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574 stories matching central
- The Seattle Grocer Who Died Chasing Central American Trade
J. E. Chilberg clawed back from a fire, a failed corporation and a panic to build a Puget Sound steamship trade with Guatemala — then went down with the foundering Colima on the voyage that was supposed to secure it.
- Newport's Telephone Revolution: A 600-Line Exchange Built for Growth
A Wisconsin telephone man bought out the old exchange, discarded it, and spent $11,000 to give Newport one of the most modern switchboards in the Northwest.
- The Iron Fist of Labor: Seattle’s Unions Unite to Control the City
A comprehensive look at the Western Central Labor Union and its affiliated trades—bricklayers, carpenters, and iron workers—who have effectively monopolized construction in Seattle.
- A Gavel, a Roar, and a Populist Ticket Born in Chaos
King County's People's Party convention at Turner Hall turned into a shouting, proxy-fighting, faction-splitting marathon—and buried Dr. J. Eugene Jordan and Jack McDonald on the way to nominating a ticket.
- Women, Workers, and a $40,000 School Bond
Olympia prepared to vote on a new high school, with women at the polls and labor demanding that local hands build it.
- Seattle's Railroad Strike Goes Quiet—but the Unions Keep Fighting
As the national railroad boycott convulses the country, Seattle's yards stay quiet under troops and deputies while local unions back Debs, condemn violence, and negotiate food and livestock passage through boycotted lines.
- Democratic Party Leaders Brawl on Port Townsend Street
A reprimand regarding unpaid city bonds sparked a public physical fight between the city treasurer and the chairman of the county central committee.
- Children Fight to Reclaim Property Sold by Their Father
After their mother died, the heirs of the Wist estate allege their father illegally sold their share of family lands to local investors.
- Eighth Ward Republicans Revolt Over County Delegate Math
A packed Seattle club meeting denounces the King County Republican committee's apportionment and votes to carry the fight to every ward.
- The Apple Industry’s Existential Crisis
A committee of Pacific Northwest growers warns that thousands of carloads of fruit are rotting in orchards, necessitating a centralized by-product industry to survive.
- The Flour Trade's Pacific Ambitions
A Spokane miller dreams of bypassing San Francisco to ship Washington wheat directly to Central America.
- The Women Who Would Remake Seattle, One Vote at a Time
King County’s temperance unions met in Fremont to report on missions and the White Shield Home — then nearly every woman in the room stood up for equal suffrage.
- The Great Migration to the 'Power of Central Washington'
An 1889 promotional poem and report lured families from the 'crowded cities' of the East and Midwest to the promised land of the Wenatchee River valley.
- Seattle's Central Market Burns in the City's Largest Fire
A night blaze destroys the Central Market building, kills a lineman, and leaves hundreds of commission merchants and market gardeners ruined.
- The First Strike Against the Eight-Hour Day
Contractors are already looking for loopholes in the new Washington state labor law, sparking a legal showdown between building firms and the Western Central Labor Union.
- The Great Telephone Switchboard Fire
A tangled mess of high-voltage arc light wires sends fireworks cascading through the central telephone exchange, nearly incinerating the entire plant.
- The Filipino Answer to a Labor Organizer’s Exclusion Demand
In 1929, Seattle’s Filipino Forum took on the Central Labor Council’s campaign to bar Filipino workers—and dismantled the racist case line by line.
- The Colored Independents Demand Recognition: A Fight for Political Dignity in 1886 Seattle
As the city prepares to elect Frank Black as mayor, a newly formed club of Black voters secures a rare agreement from Republican leaders for political recognition, rejecting bribes and demanding respect in a segregated era.
- The Case for a Central Power Plant in Kennewick
A Seattle engineer argues that consolidating regional power generation in Kennewick could slash electricity rates.
- Labor Leader Absconds with Relief Funds
The president of the Western Central Labor Union has vanished, leaving local workers to grapple with the betrayal of their relief and holiday coffers.
- Everett Labor Union Defies Federal Judiciary Over Free Speech
In a fiery resolution, the Central Labor Union of Everett declares Judge Daniel T. Wright's injunctions against union leaders an unconstitutional assault on American liberty.
- Yakima Democrats Nominate Full Slate at 1892 County Convention
Party faithful gathered in North Yakima to pick candidates, adopt a platform, and vow to clean up state government.
- A Railroad the Valley Needed—and Another Year of Waiting
Federal regulators ordered a fresh hearing on the Wenatchee Southern, infuriating Central Washington growers who said poor transport was costing them millions.
- Democratic Party Factionalism in King County
Multiple competing campaign clubs spring up as local Democrats struggle to organize ahead of the 1892 election.
- The Struggle to Centralize Seattle's Poor Relief
A rector’s sermon critiques the chaotic overlap of city and county welfare, proposing a centralized bureau to replace piecemeal charity.
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- Brutal Assault at the Central Hotel
A young man of prominence is arrested after a violent attack on a woman in Seattle.
- The Centralia Medical Scandal
Two physicians and a nurse are arrested for a 'surgical operation' that led to the death of an elderly business owner.
- Organizing the Industrial Army in Centralia
A local organizer makes progress recruiting for the Industrial Army despite local mockery.
- The Price of a Teaming Business
A pre-dawn blaze in Centralia destroys a feed barn and stables, claiming the lives of the teamsters' horses and revealing the high stakes of early Seattle-area transport labor.
- The Butchery of Centralia
A small-town surgical operation turns into a sensational murder case, raising questions of greed, conspiracy, and medical malpractice.
- The Struggle for a Central Union Depot
As Seattle rapidly expanded, competing railroad interests vied for the prime waterfront site at the foot of Main Street, mirroring modern battles over urban infrastructure and transit hubs.
- The Political Battle for the Capital City
A fiery editorial argues that Centralia—not Olympia—should be the rightful capital of the new state of Washington, based on the convenience of the commercial class.
- The Midnight Round-Up at the Central Police Station
A night of arrests in late 1870s Seattle lands a group of local characters in the city's lock-up, marking an ordinary, albeit unrecorded, night of territorial justice.