Echo Zahl Sees Carman's Home
Echo Zahl reports from 1612 Taylor Ave on the life of streetcar workers and their families amid a 1,600-strong strike. She profiles Mrs. Stiff, wife of conductor A. E. Stiff, and their six boys and a girl, including a crippled seven year old. The piece contrasts endurance at home with long, grueling shifts and meager pay of sixty dollars a month. The narrative follows Zahl into the Stiffs’ living room and into the realities of existence beyond the picket lines.
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Taylor Ave
Mrs. Stiff
A. E. Stiff
Fauntleroy
Seattle Walkers Rally for Union Rights in Streetcar Strike
A citywide call frames a strike by 1600 Seattle traction workers demanding the right to organize for fair wages and conditions. The editorial accuses the company of starvation wages and pits Seattle’s civic pride against a campaign to undermine unions.
17000 Are Out in Mills Says Strike Leader
The lumber strike in the state has 17000 workers out as mills suspend operations and unions gain ground. J C Brown head of the International Shingle Weavers Union reports large mills operating on crippled shifts and cites Port Angeles and Everett facilities closing with substantial suspensions.
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J. C. Brown
International Shingle Weavers’ Union
Puget Sound
Weyerhaeuser
Everett
Washington Supreme Court bans peaceful picketing
The Washington Supreme Court in Olympia ruled 8 to 1 against any form of peaceful picketing by organized labor. An injunction blocks Cooks' union and Bakery and Confectionery Workers' union from picketing N. H. St. Germain's Seattle businesses on Pike Street and at the Pike Place Market. He may collect nominal damages and estimates actual damages near 20 000 dollars, sparking labor opposition and accusations of ignoring the people’s referendum vote.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Olympia
N. H. St. Germain
Seattle
Cooks’ Union
Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ Union
Pike Et
Pike Place Market
Cars May Run Thursday Says Traction Heads
Traction company leaders announce plans to run cars Thursday with potential protection measures. President Leonard says he would have the men operate the cars if guarded, hinting at six guards per car. No cars were operated Wednesday as the strike by 1,600 employees continues and unions keep bannerless pickets at car barns.
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Stiff
Leonard
Supreme Court
Seattle council weighs city takeover of streetcar system
The Seattle city government debates operating or taking over the traction company to resolve a street car strike. Mayor Gill and council weigh receiver after franchise revocation, with talks of using 100 to 200 buses for Ballard Fremont and Madison districts as a contingency. Picketing by unions continues with no police violence reported.
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Supreme Court
Traction Company
Gill
Traction Com
Erickson
Utilities Committee
Ballard
Fremont
Madison
Fitzgerald
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France
Edward McMorrow
Chicago
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Eyes
Carmen
Jamancan
Seattle Central Labor Council
Echo Zahl
Carman
Echo June Zahl
HE Traction Company
Tacoma
Stone-Webster Corporation
Bean
United States
James Duncan
Central Labor Council
Council
Bolton
Vitergerald
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