW, was arrested on charges of treason for advertising an anti-capitalist speech.
1/24/1915	N/A	Detroit	MI	IWW member Jack Leheney held a speech on "Labor Organization and the War" at Social Turner Hall.
1/27/1915	Paterson IWW Still on Deck	Paterson	NJ	Paterson IWW Unemployment League held two mass large meeting for Paterson's out-of-work with speeches by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and others.
1/27/1915	Transport Workers Strike in Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA	IWW-organized strike demanding 60 cents per hour, time-and-a-half for overtime, and double-time for Sundays and holidays. The bosses and workingmen agree to second and last terms, but lower the first to 40 cents per hour.  Charles Taylor ,one boss, refuses the agreement and turns to non-unionized workers to maintain the low wages of his employees.
1/30/1915	Sioux City Wins Free Speech Fight	Sioux City	IA	The city lifted its ban on the public speech of Wobblies and released all those arrested for vagrancy.
2/11/1915	Philadelphia Strike Off	Philadelphia	PA	MTW called off their strike against Charles M. Taylor, who in turn allowed the former strikers to return to their jobs.
2/12/1915	IWW to Entertain in Seattle	Seattle	WA	Seattle IWW held a benefit for the organization at their downtown headquarters with entertainment, food, beer, and tobacco.
2/14/1915	Direct Actions Wins at Redding, California	Redding	CA	IWW members held in jail were released after the organization announced 1000 workers planned to flood the town in protest.
2/15/1915	New York Charity Slaves Strike	New York	NY	Following the advice of the IWW Unemployed Committee, workers tasked with sorting through donated clothing and affiliated jobs strike in demand of a 15 cent wage increase, 8 hour days, and stricter safety and sanitation regulation
2/21/1915	Conditions in Little Rhody	Providence	RI	Local 530 held a benefit smoker for IWW newspapers.
2/25/1915	Calif. Governor Exposes Hand	Sacramento	CA	Gov. Hiram Johnson met with labor leaders to discuss the possibility of pardoning Ford and Suhr.
2/27/1915	Flynn Meetings in Providence	Providence	RI	Despite bosses threatening to fire any workers to attend IWW meetings, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn spoke to crowds of people at three separate events.
3/3/1915	More Plans for Harvest Organization	Minneapolis	MN	A local of the IWW held a special meeting and passed new rules and suggestions for locals, including a more efficient and robust data system, more agitation on the job, and to concentrate their forces in Kansas or Oklahoma.
3/6/1915	Ford and Suhr Case Up to Governor of California	San Francisco	CA	In support of Ford and Suhr, whose verdict will depend on decisions of Governor Johnson, the IWW call for a boycott of all fruit canners, hop fields, and ranching in California.
3/6/1915	Some Notes from Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City	UT	Wobbly arrested for using vulgarities at a meeting and later released.
3/9/1915	Tannenbaum Released from New York Prison	New York	NY	Frank Tannenbaum released from prison after serving a year for inciting a riot is greeted with celebrations arranged by the IWW and other New York radical groups.
3/12/1915	Tannenbaum Released from New York Prison	New York	NY	A crowd of over two thousand gathered to hear speeches by Tannenbaum and others in an unemployment meeting arranged by the IWW.
3/25/1915	Kangaroo Court of Sioux City	Sioux City	IA	One Wobbly arrested on charges of burglary. Thirteen others followed him and the police to the jail, leading to their arrests. Twelve of those sentenced to thirty days in jail and a $100 fine.
3/25/1915	Boyd Repudiates Sabotage Speech	Trenton	NJ	Frederick Sumner Boyd, IWW member convicted of advocating radical views, renounces those in a petition for clemency. The petition is accompanied by a statement urging the court to grant it signed by Theodore Roosevelt and others.
4/3/1915	Jewish IWW Paper	New York	NY	Jewish branch of New York local voted to start "Der Vacker," a weekly publication similar to Solidarity.
4/16/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Chicago	IL	Topic: "Small Families a Proletarian Necessity"
4/16/1915	Report of the Proceedings of the Harvest Convection	Kansas City	MO	A conference attended by delegates from locals across the country voted to create the Agricultural Workers' Organization of the IWW, which would include locals whose members work in agriculture in the US and Canada.
4/17/1915	On with the Fight!	Sioux City	IA	Thirty more men arrested while speaking in public and sentences to at least thirty days and a $100 fine. The local jail was then holding 49 Wobblies.
