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3 stories matching sidetrack
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- Tacoma’s Engineers Crossed the Picket Line
As the Pullman boycott convulsed the nation, nearly all Northern Pacific engineers in Tacoma returned to work under guard—prompting American Railway Union men to vow a fight to the finish.
- The Tacoma Strike, Undone and Redone in a Single Day
Northern Pacific tries to declare victory, but firemen, switchmen and engineers vote to stay out—while Debs wires that the fight is still solid.
- Seattle's Fire Chief Accused as the Council Wrestles a Telephone Franchise and a Paving Bill
Both houses of the city council meet late into the night: charges that Chief Hunt holds office under false pretenses, a twenty-five-year franchise for the Seattle Home Telephone Company, and a fight over who pays for the sick and injured.