John Bassett
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- Aug 21, 1894A Receivership Tells Issaquah's Miners There Is No Money for the Old WagesSeattle Coal and Iron's receiver answers his own employees in superior court: the mine is insolvent, the market is gone, and the pay cut stays.Issaquah, WA
- Sep 18, 1894The Judge Sides With the Receiver: Gilman Miners Lose Their Wage PetitionJudge Langley dismissed the Gilman miners' petition to restore wages, ruling that the receiver—not the court—must first hear their grievances, and warning that a company store cannot be used to trap a worker's pay.Seattle, WA