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2,134 stories
- The Everett Massacre: A Bloody Sunday on the Waterfront
An armed confrontation between I.W.W. protesters and a citizens' posse leaves six dead and scores wounded after a failed landing in Everett.
- The Day the Waterfront Turned on Its Workers
In November 1916, a boatload of union men arrived at the city dock and were met by two hundred armed deputies. Everett has never fully agreed on what happened next.
- The Great Train Wreck of 1907
A look back at a dramatic freight derailment that sent twenty-one cars into a Kennewick gully.
- The Everett Massacre
A bloody confrontation between I.W.W. free-speech protesters and a citizens' posse leaves six dead and scores wounded on the Everett waterfront.
- The Everett Massacre Prisoners Arrive
Forty-one members of the Industrial Workers of the World were transported under heavy guard to the Snohomish County jail following the bloody confrontation on the waterfront.
- Death on the Division Street Bridge
A morning commute turned into a catastrophe when a steel span over the Spokane River collapsed, sending two trolley cars into the freezing water.
- Labor Organizer Accuses Judge Burke in 1886 Seattle Anti-Chinese Riots
A labor organizer confronts a political candidate over his role in the 1886 Seattle riots and the killing of a protester.
- Kennewick to Vote on Forming Port District in 1916
Voters face a pivotal election to establish the Port of Kennewick and authorize the purchase of a dock and the dredging of the Columbia River.
- Federal Troops Clear I.W.W. Halls in Yakima Valley
Company B of the Third Oregon regiment arrests 24 agitators in North Yakima and dozens more near Easton.
- The Grays Harbor Anchor Murders
A union agent is arrested after a sailor's body is pulled from the water, weighted down by an anchor, sparking fears of a serial killer operating in the harbor.
- The Wellington Disaster
A massive snowslide buries two Great Northern trains in the Cascades, marking one of the deadliest rail disasters in Washington history.
- The Wellington Avalanche Tragedy
Recovery efforts continue at the site of the Great Northern Railroad disaster, where snow and debris buried trains and crews.
- A Café Spark, a 35-Mile Gale, and Ephrata Burned
A fire that began in the Club Cafe overwhelmed 300 fighters from Quincy, Wilson Creek and Ephrata; damage reached $120,000 with insurance listed at $9,000.
- The Man Who Shot His Ex-Wife and Asked a Stranger to Finish the Job
In a chilling display of domestic violence in 1914 Prosser, Harry Favor shot his divorced wife Lucile Schultz dead, then calmly helped her into a buggy and begged bystanders to kill him before fleeing.
- Labor Groups Mobilize Against Japanese Workers in Mukilteo
Everett labor leaders join forces with local clubs to push for the exclusion of Japanese employees from the Crown Lumber Company plant.
- The Laundry Strike of 1910
Striking laundry workers in Everett launch a campaign for higher wages and against the 'laundry trust,' enlisting public support to run their own mobile collection service.
- The Streetcar Strike and the Press
Everett labor leaders push back against media portrayals of the ongoing streetcar strike, demanding an end to misrepresentation.
- The Price of Public Water
Everett’s labor leaders take on the Stone-Webster utility monopoly in a high-stakes battle over rigged rates and watered stock.
- A Night of Vengeance in Horse Heaven
Twenty-eight draft animals were found slaughtered in a calculated act of malice, suspected to be the work of a disgruntled farmhand.
- Desert Land Dreams Turn to Dust
A failed irrigation scheme in Franklin County leaves thousands of acres of claims in limbo after a scathing government report.
- Blood Spilled at Pike Place During Dock Strike
A violent clash between union sympathizers and nonunion longshoremen leaves three men wounded at Seattle's public market.
- Violent Clash Erupts at Pike Place Market
A confrontation between nonunion longshoremen and strikers leaves three injured in the heart of Seattle's public market.
- Squatter Killed in Massive Railroad Slide
A catastrophic hillside failure near Monroe Street buries part of a shantytown; a local man is missing and presumed dead.
- A Wall of Flame Closes In on Spirit Lake
A long dry spell turns Pend Oreille County's logged-over hills into a tinderbox, and a fire that starts almost inside Spirit Lake's town limits sends mill crews, surveyors and railroad engines scrambling to hold the line.
- The Woods Are Tinder: Fire Crews Battle Blazes Across the Pend Oreille Valley
With the forest dry as tinder, deputy fire wardens, lumber crews and ranchers scramble to contain dozens of small fires — while a landowner's brush burn kills two people near Colville and lands him under arrest.