A short historical account and background of the often violent conflict between workers and employers in West Virginia ... coal operator Quin Morton and Kanawha County Sheriff Bonner Hill, rolled ...

In the Mine Wars that erupted in southern West Virginia over the ... supporters and organizers. A Cabin Creek riflewoman on Guard before her tent. Credit: Coal Age Magazine Women in the early ...

Hoisting one sign was Allen Cox, 29, his square face smeared with black coal dust. He had just left the third shift at the Cabin Creek mine. He once worked at a Massey mine with several of the ...

Officials from the West Virginia ... coal mine electrician, died of injuries from an apparent electrical shock, according to a news report from www.weirtondailytimes. The accident occurred at 12:18 ...

In August 1921, some 10,000 West Virginia coal miners picked up their Winchesters ... who’d killed workers at the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek mines, “there is going to be one hell of a lot ...

The longtime leader of the United Mine Workers of America, Cecil Roberts, is retiring. Roberts, a West Virginia native ... a ...