August Weise
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- Jul 15, 1894They Seized a Locomotive to Stop a Train—Then Faced Judge HanfordAfter a mob of 3,000 surrounded a Northern Pacific train in Spokane, ten men were charged with contempt and riot; three pleaded guilty and two were sent to hard labor.Spokane, WA
- Jul 24, 1894‘Incipient Treason’: Judge Hanford Sentences the Spokane StrikersSeven men are jailed for contempt after a mob derails trains and seizes a roundhouse during the 1894 railroad strike. The federal judge calls it insurrection.Spokane, WA