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| Year | Stories |
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| 1883 | 37 |
| 1884 | 19 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1888 | 1 |
| 1889 | 4 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 3 |
| 1892 | 10 |
| 1893 | 10 |
| 1894 | 5 |
| 1895 | 12 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1902 | 7 |
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| 1923 | 5 |
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- Spokane Victory for Day Labor
A permanent injunction halts a private contract, forcing the city to hire workers directly.
- The Eight-Hour Fight in Spokane
Laborers challenge contractor over mandatory eight-hour work day ordinance.
- Spokane Falls Finally Gets a Water Company — and a Fire-Fighting Lifeline
After a winter of promises and a franchise left to gather dust, three investors buy out the original water-works rights and vow to lay pipe before the weather turns.
- Spokane Telephone Operators Walk Out in Solidarity
Striking operators and linemen demand to return as a unified body, defying company attempts to replace them.
- Great Northern Crews Link Spokane and Push Toward the Columbia
Tracklaying reaches a fever pitch as James J. Hill's Great Northern connects to Spokane, with plans to bridge the Cascades and link Seattle to the East by the new year.
- Spokane Workers on the Verge of Riot
Economic desperation and a water-works injunction fuel civil unrest as crowds confront city leaders.
- Spokane Falls Council Orders Its Main Streets Graded
Aldermen vote to grade Riverside Avenue, Front, Main and Post streets — the first of a summer of public works meant to make the raw town look like a metropolis.
- Millionaires and Mayors Lay Shingles
When union carpenters walked off the job at the Spokane Falls exposition building, the city’s elite picked up hammers to finish the roof themselves.
- Plumbers’ Strike and the Battle Over Licensing
Spokane master plumbers lobby to repeal state trade laws, sparking a conflict over the right to work and the cost of services.
- The Mining Promoter Who Told Would-Be Miners to Stay Home
Col. W. Thomas Hart has bonded claims and cut a trail in the new Slate Creek district, but he begs the press not to inflate the strike: there is no work, no mill, and too much snow for prospecting.
- The Railroad Ran Its Spokane Depot on Too Few Men — and the Crew Broke
One agent and one telegraph operator were expected to staff the Spokane Falls railroad office around the clock. The agent finally asked for a layoff, and the wire operator quit, worn thin, for a farm with lighter work.
- She Came to Spokane Looking for Work and Died in the YWCA Rest Room
Mrs. Warren W. Orr left her 60-year-old husband in a lumber camp near Marcus and travelled to the city to find a job. On Sunday afternoon her seven-year-old boy held onto her skirts while she took morphine.
- A Mining Company's Stormy Reckoning
Stockholders of the Spokane Lead Mines Co. trade accusations of mismanagement over a Metaline-country concentrator, then elect new trustees.
- Worker Plunges into Spokane Falls
A carpenter at work on the new Post Street bridge loses his footing and is swept to his death before a crowd of witnesses.
- The Girl Who Joined the Road Gang
A teenager looking to fund her high school education finds unexpected employment—and respect—among a tough paving crew near Spokane.
- Tragedy in the Spokane Excavations
A laborer is killed and his foreman injured after a delayed dynamite blast detonates during construction work on First Avenue.
- Metal Workers Strike Over Non-Union Hire
A labor dispute at Spokane’s Union Iron Works threatens to shut down the entire facility as unions demand the discharge of a non-union blacksmith.
- No Monopoly on Gaslight: Spokane's Council Draws a Line
Council granted a gas company the right to lay pipes—but pointedly refused an exclusive franchise, warning that monopoly would 'cinch the consumers.'
- The Socialist Civil War
A fiery dispatch from Spokane exposes a rift within the Socialist Party over internal discipline, alleged corruption, and the fight for union labor in city government.
- Spokane’s Plumbers’ Strike Escalates
A two-month-old labor standoff between the plumbers' union and master builders threatens to halt all major construction in the city.
- A Silver Strike North of the Falls Promises a Fortune
Four men from Tacoma and Spokane incorporate the Spokane Mining and Smelting Company on a claim in the Colville country, with assays running nearly $60 a ton.
- The True Cost of a Working Family's Survival
A Spokane laborer’s wife shares a harrowing account of household expenses, revealing that despite steady employment, her family is left with nearly nothing for clothing or healthcare.
- Plumbers Strike and Demand Wage Hike
Spokane master plumbers face a complete work stoppage as journeymen strike for better pay, sparking fears of a broader construction crisis.
- The Great Hunter’s License Fiasco
A Spokane judge strikes down a state hunting law, labeling it a 'fearful and wonderful piece of work' riddled with drafting errors.
- The Boodle Scandal at the Falls
Citizens storm the courthouse to stop an exorbitant, million-dollar water-works project they claim is rife with city hall corruption.