Sheriff Packwood
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- Jul 30, 1886The Tunnel City StrikeLabor unrest at the Cascade Tunnel project spills over into violence as workers protest low wages and forced debt to local saloons.Skykomish, WA
- Jan 30, 1889The Race War in Roslyn: How Seattle’s Coal Mines Became a Battleground for Labor and LynchingAs strikers hold the line, the company imports Black miners from Illinois to break them. The result is not just a labor dispute, but a violent racial confrontation that exposes the dark underbelly of Washington's industrial boom.Mine No. 3, Roslyn, WA
- Jan 31, 1889The Night the Coal Ran: How a Company Outsmarted Strikers with Negro Labor and Winchester RiflesIn a brazen move to break the Koslyn coal strike, company managers smuggled in replacement workers from Illinois under cover of darkness, escorted by armed deputies who fired through the sleeping village of Seattle.Mine No. 1, Roslyn, WA
- Feb 15, 1889The Black Miners Who Came to Save RoslynIn February 1885, a special train carrying 300 African American laborers from the East Coast arrived in Washington Territory to break a coal strike. Their arrival ended weeks of unrest and restored order to the struggling mining town.Roslyn, WA