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4 stories matching commit
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:committ, committe, comm, commiss, commingl, comminut
- The Switchmen’s Strike Remains Unbroken
Local union leaders condemn the 'treachery' of trainmen who crossed picket lines during the ongoing regional railway strike.
- Everett Unionists Join Fight Against 'White Plague'
Labor organizations rally behind a state health board initiative to combat tuberculosis, marking 'Labor Day' at the upcoming medical exhibition.
- A Mother's Second Attempt
After a gunshot wound and a stay in Spokane, Mrs. Henry Vossberg of Tweedie dies in the woods near her home, leaving a husband and three children.
- A Judge Tells Spokane's Restaurant Men Their Strike Injunction Is Worthless
Judge J. Stanley Webster refused to restrain the cooks' and waiters' union, upheld the right to strike and to publish 'union house' cards — a rare courtroom win for organized labor in 1910.