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13 stories matching foremen
- The Street-Grading Graft
A shocking report from Tacoma reveals that city street foremen were shaking down laborers for job security.
- The Conflict at the Docks
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce investigates longshoremen’s union rules, finding that discriminatory labor practices and disputes over foremen are diverting shipping business to Tacoma and Port Blakely.
- The Courthouse Feud: Superintendent Resigns and Foremen Are Ordered Off the Job
Thurston County commissioners accept W. A. Rogers’s resignation as courthouse superintendent, citing “strained relations” among contractors, architect and foremen, then appoint R. O. Owen to finish the job.
- City Hall Wreckers Under Fire
Corruption charges against the Board of Public Works spark panic among local politicians as investigators dig for the truth.
- The Phantom Section Hands of the Northern Pacific
A roadmaster at Cle Elum is arrested for padding six railroad crews with fictitious workers—until a foreman’s conscience, and the auditors, caught up with him.
- The Great Sewer Scandal (Feb 08, 1894)
City inspectors and laborers trade accusations over whether Seattle’s new sewers are built to last a millennium or are merely 'rubbish.'
- The Sewer Scandal and the 'Pull' of the Democratic Machine
Testimony in the investigation of city official Jesse Cochran reveals a culture of backroom deals, sub-standard materials, and patronage hiring within the city's public works department.
- Great Northern Cuts Wages 40 Percent—and the Car Cleaners Walk Out
Unorganized 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.
- A Foreman’s Reckless Gamble with Dynamite
A Fairhaven clearing crew foreman ignores safety warnings and suffers catastrophic injuries during a stump-blasting operation.
- A Sewer Scheme Built on Incompetence
Citizens and taxpayers are calling out the city's reckless mismanagement of sewer construction projects downtown.
- Starvation Wages and a Broken Light Contract: Seattle's Lower House Erupts
Delegates demand answers on Pike Street paving, city jobs parceled out by foremen, Kilbourne Avenue subcontracting, and the gas-electric company's failure to light the city.
- The Streetcar Superintendent Who Made a Hard Job Less Arduous
When Superintendent Clark resigned from Seattle’s Consolidated street car lines, employees remembered him as the man who averted a strike by treating car men like people.
- The Northern Pacific Offers Strikers a Last Chance—With Strings Attached
General Manager Kendrick says former employees can reapply after the Pullman strike, but only if they were not leaders or agitators—and they will rank behind the men hired to replace them.