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| Year | Stories |
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| 1878 | 2 |
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8 stories
- The Price of Coal and Silence
Miners in Gilman push back against a 10% wage cut, exposing the company's restrictive 'company store' policies and economic desperation.
- The Human Cost of the Coal Mine
As Seattle's mines teeter on the edge of insolvency, the burden of reorganization falls squarely on the shoulders of the workers.
- A Receivership Tells Issaquah's Miners There Is No Money for the Old Wages
Seattle Coal and Iron's receiver answers his own employees in superior court: the mine is insolvent, the market is gone, and the pay cut stays.
- Freedom from a Nightmare
A woman testifies to years of physical abuse in the Gilman mines, leading to a swift divorce judgment.
- 'Ground Under the Wheels': The Railroad Strike That Landed Gilman Miners in Court
Five men were held for trial after a Seattle commissioner heard testimony that striking miners abused and intimidated non-union trainmen on the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern.
- A Night of Masks for a Neighbor in Need
When an illness left a woman unable to work, the Gilman community stepped up with a masquerade ball to raise funds for her care.
- The Mud-Slinging Rivalry of Newcastle and Gilman
A friendly visit between two mining towns turns into a disastrous, mud-caked lesson in humility for a local horseman.
- A Narrow Escape at the Coal Mine
A coal miner in Gilman is lucky to be alive after a car accident leaves him with a broken leg.