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75 stories matching consigne
- The True Cost of Middlemen
How the Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union learned a hard lesson about shipping produce on consignment versus securing fair prices through cooperation.
- The Price of Disunity
A local growers' association leader condemns farmers who bypass collective bargaining, warning that consigning produce to commission agents leads to market collapse.
- The Steamer That Smuggled Opium in Sauerkraut Barrels
A federal seizure of the Walla Walla reveals a shocking loophole: how Pacific Coast Steamship Company executives claim 'skid grease' shipments were actually opium, and why customs officials looked the other way.
- The Prohibition Tug-of-War in Colfax
A Whitman County sheriff’s liquor seizure tests the limits of state law, pitting authorities against the express company in a legal standoff.
- Farmers Take On the Commission Men—and Demand Weekly Checks
Yakima growers propose a $5,000 bond for produce brokers, while Sumner farmer W. H. Paulhamus recalls how organized producers stopped getting 'did' by middlemen.
- The Diamond Palace Jeweler Who Vanished With the Stock
Simon Rumpf’s 'Diamond Palace' is placed in receivership after creditors allege he conspired to transfer his stock and then disappeared.
- The Ship That Smuggled Opium: How a Legal Loophole Freed a Vessel and $13,000 in Penalties
Judge Hanford rules that the steamer *Walla Walla* is not liable for contraband found in its cargo because the master lacked knowledge of the smuggling, setting a precedent for common carriers.
- Press-Intelligencer Backs Public Ownership of Seattle Wharf
A 1889 editorial argues that city ownership of the Seattle waterfront is the only way to save producers from the 'double-tax' of private warehousing.
- The Steamship Freight War
Seattle consignees are threatening to boycott the Northern Pacific line after their goods were offloaded in Tacoma instead of being delivered directly to the city.
- Walla Walla Prunes Conquer London
A successful experimental shipment of fruit across the Atlantic yields high returns.
- A Mountain of Coffins: Franklin Buries Its Miners
After a mine fire killed 37 men, the coal town of Franklin held a day of funerals—five graves at Black Diamond, three Italian miners on a hillside, and widows whose grief doctors feared would kill them.
- Too Late to Surrender: Roslyn's Miners Are Locked Out and Blacklisted
After three months idle, the white miners agreed to the company's brutal 30-percent pay cut — only to learn the Northern Pacific Coal Company had already imported Black strikebreakers from the East and would rehire only the men it chose.
- The Night They Walked to an Indian Village: A Shipwreck Survivor’s Tale
After the steamer *Port Gordon* smashed against rocks near Destruction Island, four men survived a nightmare of broken lines and drowning comrades by building a raft from hatches—and then walking ten miles through the brush.
- The Hammer in the Woodshed: Henry Creamer's Death Sentence
A Seattle jury convicted a foreign-born laborer of Mrs. Meller's murder on circumstantial evidence, while his lawyer insisted the real killer—or at least a missing witness—was in the room.
- The Bakery War on Holly Street
A bitter rivalry between two Whatcom bakers escalated into a criminal attempt to poison customers with concentrated lye.
- The Salvation Army’s Plan to Turn a Kitsap Farm Into a Lifeline for Seattle’s Unemployed
With a 250-acre bequest near Sidney and a crowded food-and-shelter depot at Weller and South Third, the Army proposed a co-operative farm, woodyard and prison-gate brigade to put hundreds of jobless men to work.
- The Custom House Scandal: A Betrayed Deposit
A missing payment of gold coin in a shipping manifest sparks a corruption investigation in Port Townsend, shaking public faith in the local customs office.
- Who Stole the Northern Pacific Express Gold?
A three-thousand-dollar payroll shipment vanishes from a Seattle express office, triggering threats, a dramatic interrogation, and accusations of internal negligence.
- Monopoly on the Rails
Tacoma shippers fight against Northern Pacific's refusal to grant access to competing railroads, stifling the city's trade.
- The Rotting Schoolhouse
A local mechanic alerts the city to a school building construction so shoddy it was doomed to collapse.
- Seven Months at Sea: The State of Maine’s Ordeal
The State of Maine left New York in July 1892 and reached Seattle 201 days later, her crew disabled by saltwater boils, her water spoiled, and her captain forced to beat men to the pumps.
- The Captain Who Caught a Monster: Seattle’s Own Sea Serpent Hoax
Captain Pat J. Boyton of Seattle claims to have captured a 63-foot sea serpent in the Pacific, sending a letter from his ship that has locals buzzing with wonder and skepticism.
- The Dogfish Gold Rush on San Juan Island
Before tourism, local entrepreneurs on San Juan Island sought their fortune in the 'stinking' but profitable trade of extracting oil from thousands of dogfish caught in the sound.
- The Battle for the Strawberry Market
Kennewick strawberry growers attempt to end internal price-cutting by forming a unified marketing union.
- The Great Northern’s Secret March: How Seattle Won the Rail War
While Tacoma watches in disbelief, eighty miles of steel rails and bridge materials are already en route to Seattle, signaling that James J. Hill’s new railroad will make the city its headquarters.
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- The Theater Manager’s Brawl
John Considine, a prominent Seattle theatrical manager, faces municipal court after a violent dispute over alleged blackmail.
- The Political Price of Reform
A critical report on the inclusion of an owner of a 'disreputable' resort in the King County Democratic delegation to the state convention.
- The Theatrical Manager and the Victoria Elopement
Democratic party leader and theater manager John W. Considine marries his partner in Victoria shortly after his divorce, sparking a local scandal.
- The Theater Owner's Vicious Reckoning
After a gambling raid, a theater owner allegedly beat his accuser within the walls of his own business.
- The Theater Owner's Divorce
John Considine, proprietor of the People's Theater, admitted to adultery and desertion, but claimed bankruptcy to minimize alimony payments.
- A Variety Theatre, a Bundle of Testimonials, and the Preachers Who Wanted It Shut
Seattle's theatrical impresario John Considine fights for a Spokane theatre license against a gallery full of clergymen — and answers them with a who's-who of Seattle's leading names vouching for his honor.
- The Vanishing Proprietor of the People's Theater
A court case against John Considine exposes a shell game at the People's Theater, where a mysterious owner named 'J.J. Clark' remains conspicuously absent.
- The Divorce Wrangle That Nearly Jailed a Seattle Statesman
John Considine avoids six weeks in the county jail after posting a hefty bond in a high-stakes divorce contempt case.