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305 stories matching carpent
- The Nine-Hour Day: Seattle Carpenters Win Shorter Hours and Wage Hike
After months of negotiation, the city's carpenters have secured a landmark agreement reducing the workday from ten to nine hours while maintaining pay rates, signaling a shift in labor power during Seattle’s boom years.
- Court Upholds Union Pay Scale for Unspecified Labor
A local judge ruled in favor of a carpenter seeking the standard union rate, even when a specific wage was not explicitly agreed upon beforehand.
- The Nine-Hour Day Arrives in Seattle
In 1889, Seattle's carpenters and contractors united to set a new standard for the workday, marking a pivotal shift in the region's labor history.
- A Bloody Midnight Encounter on Pearl Street
A patrolman's desperate shootout with two burglars leaves a helmet shattered and a trail of blood leading into the dark.
- A Warning to Labor: Everett's Carpenter Surplus
As unemployment hits the building trades, the local Labor Journal warns workers from other cities to stay away.
- Everett Business Leaders Propose a Community Workshop
The Commercial Association pitches an industrial scheme to local carpenters to keep Everett's mechanics employed year-round.
- The Sudden Assault in the Carpenter's Shop
A South Tacoma teamster reports a mysterious and violent attack while visiting a friend's workspace.
- Carpenters Plan Strike for Shorter Hours
Local woodworkers demand a nine-hour workday without a reduction in pay.
- The Nine-Hour Day: Seattle Carpenters and Contractors Strike a Deal
In a rare moment of labor harmony, the Seattle Building Trades Union and local contractors have agreed to reduce the workday from ten to nine hours while maintaining wages, setting a precedent for the city's construction industry.
- The Tragedy of a Carpenter's Decline
A sick and destitute man finds himself unable to keep up union dues as he battles consumption in Seattle.
- The Sitka Bridge Romance and the $15,000 Breach of Promise
A romantic tryst at an Alaskan river bridge leads a jilted compositor to sue her former lover for a small fortune.
- Domestic Violence at Lake Washington
A husband threatens a carpenter with a club amid messy divorce proceedings.
- The Nine-Hour Day Battle in Seattle
A local mill contract sparks a tense standoff between the Carpenters' Union and Seattle contractors, testing the strength of the nascent labor movement.
- The Eight-Hour Day Battle Reaches Seattle
As local carpenters and painters walk off the job to demand an eight-hour workday, the city faces a wave of labor unrest echoing across the Pacific Northwest.
- The Carpenter Who Went to Jail on Principle
A local carpenter faces jail time after refusing to pay a poll tax, equating his plight to the political climate of Tsarist Russia.
- The Silent Crisis on Everett's Sidewalks
A local labor leader details the quiet desperation of forty idle carpenters as the city's housing and employment market hits a wall.
- Carpenter Nearly Killed by Falling Lumber
A routine day at a harbor mill turns into a life-threatening accident for a local carpenter.
- The Flying-Machine Inventor Who Vanished and Left the Carpenter Unpaid
An Englishman named Howard hired a Tacoma carpenter to build a “living machine,” then disappeared with the key to the storeroom—leaving a very anxious workman and a mysterious apparatus.
- The Jealousy of Mr. McIntyre
A carpenter is warned to flee town under threat of gunfire following an alleged affair.
- The Forger in the Warehouse
A local farmer-turned-carpenter exploited casual access to grain elevators to swindle regional banks out of hundreds.
- A Massive Retirement Haven for Carpenters
A national committee proposes a $350,000 facility for aging and infirm union carpenters, funded by a modest per capita tax.
- The Unsuccessful Assault on a Carpenter
A local carpenter was brought to court on assault charges, but the judge found the accuser had provoked the fight.
- Worker Plunges into Spokane Falls
A carpenter at work on the new Post Street bridge loses his footing and is swept to his death before a crowd of witnesses.
- Mysterious Death of a Carpenter
A carpenter found sick in a downtown saloon dies shortly after being moved to the hospital, leaving behind only his I.O.O.F. membership and unanswered questions.
- The Day the Smelter Blew: Peter Williams and the Seattle Explosion
A carpenter’s routine repair job ends in tragedy when a blowpipe explodes at Selhy’s Smelting Works, killing him instantly.