Title: Coal miner and his family in their home. Scott’s Run, West Virginia. March 19, 1937.[3000×2194]
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On this day, 25 August 1921, the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed rebellion in the US since the civil war, began. For five days in late August and early September, 1921 in Logan County, West Virginia, 10,000 striking coal miners battled with armed strikebreakers and deputies following the killing of miners and their supporters in Welch and Sharples. Faced with the overwhelming firepower of US federal troops and even the air force, the miners eventually surrendered or returned to their homes.
More info in our podcast episode on the West Virginia mine wars: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/wch-e7-the-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/
Pictured: one of the strikers https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1510678762450602/?type=3
On this day, 25 August 1921, the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed rebellion in the US since the civil war, began. For five days in late August and early September, 1921 in Logan County, West Virginia, 10,000 striking coal miners battled with armed strikebreakers and deputies following the killing of miners and their supporters in Welch and Sharples. Faced with the overwhelming firepower of US federal troops and even the air force, the miners eventually surrendered or returned to their homes.
More info in our podcast episode on the West Virginia mine wars: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/wch-e7-the-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/
Pictured: one of the strikers https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1510678762450602/?type=3
Armed Coal Miners.
The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and one of the largest organized armed uprisings since the American Civil War. The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia. Up to 100 people were killed, and many more arrested.
How corporate-friendly bankruptcy laws keep protesting miners from being paid: ‘That train leaves, we ain’t got nothing’
“‘Let’s call this what it is: legalized looting — looting that makes a handful of Wall Street managers very rich while costing thousands of people their jobs, putting valuable companies out of business, and hurting communities across the country,‘ Warren wrote in a blog post detailing her plan.”
These miners were let go without warning, and money pulled back out of their accounts. Holding possession of the coal they mined is their only leverage to get some pay.
Bankruptcy law has twisted so hard in favor of companies, workers get nothing.
Armed miners during the “coal wars”, Eskdale, Kanahwa County 1912.
Armed with what appear to be Vetterli M70-87 (Winchester excluded).
Coal miners coming up from the mines in Mingo County, WV in the early 1900s. [503 x 640] Check this blog!
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Coal miners coming up from the mines in Mingo County, WV in the early 1900s. [503 x 640] Check this blog!
Lets Make America Great Again!