coal mining Archives - Page 5 of 8

He said if miners picketed his mine he would slaughter them

The Harlan County gun thugs in reality got nothing for their efforts to drive out the UMWA union. Most of them died violent deaths.

In 1917, Lawrence B. Finzel was called the champion coal miner of the world, mining an average of 12 tons of coal each day (average was 5).

Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was an American labor organizer and one of the founders of the Social Democratic party.

Thousands of families, most Eastern European immigrants, streamed into the shadows of Black Mountain, KY between the World Wars to mine coal.

Dad went with a friend to get food for the family, store was closed. They broke into it–took nothing but milk. Charged with a federal crime!