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69 stories
- The Aftermath of the Roslyn Mine Explosion
A town mourns forty-five dead while the community rallies to support eighty-four orphaned children.
- Roslyn Relief Fund Grows as Miners' Families Struggle
Seattle rallies for the widows and orphans of the catastrophic Roslyn mine explosion, while investigators confront the reality of corporate negligence and the brutal nature of the disaster.
- Roslyn Bank Robbery Trial Ends in Hung Jury
A retelling of the 1890 bank heist that terrorized a Kittitas County mining town and triggered a high-stakes manhunt.
- Betrayal in the Coal Fields
Widows and orphans lose their savings as a local bank collapses under the weight of alleged fraud.
- Tragedy at the Roslyn Mines
A devastating explosion traps forty-four miners in the Roslyn slope, leaving families in despair.
- Seattle Rallies for Roslyn Mine Disaster Victims
After an explosion at the Roslyn coal mines leaves 43 men dead and hundreds of children fatherless, Seattle residents and local business leaders organize a massive relief effort to aid the mourning families.
- The Tragedy at the Roslyn Slope
A devastating gas explosion in the Roslyn mines claims forty-three lives, leaving a town in mourning and a company under scrutiny.
- Aftermath of the Roslyn Mine Explosion
As families bury their dead in double-funerals, the Governor orders a strict investigation into the safety and ventilation failures that caused the catastrophe.
- Roslyn Jury Finds Mine Explosion Caused by Poor Ventilation
A coroner's jury blames deficient ventilation for the catastrophic mine explosion that claimed dozens of lives, while the company decries the inquest as one-sided.
- Too Late to Surrender: Roslyn's Miners Are Locked Out and Blacklisted
After three months idle, the white miners agreed to the company's brutal 30-percent pay cut — only to learn the Northern Pacific Coal Company had already imported Black strikebreakers from the East and would rehire only the men it chose.
- A Wife's Last Resort: Abused Woman Kills Husband in Kittitas County
After years of beatings, a Roslyn rancher's wife shoots him dead; neighbors say it was justified.
- Five Armed Robbers Hit Roslyn Bank on Payday
Armed outlaws storm a Washington coal town, robbing a bank in broad daylight and shooting bystanders before disappearing into the mountains.
- Posse Tracks Roslyn Bank Robbers Into Oregon
A brazen daylight bank robbery leaves the town in terror and launches a high-stakes manhunt across Oregon and Washington.
- The Inside Story of the Roslyn Bank Job
A tipster known as 'The Queen' and a remorseful participant reveal how a secret ring of thirteen men planned a violent bank heist in the coal mining town of Roslyn.
- Roslyn’s Miners Stood Together—and the Company Looked to Strikebreakers
When 650 Northern Pacific Coal Company workers refused a contract cut in July 1894, the company prepared to bring in Black miners under guard. In Roslyn, a home guard was already drilling.
- A Company Turns to Black Miners to Break the Roslyn Strike
With 165 Roslyn miners signing contracts to return, the Northern Pacific's manager admits importing Black laborers as a last resort — and promises to keep the number small.
- The Town That Suddenly Didn't Exist
A Supreme Court ruling declaring sixty Washington towns unconstitutional leaves saloon keepers in Roslyn facing a massive $10,000 licensing bill.
- A Coal Town Rebellion
Roslyn voters unseat the company-backed mayor, citing mismanagement of public funds in a corporate-run coal town.
- Bribery Allegations in Roslyn Mine Explosion Trial
A juror in a wrongful death suit claims he was offered $100 and a railroad pass to protect the Northern Pacific Coal Company from liability.
- The Price of Coal
Miners in Roslyn and Gilman strike against wage cuts, pointing to a race-to-the-bottom in labor costs driven by railroad contracts.
- The Roslyn Mine Disaster
A devastating gas explosion in Northern Pacific Coal Company's Mine No. 2 leaves dozens of families in mourning as the town of Roslyn turns its city hall into a temporary morgue.
- The Roslyn Mine Disaster: A City Rallies for the Bereaved
When an explosion ripped through the Roslyn coal mines in May 1892, Seattle’s civic leaders mobilized an immediate relief effort for the families left behind.
- Roslyn Coal Strike: Company Threatens to Import Black Strikebreakers
As the 1894 coal strike drags on, Roslyn miners refuse a 20 percent pay cut. The company’s answer: import Black workers from Chicago to break the union, a move that would reshape the town.
- Families Sue Mine Owners Over Roslyn Disaster
Massive litigation is underway following a deadly mine explosion, threatening the company with bankruptcy.
- Seattle Rallies for the Orphans of Roslyn
Following a deadly mine explosion, Seattle citizens and workers mobilize a massive relief effort to aid the destitute families left behind in the company town.