4/18/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Chicago	IL	Topic: "Violence and the Labor Movement"
4/19/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Chicago	IL	Topic: "Solidarity -- Labor's Road to Freedom"
4/20/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Kensington	IL	Topic: "The Revolutionary IWW Its Aims Tactics, and History"
4/24/1915	IWW's Battle Bulls in Sioux City	Sioux City	IA	The 82 IWW men in jail held a series of protests to their incarceration, including refusing to work on the rock pile, hunger strikes, and the burning of blankets so they could address the crowd that gathered when the firemen arrived. After a fight between the security and those in jail, the mayor offered their freedom if they never returned to Sioux City. The Wobblies refused his offer.
4/24/1915	Detroit Bosses Afraid of IWW	Detroit	MI	Some IWW arrested in response to advertising the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn lecture in town and held only until the meeting was over.
4/24/1915	Sioux City Fight Won.	Sioux City	IA	All IWW members held in jail were released.
4/25/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Rockford	IL
4/26/1915	Boyd Denied Pardon	Trenton	NJ	Frederick S. Boyd, IWW who is serving 1 to 7 years for of advocating sabotage, was denied pardon.
4/27/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	St. Louis	MO
4/28/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Kansas City	MO	Topic: "Solidarity -- Labor's Road to Freedom"
4/29/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Fort Scott	KS
4/30/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Sioux City	IA
5/1/1915	Ettor Meetings in Providence	Providence	RI	Ettor held speeches for two large crows of textile workers addressing the idea of the power in the working class.
5/2/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Denver	CO
5/2/1915	Joe Hill Defense	Salt Lake City	UT	Joe Hill's appeal for a new trial in hopes of overturning his death sentence to be heard by the Supreme Court.
5/2/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Denver	CO	Topic: "War - Can Labor be Neutral?"
5/3/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Louisville	CO	Topic: "Solidarity -- Labor's Road to Freedom."
5/5/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Salt Lake City	UT
5/8/1915	Farm Hands Strike	Indianapolis	IN	100 Polish farm hands strike for the ten hour day instead of the typical eleven. Not specified as an IWW strike.
5/8/1915	Two Strikes in Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	800 Longshoremen go on strike. Not specified as an IWW strike.
5/9/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Los Angeles	CA
5/10/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Fresno	CA
5/10/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Fresno	CA	Topic: "Solidarity -- Labor's Road to Freedom."
5/11/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Stockton	CA
5/12/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Sacramento	CA
5/13/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	Oakland	CA
5/14/1915	E. G. Flynn Lectures	San Francisco	CA
5/14/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Oakland	CA	Topic: "Small Families -- A Working Class Necessity"
5/20/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Portland	OR
5/21/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Portland	OR
5/22/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Tacoma	WA	Topic: "Unemployment -- A Menace to Society"
5/23/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Seattle	WA	Topic: "Solidarity -- Labor's Road to Freedom." and  "The Revolutionary IWW Its Aims Tactics, and History"
5/29/1915	Some IWW Experiences in Imperial Valley	Brawley	CA	After the constable of Brawley was killed, police arrested everyone in the town's IWW headquarters and made them choose between 60 days on the chain gang or leaving town. Another member, Smith, was arrested and given 30 days on the chain gang, who refused to work and was thus beaten. Charges were brought up against the marshal who beat Smith. His attorney guaranteed the release of Smith if the charges against the marshal were dropped. The prosecutors agreed to that exchange
6/5/1915	Harvesters Defy Police	Wichita	KS	Migrant workers from the East looking for work but unable to find it storm freight trains in groups of fifty to sixty and refuse to pay. None arrested.
6/12/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Minneapolis	MN	Topic: "Solidarity -- Labor's Road to Freedom."
6/13/1915	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Lectures	Minneapolis	MN	Topic: "The Revolutionary IWW Its Aims Tactics, and History"
6/16/1915	The Chicago Street Car Strike	Chicago	IL	Strike of 14000 street car workers in settlement with the mayor. Not specified as an IWW strike.
6/26/1915	IWW Should Enforce Demands	Various	Harvest Belt	AWO of IWW recommends harvest workers demand minimum of $3.00 per a 10-hour day, fifty cents per hour overtime, clean room and board, and no favoring non-unionized workers.
7/3/1915	Repressive Tactics Against IWW in Harvest	Various	Harvest Belt	Rock Island Railroad ordered brakemen to ban IWW members from riding, leading to injuries and at least one death by beating.
7/9/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Dorchester	MA	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/10/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Stafford Spring	CT	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/10/1915	Harvesting Harvesters	Arlington	KS	Four Wobblies arrested and convicted of illegally riding a freight train and sentenced to thirty days in jail and a fine of $10.
7/12/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Fitchburg	MA	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/13/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Holyoke	MA	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/15/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Springfield	MA	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/18/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Torington	CT	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/19/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Boston	MA	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/24/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Bridgement	MA	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/25/1915	Important Meeting of A.W.O.	Kansas City	MO	Newly-forced A. W. O. Local 400, IWW held a meeting to vote for officers and discuss the situation in the harvest belt.
