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6 stories matching workhous
- Seattle’s Unemployed Planned to Get Arrested Rather Than Go Hungry
In 1895, a new Workhouse Club proposed a march on City Hall to demand work—and a mass arrest as the backup plan.
- Spokane Police Crack Down on Free Speech
Nineteen members of the IWW are jailed after defying a city ordinance prohibiting street oratory.
- The Stranger Who Threatened to Level the Town
A vengeful drifter vows to erase a chaotic mining camp, only to return a year later and find it replaced by a civilized city.
- The Fight to Bring the Stubblefield Home to Walla Walla
Legal opinion finds county commissioners are authorized to donate public funds to secure a landmark charitable trust.
- The Judge and the Philosopher in the Tank
A local drunk arrested for public intoxication offers a colorful, philosophical defense to the judge, arguing that his lifestyle is a necessary pillar of the city's economy.
- The Price of Poverty in 1877 Seattle
When the County Commissioners opened a new poor house, they explicitly designed it as a workhouse to deter the 'dissolute class' from seeking public assistance.