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- The Great Loggers' Strike: How Seattle's Timber Barons Tried to Fix Prices by Cutting Supply
In June 1903, the Puget Sound Logger’s Association voted to slash timber output by one-third to prop up falling prices, revealing the fragile power of early labor and industry cartels in the Pacific Northwest.
- The Coal That Built Seattle: How a Strike at Newcastle Mine Shook the City's Economy
A bitter labor dispute between the Oregon Improvement Company and the Knights of Labor has shut down the Newcastle coal mine, halting shipments to Portland and driving up fuel prices across Puget Sound.