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- Help Wanted: The Railroad Boom Outran the Workforce
Crews at Sullivan Creek and Box Canyon needed hundreds more men as clay, springs, and slides slowed the Inland Empire's rail-and-dam boom.
- The Northern Pacific's Unsurveyed Empire Goes on the Tax Rolls
Congress orders the survey of hundreds of thousands of acres of Northern Pacific grant land in Washington and Idaho — with the railroad footing the bill or forfeiting the ground.
- Bricklayers Debate Global Union Death Benefit
International union local chapters weigh a new, graduated life insurance plan to ensure coverage for smaller organizations.
- Mukilteo residents protest Japanese labor at Crown Lumber Company
A local improvement club organizes a mass meeting to demand the hiring of white workers, marking the start of an anti-Japanese campaign in the region.
- Shingle Weavers Push for an Eight-Hour Day
At their annual convention in Marysville, Washington, labor delegates debate the future of the industry and the path to a shorter workday.
- The Railroad's Traveling Salesman for the Whole Northwest
A Great Northern exhibition car of grains, grasses and fruit photographs drew hundreds in Newport — and will head east again to sell the Pend Oreille valley to the nation.
- A.F.L. Organizer C.O. Young Rallies Everett's Labor Movement
General organizer C.O. Young delivers a rousing address at the Labor Temple and urges workers to defeat Congressman William E. Humphrey.
- Betrayed by the Railroad: The Wellington Disaster Survivors
After the catastrophic avalanche that killed nearly 100, laborers hired for rescue work are abandoned without food or pay, forced to trek 74 miles to Everett.
- Everett Labor Unions Demand Immigration Restriction
Citing an influx of 'pauper labor' from Southern Europe, the Everett Trades Council lobbies Congress to stem the tide.
- The Racial and Economic Tensions of the Pacific Coast
A widely reprinted analysis examines the influx of Chinese, Japanese, and Hindu laborers into the Pacific Northwest and the resulting labor conflicts.
- Eleven Carloads of Cedar Poles Roll Out of Newport in a Single Day
220 tons of poles bound for Ohio and points east — the biggest day's shipment ever to leave the station — as Newport cements its claim as the cedar pole capital of the region.
- The Mother Who Disowned Her Son for Crossing the Picket Line
When a young foreman chose to break a strike rather than stand with his union, his mother publicly rejected his 'blood money' and reminded him of the solidarity that had saved their family.
- Five Million Tons of Iron Ore Reported on the Pend Oreille
Spokane and Coeur d'Alene investors say they have uncovered a deposit near the Canadian line to rival Minnesota's Mesabi range — silver and lead included.
- 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 Railroad Wants the County Road — and Newport's Businessmen Sign On
Panhandle Lumber's proposed logging railroad would require the county to vacate a public road up a gulch west of town; practically every businessman in Newport petitions to hand it over.
- The Saloon Was Their Paycheck: Everett Labor’s Fight Against Prohibition
In November 1910, Everett’s union locals — cigar makers, brewery workers, bartenders, cooks and waiters — urged a vote for license, warning that Prohibition would throw hundreds out of work and scatter their families.