Strike activity wanes as Grays Harbor workers face police
Industrial Workers on Grays Harbor see their strike wound down after scattered parades and crowd dispersals on Heron street and Highland Home Addition. Police action halted about 100 workers while mills resume operations with labor shortages noted. authorities vow strict enforcement of Mayor Parks proclamations.
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Grays Harbor
Heron Street
Highland Home Addition
Parks
Western Cooperage
Anderson & Middleton Lumber Company
Slade Mill
American
Hulburt
Wilson Mills
Tucker
Mayor Ferguson denounces club and police in Hoquiam clash
In Hoquiam on April 3 Mayor Harry Ferguson denounced the Hoquiam Commercial club and the Citizens' special police for their role in recent strike trouble. He claimed his power was usurped and urged harbor workers to organize with wives and sisters mobilized to support the union.
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Hoquiam
Trades and Labor Council of
Harry Ferguson
Hoquiam Commercial Club
Citizens’ Special Police
Ferguson
Citizens Police
Roosevelt Discredited As Taft Split Helps Democrats
Washington dispatch analyzes Theodore Roosevelt as fading in influence while Taft’s renomination faces sharp challenges from La Follette. Champ Clark’s Democratic bid is praised for appealing to Western voters and pushing open public lands to halt farmer migration. The piece portrays Roosevelt’s attacks harming his standing and benefiting the Democratic cause.
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Washington, D. C
The
Herald
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Mr. Taft
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
North Dakota
la Follette
Chicago
Washington
Are Budo
Champ Clark
Chai Clark
Canada
Hilts Wins in Council Fight Over Removal
R. J. Hilts, ousted from the Fourth ward seat, wins a superior court ruling that he was illegally removed. Judge J. R. Mitchell orders E. A. Morck ousted and hints at damages actions against Mayor J. W. Parks and council members. Hilts to likely take seat next Wednesday night and appeal to the Supreme Court.
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R. J. Hilts
E. A. Morck
J. R. Mitchell
Thurston County
Morcek
J. W. Parks
Hills
Thut
Mitchell
F. W. Loomis
Merck
Hilts
Supreme Court
Colonel’s remark hints at business fears
The Colonel contends big business shudders at his talk though a restrained chuckle reveals amusement rather than fear. The exchange underscores tension between a military figure and corporate interests in a tense moment.
Logging Camp Attack Sparks Pursuit in Woods
Industrial Workers are said to have extended action to logging camps. Nine men attacked Geo. E. Hulet at his upper Hump Tulips River camp beating him severely. Hulet escaped and notified authorities who, with Deputy Royce, pursue the assailants through the woods.
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Geo. Hulet
Geo. E. Hulet
Humptulips River
Hoquiam
Hulet
Mr. Hulet
Royce
Aberdeen
Waterfront loading in Hoquiam area ships and repairs
The schooner W. J. Jewett loads at a Hoquiam mill while the Oceania Vance arrives to load at the Federal mill. The Arago and G. C. Lindauer load or depart for the West Coast and San Francisco. Wawoma loads at Aberdeen Lumber mill for the West Coast, and Makaweli from Littleton, New Zealand, arrives for repairs at Endresen's ship yards after a 59 day voyage.
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W. J. Jewett
Hoquiam Mills
Oceania Vance
Federal Mill
Barkentine Arago
Slade Inil
G. C. Lindauer
Wilson's Mill
San Francisco
Wawoma
Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle Company
Barkentine
Makaweli
Hoquiam Mills Resume Operation After Short Strike
North Western Lumber Company and Hoquiam Lumber and Shingle plants resume work in Hoquiam after a two week strike. Police guarded mills as 50 departing strikers were warned to move on. Wages now start at 2.25 dollars per day with efficiency based pay later set by management.
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Hoquiam
Northwestern Lumber Company
Hoquiam Llumber & Shingle Company
E. O. McGlautlin
Northwestern
McGlautlin
Girls Injured When Auto Flips En Route to Centralia
An automobile driven by Henry Cripe of this city turned over near Centralia yesterday. Ethel Blackwell of Elma suffered a broken leg, another local girl was hurt in the body, and Earl Cloney of Aberdeen broke an arm. Cripe and a second male occupant escaped unharmed. The group was headed to Centralia for an outing when the accident occurred.
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Henry Cripe
Centralia
Ethel Blackwell
Elma
Earl Cloney
Aberdeen
Cripe
Socialists win two seats on city council in municipal election
In a Tuesday vote E. E. Weiland of the Second ward and E. A. Milette of the Sixth ward won council seats. Republicans John Myles and John Frazier, Equal Representation Dan Pearsall, and Independent E. A. Merck also elected. Socialists benefited from voter apathy and vote splitting, with Weiland and Milette securing key margins.
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E. E. Weiland
E. A. Milette
John Myles
John Frazier
Dan Pearsall
E. A. Merck
Peter F. Clark
W. T. Evans
Roy Sargent
J. Thomas
Miletta
Vasbinder
Weiland
H. E. Bailey
KE. A. Merck
Mass meeting calls for mayor’s resignation in Hoquiam
More than 400 residents packed Hoquiam City Hall to back resolutions demanding Mayor Harry Ferguson resign. Ferguson refused to resign as petitions for recall circulate. The gathering also praised Police Chief Theodore Quinn and the force for their handling of a strike and endorsed a law and order movement by Eureka Cedar Lumber & Shingle Co. representative A L Mathewson.
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Frank H. Lamb
Quinn
A. L. Mathewson
Eureka Cedar Lumber & Shingle Company
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