7/26/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	North Plymouth	MA	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/27/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Lowell	MA	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/29/1915	Speaking Dates for J.J. Ettor	Fall River	MA	J.T. Ettor speech.
7/31/1915	Lessons Gleaned From the Kansas Harvest		KS, OK	More than 100 Wobblies arrested, most being released shortly thereafter, but some sentenced to up to 60 days in jail.
8/1/1915	Frisco Adopts Strong Resolution on Hill Case	San Francisco	CA	Mass meeting for Joe Hill raised $32 for his defense.
8/7/1915	"Der Wecker" Suspends	New York	NY	Der Wecker, Jewish IWW weekly, halted publication due to lack of support, but planned on starting publication again in the fall.
8/14/1915	Cut Train in Two So All Can One	Sioux City	IA	Wobblies bound for the harvest in the Dakotas try board a freight train, but only a few succeed due to its speed, so the riders remove a pin from the knuckle separating the train and allowing their comrades to get on.
8/21/1915	Defensive Action for Calif. Prisoners	San Francisco	CA	Fundraiser held for the benefit of Ford and Suhr.
8/21/1915	United Action Brings Results	Oakes	ND	The Oakes chief of police, mayor, sheriff, and others enter a camp with a hundred workers as they are cooking breakfast. Though some workers fled, about 25 Wobblies stood up to the law enforcement and were allowed to continue their meal.
8/21/1915	Flood Governor with Petitions	Salt Lake City	UT	Members of the IWW and other radical groups sent William Spry, governor of Utah, over 300 letters protesting the decision to execute Joe Hill.
8/21/1915	Defensive Action for Calif. Prisoners	San Francisco	CA	IWW members in California used "the wooden shoe" to protest the detention of Ford and Suhr. The governor, in response to their action, decided he would not act on the matter until the sabotage stopped.
8/28/1915	Good Work of A.W.O. in Dakota Harvest	Minot	ND	A.W.O. expanded their membership by 250 people, hoping to gain 150 by the end of the month.
8/28/1915	Hostility of Minot "Powers"	Minot	ND	Nine Wobblies subject to ten days on the chain gang for vagrancy after not registering for a job at the police station.
8/28/1915	Harvest Notes	Ferry	ND	Six Wobblies strike in protest of low wages, long hours, and poor conditions.
9/10/1915	William Sanger Convicted	New York	NY	William Sanger sentenced to thirty days in jail or a $150 fine on charges related to the distribution of Margret Sanger's pamphlet "Family Limitation."
9/11/1915	Workers, It's Time to Wake Up!	Bayonne	NJ	The 1500 workers lined up to attend a rally with speeches by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Frank Tannenbaum, and Alexander Berkman blocked from entering by 20 policemen because the Chief of Police feared the IWW would "stir up trouble."
9/11/1915	Workers, It's Time to Wake Up!	Waterbury	CT	Prominent IWW member Joseph J. Ettor sentenced to six months in jail.
9/11/1915	"To Hell with the U.S. Constitution"	Minot	ND	Minot police arrested IWW members and discard the literature and supplies of delegates.
9/11/1915	In the Toils of the North Dakota Law	Minot	ND	After a scuffle between IWW members and railroad operators about their illegal riding, the three IWWs arrested on charges of robbery.
9/18/1915	Good Progress in the Harvest	Minot	ND	IWW organizer Ted Fraser sentenced to 15 days for vagrancy.
9/18/1915	Good Progress in the Harvest	Various	Various	AWO gains 200 new members in the first two and half weeks of September with 400 more anticipated that month, which would bring their total membership to 2300.
9/18/1915	Charged with Murder	Aberdeen	SD	James Schmidt charged with murder after killing a brakemen reportedly in self-defense.
9/18/1915	Fires Charged to IWW -- No Proof	Sacramento	CA	Several grain fields burned and thousands of dollars worth of crops lost. IWW members protesting the detention of Ford and Suhr suspected, but the organization denies involvement.
9/18/1915	Workers' Answer to Attempted Suppression	Waterbury	CT	Machinists and others strike at a boiler and tube plant to gain a 35 cent per day wage increase.
9/18/1915	Workers' Answer to Attempted Suppression	Berthold	ND	A police officer arrested one IWW member and one unorganized worker he believed to be in the IWW, loaded them into a box car in a freight train. They were able to escape, but the story spread through the town and chased off non-union workers, allowing the IWW to obtain their demand of $3.50 a day.
9/24/1915	Clumsy Attempt at a Frame-Up	Watsonville	CA	One alleged IWW member confessed as the arsonist responsible for the grain fires a month earlier. The membership status of the member was in dispute.
