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7 stories matching schofield
- The Army's Top General Scouts Magnolia Bluff for Puget Sound's Defenses
Lt. Gen. John Schofield, passing through Seattle en route to Alaska, endorses Magnolia Bluff as the site for a new army post and predicts a great commercial future for the Sound.
- The Jailbreak at Edison
Four fugitives, including men driven out of Wenatchee by vigilantes, are recaptured after an armed struggle.
- Tacoma’s Strike Trials: Jail, Fines, and a $500 Lesson for Union Men
After the Pullman boycott collapsed, a federal court in Tacoma convicted American Railway Union officers of contempt, jailing three men and fining a former Northern Pacific clerk $500.
- The Battle for the Hall
When two rival labor factions attempted to book the same venue for their organizational meeting, the dispute devolved into a chaotic scramble for possession of the room.
- Ida May Love Went to Sea as 'Dan McArdle'
A Whatcom newlywed walked out on her husband, her skirts and her name to serve seven weeks aboard the warship Monterey — and the Post-Intelligencer tracked her to a Leavenworth dance hall, where she was still talking about 'us boys.'
- Gov. McGraw Opens the State Road Convention at Olympia
Delegates from every county gather in the capital to plan a statewide campaign for better roads — and to demand that the political parties finally take up internal improvements.
- Seattle Offers a Bluff to Win the Army's Guns
Gen. Otis wants a garrison on Magnolia Bluff to guard Puget Sound — but the land the government thought it already owned has been quietly claimed out from under it, and Fort Townsend is running dry.