Liquor Dealers' Association
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- Dec 7, 1891Liquor Dealers Organize to Capture City CouncilA slim meeting at Columbia Hall reveals a saloon-backed push to elect Murphy and Grainger, as the liquor interests try to regain control after last year's defeat.Olympia, WA
- Apr 13, 1893Seattle's Saloons Win the Right to Run All NightA liquor-dealers' protest killed the 1 a.m. closing ordinance at City Council, even as aldermen and delegates fought over Phinney's Woodland streetcar franchise.Seattle, WA
- Oct 12, 1893The Beer War of PuyallupWhen the Puyallup city council halted new liquor licenses, the local brewing industry retaliated with an economic embargo on the valley’s hop farmers.Puyallup, WA
- Aug 14, 1894The Streetcar Men Asked Seattle to Set Their Wages. The City's Lawyer Said No.A union petition to write conductor and motorman pay into the street railway franchise ran into the corporation counsel's constitutional wall — so the council sent it back to committee to try again as an ordinance.Seattle, WA
- May 1, 1895Seattle Nearly Buys Its Canal, One Subscription at a TimeWith $21,181 left to raise, the $500,000 Lake Washington Waterway fund is within reach — bankrolled by saloon keepers, a fireman and a hospital sister's $150.Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
- Feb 25, 1904The Saloon Keepers' Political MachineLocal liquor interests meet at Eagles' Hall to strategize against a mayor who shuttered dance halls and cracked down on 'sporting women.'Tacoma, WA