Charles E. Hale
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- May 23, 1894Tacoma's Labor Boycott: Business Men Forced to Meet in a Basement as Tensions EscalateA planned meeting of business men to address the Trades Council's boycott of the Ledger newspaper is postponed after the Commercial Club refuses its rooms. Undeterred, a group meets in a basement, but the Trades Council dismisses it as meaningless. The city remains on edge as labor and business collide.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 10, 1895The Grocery Company That Cooked Its Own BooksTacoma Grocery Company’s president is accused of falsifying minute books and hiding assets from the receiver, creditors and stockholders.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 17, 1895The Missing Ledger: Tacoma Grocery's Books Vanish Before ReceivershipA court examiner presses Charles E. Hale about account books that disappeared just before a receiver took over the Tacoma Grocery Company.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 20, 1895The Ledger Went Into the FurnaceA Tacoma courtroom heard how 94 company books were burned on orders from the assignee—while stockholders testified that minutes were falsified and $42,000 had vanished.Tacoma, WA