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| 1854 | 1 |
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| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 14 |
| 1862 | 9 |
| 1863 | 6 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 15 |
| 1876 | 79 |
| 1877 | 70 |
| 1878 | 56 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 20 |
| 1882 | 16 |
| 1883 | 97 |
| 1884 | 50 |
| 1885 | 88 |
| 1886 | 47 |
| 1887 | 50 |
| 1888 | 47 |
| 1889 | 100 |
| 1890 | 32 |
| 1891 | 105 |
| 1892 | 250 |
| 1893 | 230 |
| 1894 | 274 |
| 1895 | 321 |
| 1897 | 10 |
| 1898 | 26 |
| 1899 | 42 |
| 1900 | 11 |
| 1902 | 11 |
| 1903 | 139 |
| 1904 | 132 |
| 1905 | 5 |
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| 1908 | 36 |
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| 1910 | 40 |
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| 1912 | 13 |
| 1914 | 32 |
| 1915 | 17 |
| 1916 | 60 |
| 1917 | 21 |
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| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 15 |
| 1924 | 6 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1928 | 2 |
2,779 stories matching pay
- Who Should Pay for City Fire Protection?
A debate over whether Tacoma’s waterfront industrial interests should fund their own fire safety apparatus.
- The Price of a Loose Tongue
A logger learned the hard way that when you negotiate a premium price in secret, you better keep it a secret.
- The Street Contractor’s Gamble
When the city of Tacoma failed to pay up on street improvements, a contractor was left holding the bag—and a pocket full of worthless paper.
- Ninety Thousand Acres, Not a Cent in Taxes
An Orcas Island correspondent blames railroad-linked land companies for hoarding the island while residents carry the county tax burden.
- Seattleites Declare War on a Magazine Over Mount Rainier
Prominent citizens refuse to pay subscriptions to a publication that renamed Mount Rainier as 'Mount Tacoma'.
- The Fight Over Unpaid Rail Taxes
A new Congressional bill aims to force Pacific railroads to pay taxes on their vast land grants, closing a loophole that left farmers shouldering the civic burden.
- A Sea Captain's Seattle Grievance
Captain Jorgensen of the Alexander McNeill learns a hard lesson about maritime labor laws after attempting to deny his crew their pay in Seattle.
- The Founding Charter of the Seattle Public Library
A look back at the 1888 constitution of the city's first library association, which operated on membership dues, fine-print regulations, and a dream of civic enrichment.
- The Hop King's Defense
Ezra Meeker pushes back against public criticism, defending his company’s labor practices during the hard times of 1894.
- A Boulder on the Track Nearly Sends a Passenger Train Down the Hill
A westbound train strikes a fallen boulder near the Hangman Creek bridge, throwing its engine trucks off the track within feet of a steep drop. A nearby pay-car locomotive pulls the disabled engine free.
- The Price of Hospitality
Walla Walla's city council debates how much it should pay to entertain railroad tycoon Henry Villard.
- The Woman Who Refused the Judge
A Seattle woman stands her ground in municipal court, calling out a judge's election fraud and choosing jail over a fine.
- The City Hall Stumping Standoff
A citizen refuses to pay a surety bond for the 'privilege' of removing eight stumps from his own property.
- Who Should Own the Harbor?
Local captains are disgusted by the idea of paying government officers to place harbor buoys when the work could be done by local labor.
- City Council Refuses to Pay Artist for Civic Illustrations
A local disagreement over the value of public records erupts into a debate about the council's reliance on 'malignant' journalism.
- The Unlikely Benevolence of John H. McGraw
Before his gubernatorial run, Seattle Sheriff John H. McGraw earned a reputation for paying the taxes of the destitute and finding jobs for released prisoners.
- The Teachers' Pay Gap
An editorial from 1887 argues that Seattle’s teachers are overworked, undervalued, and paid significantly less than city laborers.
- A Judgment Against the Man in the Moon: Tacoma's $2 Million Water Bond Fight
Judge Stallcup tried to invalidate $2,130,000 in water bonds. The water company's lawyer shrugged—and warned that bondholders would haul the city into court if interest went unpaid.
- A Receivership Tells Issaquah's Miners There Is No Money for the Old Wages
Seattle Coal and Iron's receiver answers his own employees in superior court: the mine is insolvent, the market is gone, and the pay cut stays.
- The Scandal of the Sandberg District
City council members launch a blistering investigation into a protected 'vice syndicate' they allege is forcing hundreds of women into a restricted district.
- The Price of Progress: Who Pays for Everett's Pavement?
Everett’s labor organ argues that the city’s rapid transformation into a 'metropolitan' center is crushing its working-class residents under the weight of improvement taxes.
- The Lonely Life of a Government Wireman
Operating the seventy-six-mile telegraph line to the tip of the Olympic Peninsula was a grueling, low-paying job that pitted the weather bureau against the raw Washington wilderness.
- The High Price of the Cedar Harvest
An 1876 editorial from Seattle critiques the 'disproportionately large pay' of loggers, blaming high wages for the financial instability of the industry.
- The City vs. The Citizens: A Sewer Standoff
Property owners refuse to pay for city improvements they claim were botched, poorly contracted, and overpriced.
- A New Financial Player in Town
A Chicago-based firm prepares to disrupt Walla Walla's local banking sector by offering interest on deposits, a practice recently abandoned by local institutions.