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2 stories matching millwork

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  1. The Patent-Leather Fugitive

    A suspected post-office burglar was tracked from Seattle to the Grays Harbor woods, only to be found asleep in millworker's clothes—and incongruous footwear.

    May 14, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  2. A Ballard Tragedy

    A three-year-old child dies after his dress catches fire from matches while his mother is away.

    Jun 16, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyDisasters

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  1. The Seattle Mill Revolt

    When mill workers walked off the job in 1886 to protest the hiring of Chinese labor, the resulting confrontation revealed the era's deep-seated exclusionary labor politics.

    Jul 29, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  2. Ballard Shingle Mill Workers Organize

    A wage reduction sparks the formation of a 500-member labor union in the shingle mill district.

    May 5, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBallard, Seattle

  3. The Silent Men of the Powder Mill

    Working in the volatile shadow of Seattle's 1872 gunpowder industry, men labored in constant, hushed fear of an accidental explosion that could erase their existence in an instant.

    Feb 8, 1872Puget Sound DispatchSeattle

  4. The Auld Mill Experiment

    Shingle weavers launch a cooperative, sharing the risks and rewards of their labor during a period of economic uncertainty.

    Sep 17, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  5. The Forgotten Children of the Mill

    A look at the brutal reality of the city's youth laboring in factories while adults remain idle, and the local call to end the practice.

    Aug 16, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, Seattle

  6. The Seattle Mill Strike of 1885

    When the Yesler Mill announced sudden wage cuts, the workers staged a walkout that paralyzed the waterfront.

    Jul 2, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  7. Machinists Break the 'Open Shop' Blockade

    A Seattle manufacturing firm finds their 'non-union' waiting list empty, forced to return to the union to keep their machinery running.

    Sep 2, 1910The Labor JournalSeattle

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