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- Clean Play vs. Rough Tactics in Kennewick-Prosser Basketball
While the Prosser team walked away with a 25-13 victory, Kennewick's local squad earned praise for maintaining composure despite aggressive, unsportsmanlike conduct from their rivals.
- The Blight Battle in Kennewick
When orchard blight threatened the region's economy, the local editor chose transparency over 'hush-it-up' tactics, triggering a fierce debate about the risks of public alarm.
- The Lumber Barons and the 'Request' to Quit the Union
A fiery editorial from The Labor Journal exposes the intimidation tactics used by mill owners to keep workers from organizing.
- The Right to Protest: Washington's 1916 Anti-Picketing Fight
A strong defense of organized labor's right to picket as a 'necessity' for economic survival.
- The Fight to Regulate Streetcar Conductors
A proposed city ordinance aimed at ensuring worker safety and public protection faces pushback from a company-linked petition.
- The Myth of the Everett Building Boom
Local labor leaders debunk a fabricated 'building boom' story, warning it is a reckless tactic to lure surplus labor for anti-union motives.
- The Contract Proof of a Hidden Strike
A labor newspaper exposes the desperate tactics used by the Sumner Iron Works to recruit strikebreakers through shady employment contracts.
- The Labor Movement's Internal Conflict
An AFL organizer condemns 'direct action' agitators, arguing that evolutionary methods are the only path to lasting worker success.
- The Labor Inspector Who Got 'Too Close' to the Truth
Blanche Mason is fired from her state post after effectively enforcing labor laws against powerful companies, sparking a fierce reaction from the unions.
- The Great Coyote Drive Falls Flat
A massive community hunting effort ends in embarrassment as the wily predators evade the local volunteer army.
- Everett Laborites Rally for Grays Harbor Strikers
Protest meeting held at Liberty Hall condemns the treatment of workers and union organizers during the Grays Harbor shingle weaver struggle.
- The Political Tug-of-War Over the Temperance Vote
As Everett prepares to vote on the liquor question, the Labor Journal critiques state senator George Cotterill's approach and argues that labor's interests transcend the wet-dry binary.
- The Sugar War of Coulee City
A local merchant fights back against a Spokane jobber’s price-fixing tactics.
- The Hard-Won Fight for the Eight-Hour Day
While union machinists in Northern California celebrate a hard-won victory, their counterparts in the Pacific Northwest face strike-breakers and police intimidation.
- The Real Estate 'Trip Hammer' of Early Kennewick
A local observer recounts how predatory tactics by a prominent land dealer backfired, costing him a sale and leaving a bitter taste for prospective homesteaders.
- Everett's Delegate Takes the National Stage on Labor Unity
E. P. Marsh reports back from the A.F. of L. convention on the heated struggle to bring the militant Western Federation of Miners into the national fold.
- The Ghost of the Seattle Riots
A labor organizer confronts senatorial candidate Thomas Burke over his role in the 1886 anti-Chinese expulsions, challenging the sanitized historical narratives of his political campaign.
- Columbia River Strawberry Growers Compete Against Themselves
In 1914, Kennewick farmers were losing profits not to outside competitors, but to their own self-defeating price-cutting tactics.
- Who Should Keep the Peace in Everett?
As Everett moves to a commission form of government, the local labor movement pushes for a police commissioner who understands industrial unrest rather than one beholden to business interests.
- Newport's Boys Wake Up in the Eighth to Even the Series with Spirit Lake
A rain-soaked, three-hour ballgame at the Newport park ends 8 to 5 as an unlikely pitcher named Mooney strikes out three in the ninth.