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6 stories matching carman
- Brutal Assault in Centralia
An elderly resident has his thumb bitten off during a violent neighborhood altercation in Centralia.
- The Price of a Lost Limb
A teenager files suit after a gruesome factory accident left him permanently disabled while working on machinery.
- Sewage Crisis Plagues Tacoma's East Side
The filling of tide flats has caused a sewer to back up, creating a public health nightmare for hundreds of factory workers.
- The Great Railway Truce of 1886
A high-stakes standoff between the Knights of Labor and the Northern Pacific Railroad reaches a tentative peace in Seattle.
- Divorce and Domestic Violence in Rosedale
After his wife fled to Tacoma to initiate divorce proceedings, a Rosedale farmer was arrested for making violent threats against her and those helping her.
- The Industrial Ambitions of Pioneer Square
How local craftsmen and entrepreneurs began transforming the muddy, frontier-era blocks of Seattle into a professional urban district.
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- A Section Foreman's Death at Gilman, and the $100 He Sent Home to Ireland
J. G. Caroian, a Lake Shore road foreman, was killed switching cars at Gilman. His Odd Fellows lodge will bury him at Marysville; his aged mother in Ireland will get no more Christmas money.
- A Plunge into the Mud at Carkeek's Brick Yard
A passenger on an electric railway takes a dark, unintended shortcut off the tracks and into the waters of the bay.
- The Minister Who Called the A.P.A. a Political Machine—and Named Names
Rev. William Carnes says he quit Seattle’s A.P.A. lodge after it was used to carry secret school-board charges and promote candidates for sheriff, commissioner and coroner.
- The Boycott of 'Carsten' Meat
The Everett Trades Council issues a formal blacklist of local grocers, directing union members toward preferred meat sources.
- Tragedy in a Seattle Boarding House
A teamster takes his own life after a heated dispute with his family.
- A Cable Car Gripmans's Violent Run-In
A cable car operator faces legal trouble after a collision with a child results in a serious infection.
- The Carbonado Roadhouse Shooting
A local man is recovering from a mysterious gunshot wound after a violent, alcohol-fueled scuffle in a remote roadhouse between Carbonado and Wilkeson.
- A Farmhand’s Violent Break in Eureka Flat
After terrorizing his neighbors, a worker goes on a wild, clothes-tearing spree fueled by alcohol.