Seattle Electric Company
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- Jul 19, 1899The Judge and the Tenderloin: A Seattle Courtroom ShowdownA Seattle judge loses his temper and issues contempt orders against local law enforcement and the prosecution during a chaotic hearing involving a robbery in the city’s notorious Tenderloin district.Seattle, WA
- Aug 11, 1899Snoqualmie Falls: The Dawn of Clean Energy in SeattleA century before the green energy transition, the city’s early industry turned away from coal and toward the 'falling waters' of Snoqualmie to power a growing metropolis.Seattle, WA
- Jun 4, 1903The Electrocution of a LinemanA routine day for a Seattle Electric company worker ended in a harrowing, public death that left his body suspended over the city's Sixth Avenue for fifteen minutes.6th Avenue & Stewart Street, Seattle, WA
- Oct 23, 1903Streetcar Tragedy Lands Record DamagesAfter years of litigation, a laborer injured in a Seattle streetcar barn wins an unprecedented $20,000 judgment against the city's electric company.Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Nov 6, 1903The Deadly Call: A Streetcar Worker Electrocuted on DutyA faulty telephone circuit, intended for transit operations, turned fatal when a Seattle conductor went to report off his shift.Seattle, WA
- Jan 6, 1904The Senatorial Machine of Seattle’s Banking KingPowerful banker Jacob Furth, whose corporations control Seattle’s streetcars and credit, is positioned to dominate the race for the U.S. Senate through money and influence.Seattle, WA
- Jul 2, 1904Coal Strike Stalls Renton MinesTwo hundred fifty miners are out of work after refusing a significant wage cut, threatening the economic stability of the town.Renton, WA
- Jul 18, 1904The Power Monopoly's Shadow Over TacomaA Seattle rate war reveals the aggressive expansion of the Stone & Webster combine, threatening to bring high-handed utility practices to Tacoma.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 8, 1904Labor Standoff at Renton MinesThe Seattle Electric Company reopens its Renton coal mines with non-union workers after contract negotiations regarding a 10% wage cut collapse.Renton, WA