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| 1854 | 6 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 7 |
| 1862 | 12 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1872 | 14 |
| 1876 | 39 |
| 1877 | 29 |
| 1878 | 22 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 8 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 28 |
| 1884 | 27 |
| 1885 | 62 |
| 1886 | 45 |
| 1887 | 27 |
| 1888 | 37 |
| 1889 | 93 |
| 1890 | 23 |
| 1891 | 46 |
| 1892 | 181 |
| 1893 | 130 |
| 1894 | 183 |
| 1895 | 133 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 15 |
| 1899 | 36 |
| 1900 | 7 |
| 1902 | 5 |
| 1903 | 77 |
| 1904 | 70 |
| 1905 | 7 |
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| 1909 | 132 |
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| 1915 | 26 |
| 1916 | 50 |
| 1917 | 36 |
| 1918 | 5 |
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| 1923 | 15 |
| 1924 | 13 |
| 1925 | 5 |
| 1928 | 4 |
| 1929 | 3 |
1,881 stories matching organ
- The $100,000,000 Fruit Crop Looks for a Fair Price
Northwest growers draft a cooperative marketing contract, and White Bluffs-area orchardists are summoned to Hanford to hear the plan.
- A Seattle Utopia Sold in One-Cent Shares
A society of unemployed men pools its wages and plots a Bellamy-style commonwealth of railroads, coal mines and common tables — starting from $5 of capital and 500 one-cent shares.
- 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 Employer's Trap: Spokane Laborers Mock Plan to Union-Bust
As local merchants and manufacturers plot a new association to counter union power, Spokane’s labor leaders see through the scheme, citing stable wages and predicting failure.
- The Effigy in the Pine Tree
Charles Gloystein crossed Spokane County's Populists and woke to find himself hanged in straw. Then he vanished.
- Debs in Seattle: The Case for Union, and the Cost of the Wrong Leaders
As Eugene Debs lectures in the city, the Post-Intelligencer argues that organized labor is essential — but warns that strikes and reckless leaders can bankrupt the very workers they claim to serve.
- The Railroad Man Who Gave Seattle Its First Real Baseball Team — Then Lost Everything
W. R. Thornell organized the Pacific Northwest League and the 'Seattle Reds,' then lost his bank job over a forged note. Bright's disease took him at Paddock Memorial Hospital in Tacoma; he was buried in the city that once cheered him.
- The Temperance Tour That Went Town to Town on Puget Sound
A Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizer spent July 1883 forming locals and gathering pledges in Coupeville, Ferndale, Semiahmoo and Anacortes.
- Lumber Barons Admit Defeat: Seattle Lumbermen's Association Suspends Operations
Fierce competition and falling prices force the Seattle Lumbermen's Association to stop meeting, though its secretary insists the group hasn't disbanded.
- Bringing the Union to the Woods
Facing isolation and declining membership, Snohomish County shingle weavers pioneered a district-based organizing strategy to reach workers in remote mills.
- The Newspaper War of Port Townsend
When a local political faction decided they needed a newspaper organ, the resulting publication became a scandal-mongering scandal itself.
- Yakima Farmers Answer the Call to Organize
At Mason's Opera House, A. B. Leckenby tells North Yakima growers that cooperation—not outside capital—is the valley's best hope, and a countywide farmers' club takes shape for Feb. 12.
- The Bar Association That Never Was
A local legal organization in Chehalis collapses into petty feuds, pointed insults, and accusations of judicial misconduct.
- The Strawberry War: A Call for Co-op Agriculture
Richland growers have united to protect their market, leaving Kennewick farmers behind in a race toward potential industry failure.
- Benton County Organizes a Road Lobby
Farmers, businessmen and all three commissioners met in Kennewick to create a county-wide good roads association—one dollar to join, a seat at the levy table.
- A Traveling Pipe Organ Finds a Home
A Lutheran church in White Bluffs receives an organ formerly owned by a Ringling brother, thanks to a chance encounter in Kennewick.
- The Vigilante Committee: Tacoma's Desperate War on Crime
In March 1902, Tacoma’s elite formed a secret society sworn to kill without mercy after police failed to stop a wave of robberies and murders.
- The Newcastle Riot: When Labor Turned Mob
An editorial from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer condemns a violent clash in Newcastle, Washington Territory, where Knights of Labor members allegedly used intimidation to stop non-union miners from working.
- The Steel Trust's War on Labor
Everett labor organizers respond to a national mandate to confront the United States Steel Corporation’s open shop campaign.
- Seattle’s Labor Roots: Organizing for the State Constitution
In April 1889, as Washington prepared to become a state, Seattle trade unionists organized a convention to ensure the voice of the worker was enshrined in the new constitution.
- The Shadow Army of 1894
Across Washington, a mysterious paramilitary organization known as the 'Patriot Army' begins organizing, leaving observers to wonder if they are preparing for revolution or political theatre.
- Populist 'Patriots' Take Over Turner Hall
A political meeting meant to organize a 'patriot army' dissolves into a heated session of Populist rhetoric, leaving the organizers to scramble for an apology.
- A Farmer Vanished Near Mica, and His Neighbors Blamed a Populist 'Shotgun Club'
Charles F. Glovstein disappeared from his Spokane County farm on July 28, 1894. Republicans called it political murder; the governor could offer only $1,000 for answers, and a secret 'protective association' was said to hold its members for life.
- The Railway Union Rebuilds in Secret
A year after the Pullman strike, American Railway Union organizers are rebuilding as a secret society — and Seattle's local has already adopted the new plan.
- The Grange Movement Sweeps Stevens County
State organizers are rapidly establishing local chapters to advocate for rural interests, good roads, and political reform.
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- The Anatomy of a Political Glutton
A satirical 1885 editorial dissecting the sudden, transformation of humble private citizens into greedy 'Ins' once they secure public office in Washington territory.
- The Pastor and the Organist
A physical brawl between a clergyman and his church organist raises the question of how to handle insubordination in the pews.
- A Moment of Grace on Rockefeller Avenue
An anonymous act of kindness between strangers serves as a quiet reminder of shared humanity amidst the city's busy street life.
- The Anatomy of a Murder (Misunderstood)
A courtroom blunder in 1876 highlights how a simple misunderstanding can derail the pursuit of justice.
- The Piano That Bound a Community Together
How the ladies of Snohomish organized to bring culture and music to their town.
- The Invisible Milky Way in a Glass of Wine
A scientific lecture from 1878 explores the 'vital ether' and the microscopic life forces that drive fermentation.
- The Invisible Army Under the Microscope
A scientific lecture delivered in Snohomish contemplates the origins of life, the invisible world of bacteria, and the processes of decay.
- Annie Besant and the Science of the Astral
A prominent Theosophist lecturer brings mystical discourse to the Seattle Theater, claiming that science confirms the existence of the 'astral body.'