Superintendent Kline
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- Aug 1, 1893Railroad Receiver Implements Austerity MeasuresFaced with financial strain, the Lake Shore road's receiver fires thirty-six men and halts essential maintenance work.Seattle, WA
- Feb 17, 1894The Last-Second Injunction That Saved a Seattle Building From the RailroadJudge Langley cleared the way for demolition, then a federal mortgage-holder's suit stopped the axes at the Colman block.Seattle, WA
- Jul 4, 1894When the Great Railroad Strike Reached SeattleIn July 1894 the Pullman boycott finally tied up the Lake Shore road in Seattle — local switchmen walked out in sympathy, and the company answered with firings, Winchester-armed deputies and a federal judge.Seattle, WA
- Jul 11, 1894The 1894 Railroad Strike Reaches Seattle—and the Militia Digs InAs the great Pullman-era railroad strike collapses in Washington, saboteurs burn trestles on the Northern Pacific, federal troops and the revenue cutter Grant move in, and Seattle's Civil War veterans pledge themselves to 'law and order.'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 15, 1894The Trains Came Back—And Seattle's Mail Came With ThemWith the Pullman boycott collapsing, Northern Pacific and Lake Shore trains returned to schedule in Seattle, non-union crews took the throttle, and three days of stranded mail finally reached the post office.Seattle, WA
- Aug 11, 1894Seattle’s Sympathetic Strike Ends—With a Petition, Not a Picket LineLake Shore & Eastern workers formally call off their Pullman boycott, ask the superintendent for their old jobs, and appeal to a federal judge for reinstatement.Seattle, WA
- Jan 12, 1895A Landslide Tipped a Locomotive Into Lake Washington and the Water BoiledA freight train running the Lake Shore road hit a slide in the dark, the crew jumped for their lives, and the engine rolled over on its side in the lake, its wheels still churning as the steam died.Lake Washington, Seattle, WA