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126 stories matching striker
- The Day Tacoma's Newsboys Went on Strike
Forty newsboys organized a blockade against the evening paper's manager, demanding return privileges for unsold copies.
- Street Brawl and the Policing of Pickets
A physical confrontation between strikers and scabs on Everett's streets highlights the volatile nature of labor disputes and the bias of local law enforcement.
- The Pullman Strike Collapses — and Seattle Quietly Comes Out Clean
As the great railroad strike of 1894 sputters to defeat nationwide, the Post-Intelligencer pauses to credit Seattle's police and strike leaders for keeping the city free of the violence that scarred the rest of the country.
- The Laundry Strike of 1910
Striking laundry workers in Everett launch a campaign for higher wages and against the 'laundry trust,' enlisting public support to run their own mobile collection service.
- The Pullman Strike Paralysis
As the American Railway Union strike sweeps the nation, railroads are frozen, federal troops are mobilizing, and the movement faces a mounting crisis.
- Deckhands Walk Out on the Pacific Navigation Company
A labor dispute over union wages at Yesler Dock halts steamship traffic in Seattle as deckhands stand their ground.
- The Pullman Strike hits Seattle
Striking railway workers and curious mobs gather at the Columbia Street depot, testing the city's resolve during the national railway paralysis.
- The Guard Mutinied Over a Railroad Strike
A 1894 court of inquiry found Tacoma’s Company G guilty of mutiny, cashiered a captain who surrendered to strikers at Sprague, and exposed a forged strike-edition letter.
- Switchmen's Strike Tightens Its Grip on Northwest Freight
Despite railroad claims that operations are normal, the American Federation of Labor steps in to support the striking switchmen as shipping remains at a standstill.
- The Everett Street Car Strike
Striking transit workers face off against a 'soulless corporation' as public sympathy mounts against the company's use of hired thugs.
- The Pullman Strike Reaches Seattle
Striking railroad workers and their sympathizers gather at the depots as a tense national labor dispute ripples through the city.
- 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.
- King County Mining Towns Denounce Labor Unrest
Citizens in Franklin and Newcastle rally to condemn strikers in Idaho and Pennsylvania, pledging support for those who continue to work.
- The Letter That Turned a Railroad Strike Into a Frontier War
A Tacoma cavalryman's lurid account of fighting Indigenous people in the Olympics and riding through a strike reads like pulp fiction — and the paper knew it.
- Everett Socialists Rally for Lawrence Strikers
Local unionists and radicals pack Liberty Hall to protest the brutal treatment of striking textile workers in the East and send a formal message to the President.
- The Political Bazaar of 1891: How the Calkins Faction Tried to Buy the Senate
In a frantic scramble to seize power, legislative 'strikers' in Olympia flooded the capital with promises of patronage and political favors, mirroring the high-stakes, behind-the-scenes maneuvering that still defines state politics.
- Blacklisted on the Waterfront: Northern Pacific Punishes Strike Leaders
After the 1894 railroad strike, a Northern Pacific superintendent admits the company will not rehire “strike leaders or agitators” — and one ex-switchman says the boycott follows him even to a steamship wharf.
- Bushwhackers in the Puyallup Woods: How the Pullman Strike Became a Criminal Manhunt
A federal grand jury indicts a Northern Pacific clerk for threatening to draw locomotive fires, while Sheriff Matthews finds rifles and a shotgun used to ambush passenger trains near the Puyallup reservation.
- The Tailor's Revolt: Seattle Shops Defy Union Wages
As the local tailors' strike enters its second week with shops shuttered, merchants import labor from abroad to break the union, sparking fears of violent confrontation.
- Street Railway Workers Strike Over Wage Cuts
Italians employed by the Tacoma Railway and Power Company walk off the job after their daily wage is slashed from $1.75 to $1.60.
- Winter at the Packing-House Picket Line
As Seattle's labor landscape shifts in 1887, meat-packers face a grueling struggle against both their employers and the encroaching winter chill.
- Machinists Stand Firm in Eight-Hour Struggle
Striking workers across the Pacific Coast remain resilient against employer efforts to maintain the ten-hour workday.
- The Phantom Bicycle Robbers of Tacoma
A young girl claims two masked men bound her in broad daylight, yet police remain deeply skeptical of the theatrical account.
- The Chain Gang Strike: When Seattle’s Jailers Fed Rebels Bread and Water
Twelve roughs on the city's Commercial Street cleanup crew walked off the job, leaving six loyal workers to finish the job. The police response? Lock them in the darkest cells until their sentences expire.
- The Chain Gang Strikes: Bread and Water for Seattle’s Labor Rebels
When twelve men on the city's chain gang refused to work, Mayor Moran’s police chief responded with a cold diet of bread and water—and a public shaming that turned the streets into a theater of penal discipline.