John Clark
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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
- Jan 25, 1895Seattle’s 1895 Co-op Where 150 Unemployed Men Ate for 7 Cents a DayAt a Belltown barracks, unemployed single men pooled their wages, submitted to military-style rules and fed an average of 150 people daily for about 7 cents each.Seattle, WA
- Mar 9, 1898Tragedy in the Spokane ExcavationsA laborer is killed and his foreman injured after a delayed dynamite blast detonates during construction work on First Avenue.First Avenue, Spokane, WA