Wheatland Hop Riot: IWW Farmworkers Protest Conditions, Deputies Kill Four, Leaders Framed

On August 3, 1913, a confrontation between migrant hop pickers and armed deputies at the Durst Ranch in Wheatland, California left four people dead and triggered a massive crackdown on the IWW across California. The violence erupted after workers organized to protest abysmal conditions: no drinking …