Jim Turk
Named in 2 stories. Back to all names
- Jan 30, 1886The Brutal Reality of the 'Sailor's Home' in 1886A local reporter exposes the predatory labor practices and 'blood money' schemes targeting sailors in Seattle's waterfront boarding houses.Seattle Waterfront, Seattle, WA
- May 15, 1895The Sailors' Union Fights Back Against the Waterfront CrimpsSeattle's Sailors' Union answers charges from two boarding-house men, calling them crimps and accusing them of drugging and shanghaiing sailors onto ships.Seattle, WA