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193 stories matching foreman
- The City Park Scandal: A Machine for Partisan Gains
A 1892 city council investigation exposed how municipal park commissioners treated city labor as their own private political machine.
- A Diamond-Studded Celebration for the Selah Ditch
Foreman Dan McDonald is honored with a costly gift as the ambitious irrigation project reaches the summit, opening vast new tracts for agriculture.
- Fatal Tumble at the Waco House
A foreman, respected for his long years of service and honesty, dies after an accidental fall down a lodging house light shaft.
- The City Hall Pay Dispute
A Tacoma teamster takes on the city after being shorted on his daily wage, sparking a potential test case for labor rights.
- Vigilante Justice on the Monte Cristo Road
After a foreman was killed in a brutal dispute at a railroad camp, the workers took the law into their own hands and lynched four suspects.
- The Girl Who Joined the Road Gang
A teenager looking to fund her high school education finds unexpected employment—and respect—among a tough paving crew near Spokane.
- A Rare Grade-Crossing Collision
A gasoline-powered handcar strikes a local attorney's automobile in a bizarre wreck that left a section foreman injured.
- The Sewer Tunnel Brawl
A physical confrontation between a city commissioner and a foreman reveals deep-seated tensions over patronage, naturalization, and the hiring of a Canadian family for city work.
- The Tragedy of a Young Belgian Immigrant
After four years building a life in Kennewick, a local slaughterhouse foreman dies of typhoid, leaving behind a young family.
- A Grand Jury’s Gift of Milk
Seattle’s Children’s Home receives a life-changing donation from the civic body overseeing the county’s legal affairs.
- The Most Expensive School Bus in Washington
A railroad foreman in School District No. 32 gets a creative, if costly, solution for his son's commute.
- The Fugitive Foreman of Franklin
A man working at the Oregon Improvement Company’s stables in Franklin is revealed as a wanted fugitive for a fatal land dispute in Indian Territory.
- The Rising Voice of Labor in Washington Territory
William Lee, foreman of the Knights of Labor, details a plan to unite farmers and workingmen to challenge the state's political establishment in 1892.
- A Deadly Christmas Eve Dispute in Willapa
A drunken argument over railroad work ended in a shooting at a gravel pit, leaving a respected foreman dead and his killer in jail.
- The Great Sewer Scandal (Feb 08, 1894)
City inspectors and laborers trade accusations over whether Seattle’s new sewers are built to last a millennium or are merely 'rubbish.'
- Tragedy in the Spokane Excavations
A laborer is killed and his foreman injured after a delayed dynamite blast detonates during construction work on First Avenue.
- The Tragedy of a Lonely Death in Electron
A construction foreman died after a fall, mistaken for a drunk by the very men he had gone to check on.
- The Price of a Hand in the Sawmill
A bitter letter to the editor disputes a recent verdict, revealing the harsh realities and dangerous labor disputes of Washington's timber industry.
- Marriage on One Hour's Notice
A railroad foreman faced a strict hiring requirement and a ticking clock, but his resourcefulness—and a very quick wedding—landed him the job.
- The Strange Death of a Fugitive
A foreman, desperate after a violent assault, ended his own life in the most unusual of ways while under police guard on a train near Snohomish.
- A Christmas Eve Killing in the Woods
A railroad foreman is murdered in a Pe-Ell camp, sparking a failed attempt by a lynch mob to claim the shooter.
- The Grooming of a Section Foreman
When a railroad boss demanded a married man for a section-house job, an applicant didn't let a minor detail like bachelorhood stop him from closing the deal in an hour.
- The Great Northern Cut Wages—and the Unemployed Took the Jobs
Car cleaners and repairers at Interbay quit rather than accept cuts to $1.50 and $1.25 a day. The company had a full replacement crew before the day was over.
- Boodle Charges and a Vendetta at the University of Washington
A disgruntled former foreman accuses contractors and regents of corruption in the new state university building, but his allegations are picked apart by those involved.
- Two Dead at Franklin: A Foreman's Heroic Death and a Verdict That Cleared the Company
A King County coroner's jury blames three miners for the gas explosion that killed Charles Anderson and foreman Park Robinson — and explicitly exonerates the owners, praising Robinson for a rescue attempt he 'could have avoided.'