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- 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.
- The Rifle War: Knights of Labor vs. Mine Owners in Newcastle
A bitter feud between rival labor unions in King County erupts into armed conflict, with rifles smuggled from Seattle to support striking miners.
- A Domestic Disturbance on West Street
A local lodging-house keeper faces the fallout of a violent, estranged husband's return after a year of absence.
- 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.
- A Murder Trial Ends in Tears and a Whispered Verdict
After eighteen months in a felon's cell and a second trial, William Wilcox walks free — and a courtroom erupts.
- Carpenters Plan Regional Alliance to Standardize Labor Conditions
Everett locals join a push to unite carpenters across the Pacific Northwest and Inter-Mountain states against the 'trade must go' anti-union movement.
- A Missing Section 25: How a Clerk's Slip Could Cost the Collins Heirs $500,000
Grandchildren of John Collins's first wife want a one-sixth share of the Seattle hotel property. The whole case turns on whether a territorial statute took effect on December 2, 1869 — or 42 days too late.
- The Constitutional Battle Over Fruit Inspection
A Superior Court judge rules that Skagit County fruit inspectors cannot be appointed, effectively stalling the state’s ability to regulate the local orchard industry.
- Disaster at the Hardware Store
A shelf collapse at a prominent Seattle hardware firm results in injury and property loss, highlighting the hazards of downtown commercial growth.
- Labor Unions Struggle to Keep Membership Engaged
Facing a decline in interest, local union leaders look toward national organizers and public lectures to revitalize the movement.
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- 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.'
- Millworker Killed by Planer Blade
A young sawmill worker loses his life after attempting to clear a board in a hazardous industrial accident.
- 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 Glass-Chewing Drifter of Seattle
A traveling laborer with a bizarre appetite is arrested after a barroom brawl ends in broken glass and a ruined mirror.
- Drunken Brakeman Crushed on Northern Pacific Line
A railroad worker is killed near Meeker after falling between cars while intoxicated.
- A Union Send-off for the Ranch-Bound
Everett linemen gather at the Labor Temple to toast two of their own before they trade climbing poles for farm life.
- 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 Miner Who Hung by His Teeth
A coal miner's miraculous survival after a terrifying fall through a trestle near Palmer highlights the dangers of early industrial work.