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2 stories matching shipman
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- Seattle's Labor Movement Sets Sights on Olympia
Local trade unions form a legislative committee to fight for an eight-hour day, employer liability, and anti-Pinkerton laws.
- Five Years in Black: A Widow's Suit for a Captain Lost on a Dark Gangplank
Eliza Hill takes the Oregon Improvement Company to federal court for $50,000 over the death of her one-armed husband, who fell between a pier and a steamship at Anacortes.