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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 138 |
| 1910 | 151 |
| 1911 | 159 |
| 1912 | 73 |
521 stories
- Labor Organizer Accuses Judge Burke in 1886 Seattle Anti-Chinese Riots
A labor organizer confronts a political candidate over his role in the 1886 Seattle riots and the killing of a protester.
- The Campaign to Exclude Japanese Farmers from Seattle Markets
White truck farmers in the White River Valley organize a campaign to ban Japanese immigrant competition from the Pike Place Market.
- Labor Groups Mobilize Against Japanese Workers in Mukilteo
Everett labor leaders join forces with local clubs to push for the exclusion of Japanese employees from the Crown Lumber Company plant.
- 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 Streetcar Strike and the Press
Everett labor leaders push back against media portrayals of the ongoing streetcar strike, demanding an end to misrepresentation.
- The Price of Public Water
Everett’s labor leaders take on the Stone-Webster utility monopoly in a high-stakes battle over rigged rates and watered stock.
- A 1909 Newspaper Campaign Against Japanese Immigrants
A local labor newspaper warns that the white working class of Everett faces the same economic ruin as San Francisco due to competition from Japanese laborers.
- Forced Expulsion of Japanese Workers
Citizens in Darrington organize to forcibly remove immigrant laborers from town.
- Washington Women Win the Vote
Following the historic 1910 election, the Labor Journal celebrates the enfranchisement of women and calls for a new era of worker-led political power.
- The Grays Harbor Sawmill Strike
The President of the State Federation of Labor details the brutal suppression of striking sawmill workers in Aberdeen and Hoquiam.
- The Campaign for Japanese Exclusion in Mukilteo
Everett labor organizers cite local industrial hiring practices as a threat to the American standard of living.
- The Growing Pains of Everett
A nostalgic look at the early days of Everett, from the rough-and-tumble construction boom to the economic despair of the 'hard times' and the eventual rise of a working-class city.
- The Lumber Town That Held Worker's Luggage Hostage
A Grays Harbor mill company is exposed for a predatory scheme that left hundreds of laborers stranded without their personal belongings.
- The Great Everett Fire Scare of 1909
Eight suspicious fires in one night set the city into a panic, sparking rumors of professional arsonists.
- Everett’s Baptism by Fire
After major conflagrations reveal a pathetic water supply, local labor leaders demand a municipal water system.
- Sawmill Workers Call for Exclusion of Asian Laborers
Meeting in Everett, the International Brotherhood of Sawmill Workers and Woodsmen adopt a resolution demanding the strict application of anti-Asian exclusion laws.
- A Hypocritical Banquet
Local lumber magnates lobby against foreign labor only to hire Japanese staff for a high-society dinner.
- Railroad Switchmen Walk Out in Massive Strike
Everett switchmen join a regional effort to shut down rail traffic from the Great Lakes to the Pacific in a fight for higher wages and safer working conditions.
- 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.
- Mukilteo Residents Battle to Oust Japanese Workers
A simmering local movement against the employment of Japanese workers at a Mukilteo mill intensifies as residents plan a mass protest in Everett.
- Mukilteo Workers Refuse Japanese Labor
A town committee clashes with the Crown Mill company over the employment of Japanese workers, signaling rising anti-immigrant tensions in the region.
- Betrayed by the Railroad: The Wellington Disaster Survivors
After the catastrophic avalanche that killed nearly 100, laborers hired for rescue work are abandoned without food or pay, forced to trek 74 miles to Everett.
- Abandoned and Starving in the Mountains
After the Wellington disaster, laborers recount being treated like 'cattle' by the Great Northern Railway while awaiting unpaid wages.
- The Mukilteo Protest
Citizens confront a local lumber company over the hiring of Asian laborers.
- Laundry Workers Strike and Win
A week-long walkout by Everett laundry workers ends in a landmark victory for organized labor.