Stimson Mill Company
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- Feb 23, 1892The Great Shingle Train of 1892A record-breaking shipment of 5,000,000 red cedar shingles from Ballard mills highlights the rapid industrial growth of a young Seattle.Ballard, Seattle, WA
- Apr 16, 1892The Great Timber Rush: Seattle's Lumber Boom of 1892A record-breaking export season for Puget Sound mills reveals the friction between burgeoning local production and the crippling cost of rail freight.Seattle, WA
- Apr 20, 1892Court Opens Salmon Bay to Harbor-Line RulesThe state Supreme Court reverses a lower-court writ and lets harbor line commissioners regulate Salmon Bay—even though the bay nearly drains at low tide—because Puget Sound freight boats still use it at high water.Salmon Bay, Seattle, WA
- Dec 28, 1892A Mill Worker's Tragedy in BallardA workplace accident leaves a struggling young family in crisis.Seattle, WA
- Jan 28, 1893Ballard Asks: Should the City Own Its Own Water?On the eve of a $75,000 bond vote, Ballard weighs a public water works against the private company that holds the taps — and the mills that built their own supply rather than wait.Ballard, Seattle, WA
- Mar 5, 1893A Bad Day at the Ballard Shingle MillA fire in Ed A. Auld's shingle mill is stopped by a neighboring company's apparatus, then two workers are maimed in separate accidents.Seattle, WA
- Jul 18, 1893The Shingle War at BallardWorkers at the Seattle Cedar Lumber and Stimson mills walk off the job to resist a wage-cutting campaign, testing the limits of non-union labor.Ballard, Seattle, WA
- Jul 25, 1893Labor Tensions Turn Violent in BallardA physical confrontation between non-union workers and union men at a local shingle mill sparks a heated debate over intimidation, scabs, and the future of labor in Seattle.Ballard, Seattle, WA
- Aug 23, 1893Vandals Target Seattle Shingle Mills Amid Labor UnrestStriking shingle weavers are suspected of sabotage at the Stimson and Cedar Lumber Company mills, marking a tense escalation in local labor disputes.Seattle Waterfront, Seattle, WA
- Sep 8, 1893Fire Strikes the Ballard WaterfrontA spectacular blaze at the Stimson Mill Company's dry houses threatens the entire Ballard lumber complex before firefighters bring it under control.Ballard, Seattle, WA
- May 5, 1894Ballard Shingle Mill Workers OrganizeA wage reduction sparks the formation of a 500-member labor union in the shingle mill district.Ballard, Seattle, WA
- Aug 3, 1894Ballard's Shingle Mills Fire Back Up—But the Owners See Thin MarginsAfter a two-month shutdown, nearly every shingle mill in Ballard is running again. The smokestacks are busy, but low prices and a rail-car crunch keep the revival uneasy.Shilshole Bay, Seattle, WA
- Aug 4, 1894Arson Suspected After Fire Devours the Ballard NewsA 2 a.m. blaze destroyed a newspaper plant and several buildings in Ballard; the fire chief’s engine never made it through the roads.Seattle, WA
- Aug 31, 1894The Dam That Shut Down BallardFremont millers raised a timber barrier at Lake Union’s outlet. When Ballard’s mills lost their water, the fight went to court—after some talked of tearing it out by hand.Seattle, WA
- Sep 2, 1894The Ballard Kilns Go Up in SmokeA fire in the Stimson Mill dry house threatened $150,000 in lumber and shingles before Seattle and Ballard crews brought it under control.Seattle, WA
- Sep 7, 1894The Night Ballard Almost BurnedA kerosene lamp in a candy store touched off a blaze that leapt across Ballard Avenue—then the town’s water gave out just as the business district caught.Ballard Avenue NW, Seattle, WA
- Sep 20, 1894Ballard Sees Its Future in a Dredged Salmon Bay — but the Bonds Can't WaitCouncilman Keane presses Ballard to claim the Lake Washington canal right-of-way through Salmon Bay, while two Populist members skip town to block a quorum on the water and electric bonds.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1895The Forest Empire That Built WashingtonA sweeping 1900 survey of the state's lumber industry counted billions of feet of standing timber, 250 sawmills, and $7 million a year in wages—proof that the trees, not the cities, came first.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1895The Shingle That Carried Washington Through the Panic of 1893A year-end accounting of the state's sawmills and shingle mills shows a timber empire reaching twenty-two foreign countries — and a rail trade down 25 percent as the national depression bites.Seattle, WA
- Mar 5, 1895The Steamboat Inspector's ReckoningCapt. Bryant admits free rides, denies bribery, and trades accusations with the pilots and captains who want him removed from the Seattle inspection office.Seattle, WA