Superintendent Copeland
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- Feb 10, 1893The Railway's Endless Fight Against the MudHigh hills between Seattle and Everett continue to collapse onto the tracks, creating a nightmare for the Seattle & Montana Railway.Edmonds, WA
- Feb 12, 1893When the Hills Tried to Wash Away the RailroadA series of massive landslides repeatedly blocked the Seattle & Montana tracks, forcing a superintendent into the muck and halting all rail traffic between Seattle and Everett.Seattle, WA
- Mar 9, 1894Great Northern Cuts Wages 40 Percent—and the Car Cleaners Walk OutUnorganized car cleaners and repairers at Interbay quit when pay fell from $50 to $35 a month; the railroad filled their jobs with 'green men' the same day.Interbay, Seattle, WA
- Jul 12, 1894Seattle's Railroad Strike Goes Quiet—but the Unions Keep FightingAs the national railroad boycott convulses the country, Seattle's yards stay quiet under troops and deputies while local unions back Debs, condemn violence, and negotiate food and livestock passage through boycotted lines.Seattle, WA
- Jul 21, 1894A Second Railroad Strike Threatens Seattle as Union Demands Great Northern Stand DownSeattle's American Railway Union president receives a telegram from Chicago ordering a halt to Great Northern's assistance to other roads — and local trainmen brace for another walkout.Seattle, WA