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- Mar 22, 1893Miners Denounce Lawyers and Lawmakers at Roslyn MeetingCoal miners and residents gather at Unity Hall to demand labor protections and criticize the legislature for failure to pass worker-sponsored bills.Roslyn, WA
- Jan 25, 1895The Senate Deadlock That Had Spokane CheeringA joint legislative session in Olympia stays frozen over Washington's U.S. Senate seat, while Spokane rallies to George H. Turner and an Everett legislator bluntly refuses to be pushed toward John L. Wilson.Washington State Capitol, Olympia, WA
- Feb 20, 1895Railway Men Fight a Rate Cut to Save Their WagesA hundred railroad employees packed a Masonic hall at Second and Pike to oppose legislation lowering freight and passenger rates, arguing that cheaper trains would mean smaller paychecks.Seattle, WA
- Mar 1, 1895The Midnight Saloon Bill Fails in OlympiaWashington state legislators reject a proposal to force saloons to close at midnight, with some arguing that patrons should be allowed to stay warm by the fire.Olympia, WA
- Mar 7, 1895The Railroads Beat the Farmers in OlympiaA bill to cut freight and passenger rates across Washington goes down in the state Senate after a bruising fight, handing the railroads their biggest Northwest victory yet.Washington State Capitol, Olympia, WA
- Mar 11, 1895Champagne for the Lobby, Despair for the FarmersWashington's Senate kills the Helm-Morgan freight-rate bill after railroad agents work Olympia, and the state's press calls it a corporate victory over the people.Olympia, WA
- Nov 27, 1903Outweighed Eighteen Pounds a Man, Whitman Nearly Stunned PullmanA 75-yard touchdown run by Elmo Reser kept the Missionaries in it until the final fifteen seconds, when the Aggies' sheer weight finally told, 18 to 6.Walla Walla, WA