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10 stories matching dockwork
- Stevedores Strike for Higher Wages
Dockworkers loading the 'Benj. F. Packard' walk off the job when their request for higher Sunday pay is denied.
- Blood on the Docks
A dockworker defending his ship from a drunken interloper sparks a brutal, unresolved question about city services.
- A Deadly Dash Across the Seattle Waterfront
A local worker survives a terrifying brush with death as a massive pile of lumber shifts while being loaded onto a waiting ship.
- The Longshoremen’s Riot: How a Watch Theft Sparked a Street Brawl in Pioneer Square
When a dockworker was arrested for stealing a gold watch from a drunk patron, his fellow laborers turned the courtroom into a battleground, forcing the justice to flee and the city to confront its own violent underbelly.
- Trapped in the Gears: A Dockworker’s Fight for Justice
A severe workplace accident at the docks leads to a massive lawsuit that highlights the dangers faced by laborers in the rapidly expanding Seattle waterfront economy.
- The Day the Wharves Froze: Tacoma’s Lumber Workers Strike Over Wage Cuts
In March 1890, dockworkers at Tacoma’s massive timber mills walked off the job when owners slashed their monthly pay from $60 to $45. The resulting gridlock piled lumber so high it brought the entire industry to a halt.
- Brutal Slaying at Port Madison
A dockworker was killed in an argument that escalated into a fatal assault.
- The Ghost on the Wharf: A White Jacket Startles Seattle
In December 1876, a Coast Survey captain’s neatly covered engine sparked a panic among dockworkers who mistook it for a spectral figure.
- Longshoremen Strike Against Wage Cuts
Striking dockworkers faced off against non-union labor hired by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company to unload cargo at drastically reduced pay.
- The Salted Sea: A Tacoma Captain’s War on the 'Blah' Price Gang
In a fiery letter to the editor, a local shipping captain denounces the collusion of dockworkers and merchants who inflate freight rates, vowing to bypass them entirely for cheaper ports.
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- The Navy's Giant Dry Dock Needed One More Appropriation
A $200,000 federal appropriation rescued the Port Orchard dry dock from a year's delay, a rare bit of good news for Puget Sound's naval future.
- The Dry Dock at Port Orchard Nears Completion
Surveyors, granite cutters and carpenters are closing in on the main structure at the Port Orchard naval station, with pumps expected next month.
- The Great Reconstruction: Seattle’s Waterfront Rises from the Ashes
Less than a month after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, the city’s wharves are a hive of frantic, round-the-clock labor to restore the vital commerce of the Pacific.
- The Expansion on the Waterfront
A major industrial investment signals the growth of Tacoma’s industrial waterfront in 1904.
- The Struggle to Shore Up the Seattle Waterfront
Engineers face a daunting challenge as they fight back the rising tide in a race to reinforce the city's crumbling wharf foundations.
- The Hustle of the 1889 Waterfront
Before the skyline, Seattle's heartbeat was the chaotic, cargo-filled rhythm of the piers and the brick-laden schooners arriving from Portland.
- The Unseen Work Behind the Dock
A retort to rumors of labor shortages at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, emphasizing the reality of clearing wilderness before construction can begin.
- The City Takes Control of the Waterfront
After the Great Seattle Fire, the city government moves to secure its economic future by seizing public control of the docks.