9/25/1915	Governor Johnson Refuses Pardon to Ford and Suhr	Sacramento	CA	Gov. Hiram Johnson rejects Ford and Suhr's request for pardon.
9/25/1915	Still Going Ahead in the Harvest	Crosby	ND	Three IWW members were denied pay owed to them by their farmer. In response, they dined in a restaurant and refuse to pail the bill. They were arrested and sentenced to sixty days in jail.
9/25/1915	Casey Arrested -- Libel	Brawley	CA	IWW member charged with libel after writing an article for Solidarity.
9/27/1915	N.D. Court After Another Victim	Maxbass	ND	AWO delegate arrested for sabotage after allegedly harming a threshing machine.
9/30/1915	Sixteen Days Reprieve for Joe Hill	Salt Lake City	UT	Joe Hill's execution delayed sixteen days.
10/9/1915	IWW Active Among Sugar Workers	Williamsburg	NY	IWW prepared to aid in the strike of up to 4,000 sugar workers in the American Sugar Refining Company.
10/9/1915	Paterson's Official Brutality and Stupidity	Paterson	NJ	IWW and Free Speech League members from New York held a demonstration protesting the blocking of an IWW meeting a few weeks earlier.
10/9/1915	"For Tricks That Are Vain"	Jamestown	ND	Delegate of the AWO sentenced to ten days for vagrancy.
10/12/1915	The Worker's Right to Organize	Ambrose	ND	AWO member arrested for sabotage. IWW presence sparked a fight between them and non-unionized workers, leading the arrest of other IWWs for assault and vagrancy.
10/15/1915	(none)	Seattle	WA	IWW locals in Seattle hold a benefit party in their headquarters.
10/16/1915	Chicago Entertainment	Chicago	IL	Industrial Union 539 held a dance to raise money to open a new headquarters.
10/16/1915	Harvest Still in Full Blast	Various	Various	200 people gained membership into the AWO in the first ten days of October.
10/16/1915	Prompt Action Wins Legal Battle	Rockford	ND	Two IWW members arrested for threatening to destroy property and harm non-unionized workers. Charges were dismissed in court.
11/5/1915	Harvest Notes	Various	Various	700 people joined AWO in October.
11/7/1915	Harvest Notes	Minneapolis	MN	Demonstration and parade held for Joe Hill.
11/8/1915	Monster Joe Hill Protest Meeting in New York	Manhattan	NY	Mass meeting held in support of Joe Hill's defense with speeches by Flynn, Ettor, and others.
11/13/1915	Eight Hour Day on Railroads	Boston	MA	IWW participated in a railroad workers' strike for  the eight hour day.
11/13/1915	Trouble Brewing in Spokane	Spokane	WA	Spokane city council passed a petition to halt public speeches on the streets.
11/14/1915	Big Cleveland Meeting on the 14th	Cleveland	OH	Mass meeting held in Cleveland Propaganda League's new headquarters.
11/15/1915	Great Meeting of A.W.O.	Minneapolis	MN	Massive AWO meeting held with elections for representatives and talks of new branches on the west coast.
11/19/1915	Funeral in Chicago	Salt Lake City	UT	Joe Hill executed by firing squad.
11/19/1915	Spokane Free Speech Fight Settles	Spokane	WA	IWW members held in jail released after Spokane grants the organization the right to speak publicly.
11/19/1915	Spry's Bluff and Others Called	Salt Lake City	UT	Utah Governor Spry pledges to "run every IWW" out of the state.
11/20/1915	California Lumber Camp	Westwood	CA	IWW member removed from lumber camp after organizing a committee.
11/24/1915	K.C. Has Big Time	Kansas City	MO	Local 61 held a smoker, drawing hundreds and collecting $13.26 for the defense of James Schmidt, Wobbly charged of murder.
11/25/1915	Joe Hill's Funeral in Chicago	Chicago	IL	Hundreds gathered in the streets to mourn the execution of Joe Hill.
11/27/1915	"Law and Order" in Omaha	Omaha	NE	IWW headquarters raided and twelve members arrested, eleven for being "suspicious" and one for possession of a pistol.
12/4/1915	Gurley Flynn Acquitted	Paterson	NJ	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn acquitted of "high misdemeanor".
12/11/1915	none	Various	Various	360 new members joined the AWO in November.
12/13/1915	A.W.O. Established in California	Sacramento	CA	55 delegates convened and decided to establish branches of the AWO in California.
12/18/1915	Okla. Judge Tries to Make Peons of IWW's	Oklahoma City	OK	Seven IWW members convicted of vagrancy and sentenced to 90 days in jail and a $99 fine.
12/25/1915	Flays City Court in IWW Case	Oklahoma City	OK	Judge in the court of appeals decided the convictions of the seven IWW members of vagrancy were unfair and released them from jail.