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80 stories matching hanford
- The Price of a Steamboat Collision
Federal Judge Hanford orders the steam collier Willamette to pay $30,000 for a fatal 1892 collision with the steamer Premier.
- A Certificate, a Prison Term, and a One-Way Ticket Out of Spokane
Federal Judge Hanford ordered Jim Slick deported after ruling that the Chinese laborer's revenue certificate was void because he had already served time at McNeil's Island.
- Federal Judge Hanford Sentences Coxeyite Protesters
Twenty-six members of the Coxeyite industrial army face jail time after seizing a Northern Pacific train in defiance of federal court orders.
- The Legal Battle Over Land Claims
Judge Hanford rules on a dispute between the Stimson Land Company and individual homesteaders, highlighting the complexities of federal land patent law.
- The Bank President and the Federal Judge
When the federal government began investigating his failing bank, a Tacoma business owner launched a public crusade against the judge presiding over the case.
- The 'Commonweal' Prisoners in Court
After weeks of legal maneuvering, fifteen members of the industrial army are released, though questions of their forced transport and detention remain.
- The 'Orting Bank Thief' Libel Case
A political war of words between Populists and the establishment leads to a dramatic arrest for criminal libel in Tacoma.
- A Receiver Wants to Cut Streetcar Wages; a Judge Says Not Below $2 a Day
The Seattle Consolidated Railway, in receivership, asks the federal court to trim motormen's and conductors' pay from 20 to 17½ cents an hour.
- The Unlucky Fate of the Steamer City of Ellensburg
Creditors protest a forced sale of a river steamer, claiming the vessel was sold for a pittance in a 'farce' of an auction.
- The Court Rules Against Railway Union Contracts
A federal judge sides with the Lake Shore Road receiver, ruling that collective labor contracts do not bind court-appointed management.
- Federal Troops Occupy Seattle to Protect Court Orders
US soldiers arrive to prevent interference with judicial proceedings against 'Coxeyites' after a railroad conflict.
- Who Counts as a Merchant?
Judge Hanford rules that a Chinese restaurant owner is not a 'merchant' under the law, preventing his re-entry into the United States.
- Federal Judge Imprisons 'Wealers' for Labor Protests
Twenty-nine members of the 'Industrial Army' are sentenced to McNeil Island after defying a federal injunction in North Yakima.
- The City vs. The Water Company
A federal judge blocks Walla Walla from building its own water works, citing an existing contract as an 'inviolate' property right.
- Industrial Army Members Sentenced for Train Trespassing
Three men were sentenced to 40 days in the King County jail for boarding a freight train near the Stampede Tunnel, marking the latest legal maneuver in the suppression of the Industrial Army.
- Industrial Army Faces Trial in Seattle
Members of Coxey's Army appear in federal court after seizing Northern Pacific rail property to reach the capital.
- The Groom, the Bride, and the Exclusion Act
After being ordered deported, a Chinese merchant successfully fights the federal government to reunite with his wife.
- Bucoda’s Coal Company Runs to the Courthouse
A Thurston County coal company secures a receiver in Olympia while creditors race to court, including a claim on a note originally given to pay workers’ wages.
- Seattle’s Sympathetic Strike Ends—With a Petition, Not a Picket Line
Lake Shore & Eastern workers formally call off their Pullman boycott, ask the superintendent for their old jobs, and appeal to a federal judge for reinstatement.
- ‘Incipient Treason’: Judge Hanford Sentences the Spokane Strikers
Seven men are jailed for contempt after a mob derails trains and seizes a roundhouse during the 1894 railroad strike. The federal judge calls it insurrection.
- The Industrial Army vs. The Marshals
Federal authorities in Seattle are intercepting freight trains to prevent 'Commonwealers' from riding the rails toward Washington, D.C.
- Deported Despite the Evidence
Two Chinese merchants who proved they were lawful Portland residents are ordered out of the country, a federal judge siding with the immigration commissioner.
- A Merchant's Fight for Entry
A Chinese merchant detained on the steamship Mogul challenges his exclusion in Federal court.
- They Seized a Locomotive to Stop a Train—Then Faced Judge Hanford
After a mob of 3,000 surrounded a Northern Pacific train in Spokane, ten men were charged with contempt and riot; three pleaded guilty and two were sent to hard labor.
- Spokane Strike Riot Defendants Win a September Trial
Three men accused in the July 5 strike riot and another charged with obstructing a deputy marshal will be tried in Spokane this fall.