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| Year | Stories |
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| 1895 | 1 |
1 story matching draftsmen
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- The $3 Million Scheme to Turn Seattle's Tide Flats into Dry Land
A private company plans to dredge the Duwamish and fill Elliott Bay's mudflats — paid not in cash but in land and liens — while St. Louis money waits to see the ground before it bets.
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- The Political Spoils System in City Hall
An affidavit from a local laborer reveals that city work was being doled out strictly based on partisan political affiliation rather than merit.
- The War Call for Bricklayers
Kennewick draft board receives urgent federal orders to mobilize skilled masonry labor for service under General Pershing.
- The Professional Strike-Maker
Clarence O. Pratt, a master of strategy, is rewriting the rulebook on labor disputes by trading brickbats for public opinion and the power of organized unity.
- The Union Candidates for Everett's New Commission
Labor Journal highlights the three union-card carriers entering the race for city commission under Everett's new 1912 charter.
- City Hall's Incompetent Board of Works
A critical letter exposes the lack of qualifications among the men overseeing Seattle's infrastructure, from water pipes to sewer systems.
- Plasterers Form New Union to Protect Wages
Local contractors meet at the Smith Block to fight against the practice of 'cutting prices and working for nothing.'
- The Union Man in the White Suit Walked Into Jail
After the 1894 railroad strike, Northern Pacific committeeman Charles A. Barnes lost his bondsmen and surrendered in a canvas suit and straw hat, telling the marshal, 'Here is my body.'
- The Sewerage Stalemate
A skeptical city council squares off against contractors over a stalled sewer project.