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482 stories matching armi
- The Salvation Army’s Public Nuisance
A Seattle man files a lawsuit for damages after a noisy street-corner protest left him terrified, trampled, and bruised.
- Coxey’s Army Stalls in Puyallup
Industrial marchers find themselves stranded and under federal surveillance after failing to secure a rail transport to Washington D.C.
- The Industrial Army Marches on Washington
Seattle’s unemployed men organize a parade and embark on a cross-country trek to demand relief, setting off local tensions and federal concerns.
- The Northwestern Industrial Army Organizes in Seattle
Unemployed men gather at Second and Weller to form a peaceful labor collective as the city braces for economic depression.
- Organizing the Industrial Army in Centralia
A local organizer makes progress recruiting for the Industrial Army despite local mockery.
- State Attorney Resigns to Help Secure Army Post
Assistant Attorney General Scott Z. Henderson leaves his post to assist in the land acquisition for a massive new U.S. army base in Pierce County.
- American Lake Prepares for Wartime Enlistment
The War Department announces plans for a massive training camp at American Lake to prepare thousands of recruits for the Great War.
- The Commonweal Army Vacates Puyallup
After weeks of encampment, the 'army' of unemployed men departs the city for Washington D.C., leaving the streets quiet.
- The March on Washington
Seattle’s contingent of the Industrial Army prepares to depart for Washington D.C. by train, complete with yellow paper, drill squads, and a parade.
- A Funeral Panic at the Salvation Army Barracks
A tragedy in Spokane leads to a funeral service so crowded that the church building began to buckle and crack, nearly causing a second disaster.
- Coxey's Army on Trial: Seattle Laborers Testify About the Yakima Gunfire
In federal court in Seattle, members of the Commonweal Army described how deputy marshals clubbed and shot at unemployed men trying to ride a train east to present the Coxey bill to Congress.
- The Commonweal Army's Standoff in Puyallup
While General 'Jumbo' Cantwell rallies unemployed protesters with fiery rhetoric, Northern Pacific officials and U.S. marshals prepare for a train-seizure confrontation.
- Federal Court Rules on Tribal Status for Indigenous Soldiers
A landmark legal decision determines that enlistment in the U.S. Army does not exempt Indigenous men from the jurisdiction of the Indian Bureau.
- The Salvation Army Runaway
A Spokane teenager is apprehended in Seattle while seeking a life of service with the Salvation Army.
- The Salvation Army’s Plan to Turn a Kitsap Farm Into a Lifeline for Seattle’s Unemployed
With a 250-acre bequest near Sidney and a crowded food-and-shelter depot at Weller and South Third, the Army proposed a co-operative farm, woodyard and prison-gate brigade to put hundreds of jobless men to work.
- Seattle Angles for the Army's Puget Sound Rendezvous
As Congress takes up an army bill to concentrate troops at a handful of big Western posts, Washington's senators press Seattle's claim to the Puget Sound depot — while Oregon fights to keep its own fort alive.
- The Army at the Bluff
As Aberdeen booms, an 'army' of three hundred laborers armed with dynamite and shovels cuts through the hills to bring the railroad into town.
- The Commonwealers Converge in Puyallup
Seattle and Tacoma detachments of the Industrial Army unite in a rainy camp, bracing for a confrontation as state and railroad authorities mobilize.
- Industrial Army Faces Trial in Seattle
Members of Coxey's Army appear in federal court after seizing Northern Pacific rail property to reach the capital.
- The Northwest’s Industrial Army Takes Shape in Seattle
Seventy-two unemployed men gather at a storefront on South Second Street to march on Washington D.C., demanding economic relief during the Great Depression of the 1890s.
- A Hallelujah Wedding on Jackson Street
Salvation Army officers wed in a packed Seattle barracks, blending religious fervor with a public spectacle that drew onlookers from all social strata.
- The Forgotten General in the City Jail
A decorated Civil War veteran and Indian fighter finds himself destitute and seeking shelter in a Seattle prison.
- Seattle’s 'Industrial Army' Mobilizes for Washington, D.C.
Unemployed workers organize under strict military discipline to march across the country to protest economic conditions during the Panic of 1893.
- Army Training at American Lake
A new target range constructed by soldiers near Hillhurst opens for service, preparing troops for future encampments.
- The Industrial Army’s Great Trek East
As Coxey's 'Industrial Army' traverses Washington, cold, hungry men turn to rail-hopping and the kindness of strangers to reach their destination.