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52 stories matching relentless
- Shingle Weavers Wage 'Relentless War' in Hoquiam
A militant annual convention in Sedro-Woolley votes to expand jurisdiction and targets the Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Co. for industrial action.
- The Scotch Sailor Boy’s Harrowing Escape
A teenage apprentice tells the tale of his brutal treatment, false imprisonment, and survival following a shipwreck in Lower California.
- The Siege of Seattle: A City Born in Fire
Recalling the 1856 Indian War attack on Seattle, when a handful of settlers held their ground behind a blockhouse against a barrage of fire and shell.
- The Capitol Riots: How a Bribery Scandal Shook Washington’s First Legislature
In the halls of Olympia, Republican lawmakers turned on each other with fists and threats over a U.S. Senate seat, exposing a brazen attempt to buy votes that disgraced the young state.
- Seven Inches in Ten Days: The Flood That Broke Puget Sound
A warm Chinook melted mountain snow into relentless rain, washing out the Northern Pacific, wrecking the Naphtha launch works, and isolating towns from Tacoma to Seattle.
- The Cabin Murder and the Fear of a Mob
An Italian stonecutter on trial for his life recounts a desperate struggle on Mercer Island that left his employer dead.
- The Tragic End of a Hotelier
A well-known Seattle ship captain and hotel proprietor dies after a fatal overdose of morphine intended to ease his suffering.
- The Iron Road Blasts Through the Cascades
A traveler describes the relentless, army-like advance of the Great Northern Railway as it carves a path of dynamite and steam through the rugged Skykomish River wilderness.
- The Ship Canal Double-Cross at the Democratic Convention
Seattle's delegates went to Olympia ready to die on the canal plank. Their own campaign manager had already sold them out.
- The Tragedy of Martin Ware
A quiet citizen driven to suicide by the relentless taunts and cruel pranks of his social circle.
- A Deadly Triangle in Mineral City
A rancher takes the life of his friend who had been relentlessly harassing his 17-year-old wife.
- The Radical Doctor of Seattle
An 1876 lecture at the local Opera House challenges the city's elites, railing against the morality of wealth, the indignity of labor, and the hypocrisy of the church.
- The Great Second Street Brawl: A City Hall Conflict Over Progress
When Seattle’s city leaders proposed widening a major downtown street in 1892, they ignited a bitter debate over property rights, public vs. private cost, and the relentless march of urban expansion.
- Building a City on Sagebrush and Ambition
As 1890 dawns, a North Yakima editor reflects on a year of rapid growth, fire, and the relentless quest for the state capital.
- The Unceremonious Exit of Colonel Cook
North Yakima’s marshal, known for his relentless attention to public cleanliness, is replaced in a surprise council shake-up.
- The Fight Against Tacoma's Rubbish
Health officials and the Pure Food Council declare war on 'old shacks' and vacant-lot dumping ahead of a summer influx of tourists.
- 1893 Olympia Republicans Urged to Elect John L. Allen
As the legislature convenes to choose a U.S. Senator, local factions clash over the candidacy of banker Levi Ankeny versus the incumbent Senator John L. Allen.
- The Young Newsie of Leavenworth
A ten-year-old boy, known for his relentless work ethic delivering papers through the deep winter snows, passes away after a two-week battle with diphtheria.
- Governor Hay Wants to Appoint, Not Elect, Washington's Officers—This Labor Editor Says No
A proposal to make state offices appointive sparks a fierce defense of the direct primary and the people's right to choose their own officials.
- The Labor Movement's Hard-Won Victory Over the Buck's Stove Co.
After a five-year boycott, the labor press calls for a truce with a once-hostile manufacturer now under new management.
- The Corporate Strategy to Break Unions through Litigation
A look at the early 20th-century legal offensive by manufacturers intended to bankrupt labor organizations through relentless courtroom battles.
- Senate Rejects Eight-Hour Workday for Women
Legislators kill labor reform, prioritizing industrial profits over the well-being of working women.
- A Gold Rush Romance in the Shadow of the Mines
In the rugged camps of the 1859 gold rush, a pair of lovers find their devotion tested by the harsh realities of frontier life and the relentless pursuit of fortune.
- The Mud That Stalled Seattle: Why Our Hills Are Unrideable
Four months of relentless rain have turned Seattle’s steep streets into impassable quagmires, halting commerce and terrifying travelers. As the city debates reform elsewhere, locals demand immediate graveling or paving before the mud claims another season.
- A Barber’s Violent Defense in 1889 Seattle
After a shootout on Front Street, the grand jury is tasked with untangling conflicting accounts of self-defense versus malice between two men.
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- The Persistent Vendetta of Mattie Morrell
A local woman with a volatile history is arrested after firing a revolver at her former lover in a downtown saloon.