M. F. Backus
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- Feb 6, 1891The Bank Clerk's 'Accident' SettledA shooting at the Washington National Bank, previously rumored to involve a mysterious woman, is dismissed as a careless accident by the victim himself.Seattle, WA
- May 12, 1894A Receiver Wants to Cut Streetcar Wages; a Judge Says Not Below $2 a DayThe Seattle Consolidated Railway, in receivership, asks the federal court to trim motormen's and conductors' pay from 20 to 17½ cents an hour.Seattle, WA
- Jan 18, 1895Creditors Move to Take Over Seattle's Rainier Railway and LightA receivership fight ends quietly as the Third Street line, Western Mill and electric plant are slated for sale to a new creditor-owned company.Seattle, WA
- Feb 6, 1895The City Wharf as a Stone Yard: Seattle's Plan to Put Its Idle Men to WorkA petition signed by dozens of prominent Seattle businessmen asks the city council to turn the waterfront into a public stone yard, trading honest labor for meals and lodging — and to run the beggars out of town.Seattle, WA