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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1904
Page
6
A dense sheet lists numerous druggists and stores with addresses on Fremont, Ballard, University and nearby avenues. includes rental listings, room and house ads, and trade notices. Also shows real estate bargains, lumber company notices, and assorted services from local businesses and professionals.
The article recalls strikers hanging effigies of scabs near the packing house, with police seeking to prevent disorder. Observers describe workers at meal times, the presence of black laborers in dirty tasks, and crowds along Ashland Avenue ready to clash with strike-breakers. Bishop Hamilton and Mrs Battele arrive in the city as travel notices and local sales advertise discounts at stores.
A first-hand account of a strike-breaker’s day in Cincinnati detailing rough conditions. The narrator describes breakfast in a hastily formed room, mixed meals, crowded shifts, and shifting duties from cooper to barrel rolling to coal shoveling. He observes a fragmented plant with around 1,400 workers on normal days, noting the variety of departments and the tense atmosphere as police guard the site.
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