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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 8 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 9 |
| 1862 | 5 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 15 |
| 1876 | 93 |
| 1877 | 82 |
| 1878 | 51 |
| 1879 | 8 |
| 1880 | 23 |
| 1882 | 18 |
| 1883 | 114 |
| 1884 | 57 |
| 1885 | 94 |
| 1886 | 37 |
| 1887 | 54 |
| 1888 | 73 |
| 1889 | 196 |
| 1890 | 23 |
| 1891 | 126 |
| 1892 | 270 |
| 1893 | 268 |
| 1894 | 270 |
| 1895 | 366 |
| 1897 | 9 |
| 1898 | 19 |
| 1899 | 58 |
| 1900 | 14 |
| 1902 | 6 |
| 1903 | 177 |
| 1904 | 118 |
| 1905 | 9 |
| 1907 | 5 |
| 1908 | 32 |
| 1909 | 163 |
| 1910 | 46 |
| 1911 | 14 |
| 1912 | 11 |
| 1914 | 19 |
| 1915 | 18 |
| 1916 | 52 |
| 1917 | 30 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 24 |
| 1924 | 9 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 4 |
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- The Great Machinist Strike of 1910
One year into a bitter, coast-wide industrial struggle for the eight-hour day, union machinists look toward inevitable victory.
- The Everett Water and Light Monopoly
A critical investigation into the extortionate rates charged by the Stone-Webster company and the case for municipal ownership.
- The City’s Forgotten Protectors
While Everett boasted the best fire record in Washington, its firefighters were the worst-paid in the state and lived nearly as slaves under a grueling 21-hour-a-day duty cycle.
- The Price of Industrial Progress
As Washington’s new worker compensation law takes hold, the local union paper tallies the first injuries in Everett’s mills.
- The City's Experiment in Industrial Education
Everett’s night school initiative aimed to teach practical trades to workers, reflecting a new vision of the public school as an engine for broader citizenship.
- A State-Wide Push for the Eight-Hour Day
Following a strike in the Pacific Northwest, the Washington State Federation of Labor moves to consolidate metal trades to demand shorter hours.
- Everett’s Union Wives Organize
A newly appointed organizer rallies the women of union households to leverage their purchasing power for the labor cause.
- The Eight-Hour Day: Who Gets It and Who Doesn't?
A definitive ruling clarifies that Washington’s landmark labor protections were intended for physical toil, not office work.
- The Long Siege for the Eight-Hour Day
For over a year, Everett's machinists have held the line against Pacific Coast manufacturing giants in a battle for shorter hours.
- Shingleweavers Push for Living Wages and Health Protections
Organized labor in the Pacific Northwest votes to standardize mill pay and fight predatory company-mandated insurance schemes.
- City Officials Cover for Strikebreaking Police
A secret reversal of policy allows the Fire and Police Commission to hide the identities of special officers hired by the Sumner Iron Works.
- The Organizing Power of Everett’s Women
Rose B. Moore reflects on a summer of mobilizing union women and shares a vision for the future of social labor.
- The True Cost of a Cigar
A local cigar salesman challenges Everett's 'boosters' to practice what they preach by supporting union-made, home-grown tobacco instead of shipping money East for trust-made goods.
- The Garment Workers' Cross-Country Crusade
Two strikers from St. Louis arrive in Everett to rally local labor against the unfair practices of the Marx & Haas firm.