Thomas F. Oakes
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- Dec 5, 1891The Mountain Tacoma Tried to TakeA railroad president's marketing decree put 'Tacoma' on maps of the great peak across the East — while Seattle refused to surrender the name of a British admiral who never saw it.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 12, 1892The Unproven Future of the 'Attractive Townsite'Northern Pacific President Thomas F. Oakes visits the burgeoning town of Everett in 1892, skeptical of its long-term viability despite the optimism of its East Coast developers.Everett, WA
- Jul 27, 1892The Railroad Says It Has a Dock in Seattle and No Way to Reach ItThomas F. Oakes tells Seattle's Chamber of Commerce that the Pacific steamship line is British-owned, that the Northern Pacific's own waterfront dock is useless without track connections — and that the city should help solve the problem.Seattle, WA
- Aug 18, 1893The Northern Pacific Railroad MeltdownShareholders accuse directors of self-dealing as the rail giant enters receivership amid the Panic of 1893.Seattle, WA
- Dec 28, 1893A Federal Judge Orders the Northern Pacific's Workers Not to StrikeWith wages about to be cut, railroad receivers win an injunction forbidding engineers, firemen, trainmen and switchmen from combining or quitting—setting up a collision between the courts and organized labor.Seattle, WA
- Aug 14, 1894Hard Times Are Over, but Striking Railroad Men Need Not ApplyNorthern Pacific managers touring the coast said the depression had turned, but they refused to rehire workers who had walked off the job.Rainier Club, Seattle, WA