City Seeks Receiver for Car Co Amid Streetcar Strike
Seattle officials moved to appoint a court receiver for the traction company after a planned arbitration failed and guards were kept at main plants. Riots and stone throwing plagued downtown as 500 Tacoma streetcar workers planned a Friday show of support.
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Duncan
Traction Company
Post St
A. E. Miller
Tacoma
Seattle
W W. R. Crawford
Mutual Bonding Co
Crawford
Kinnear Park
Meridian Bhurst
Cowen Park
Madison
Georgetown
Mayor to Hire 25 Cops Amid Private Security Strikes
The mayor and five council members agreed to back an ordinance to add 25 reserve civil service police, funded by the city, to handle strike unrest. A riot at Second Ave and Senecast saw Wells Fargo guards use revolvers against strikers, with one man beaten and removed from the wagon before police intervened. Similar clashes followed between drivers and strike-breakers.
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American Express
First Ave
Jackson St
Wells Fargo
Second Ave
Leon Hearnley
Firetave
Marton St
Atrikera
Northern Express Co
C. Bittvick
City Utilities Committee
Council
Reserve Civil Service
Senecast
Slav revolt quelled after three days of fighting in Petrograd
The government claims victory as three days of revolt end in Petrograd. Mass arrests of mutineers proceed while dissidents are hunted. Lenin is labeled a German agent and a fugitive as the city returns to calm after renewed street clashes. A local comment notes improved service from Gatewood.
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William G. Shepherd
Petrograd
Nicholas Lenine
Germany
16 Suffragets Pardoned Won't Quit Jail Cell
Washington July 10 16 suffrage crusaders at Occoquan workhouse refuse pardon. Wilson issued a formal pardon for a 60 day sentence but militants would not accept it, seeking freedom to act as men. Tacoma council moves to seek court action to take over Tacoma traction plants amid strike. streetcar service limited.
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Carmen
Central Labor Council
IG. O. Anderson
Chamber of Commerce and Com- Club
Pres
A. J. Rhodes
King County Council of Service
Council of Defense
Rhodes
A. L. Kempster
Trac
Kempster
United Press
Washington
Occoquan Workhouse
Wilson
District Corporation
Syme
Whittaker
Woman's Party
Occoquan
White House
Misa Lacy Burns
Dudley Pield Malone
Mies Burns
War Draft Lottery Explained for City Registrants
War Department outlines a secretive lottery to fix the order of 9,650,000 registrants for examination. One thousand capsules drawn in ten globes determine master lists and district order, with blindfolded drawing and tallies posted on a blackboard. Crowder urges preparedness as registration uncertainty ends once numbers are released to each district.
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War Department
Crowder
Timber strike tightens grip on Washington mills
The eight hour day and union recognition drive shuttered many lumber plants across Western Washington. J G Brown of the International Shingleweavers reports about 20 000 workers active in the strike as mills on the east side of Seattle closed while others operated with reduced crews. The lumbermen's leader E S Grammer admits union pressure is gaining, with Schwager Nett ton West Waterway Elliott Bay and Stetson Post among plants idled. Mullen, Newell, and Seattle Bennett box shops show varied staffing.
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Washington
J. G. Brown
International Shingleweavers Union
Brown
Strikrs
E. S. Grammer
Chaiman
Lumbermen
Seattle
Schwager Nettton
West Waterway
Elliott Bay
Stetson-Post
Mullen
Newell
Bennett Box
Sebiidla
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King St
Ft City
Mandamus
Caldwell
Gill
Gatewood
Jerome Raleizh
State Public Service Commission
W. V. Tanner
State Supreme Court
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Rare Basement
Billie Burke
Copenhagen
Milan
Oxfords
Phoenix
Elliott
Mail Service
Hezekiah Weesner
Bleitz-Rafferty Und Establishment
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