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William Sidney Hatfield (May 15, 1891 or 1893 [1] – August 1, 1921), was a West Virginia law enforcement officer noted for his involvement in bitter labor disputes, on the side of labor, during the Coal Wars of the early 20th century.
On December 23, 1920, local union official Adrian Northcutt of Nauvo was summoned out of his home by soldiers of Company M of the Alabama Guard, who fired 7 shots, killing him. [69] p. 9: 1921 Wheeling, WV Steel Strike 1 Elmer Cost, a striker, was shot and killed by a guard. [74] p. 251: August 1, 1921 Welch, WV Coal mining Strike
Sid Hatfield, police chief of Matewan, West Virginia, was shot by Lively on August 1, 1921. While he was in Washington testifying before the Senate, at the same hearing at which Lively testified, Hatfield and his deputy, Edward Chambers, were indicted in McDowell County for "shooting up" a mining encampment in Mohawk, West Virginia. Lively ...
The Battle of Matewan (also known as the Matewan Massacre [1]) was a shootout in the town of Matewan in Mingo County and the Pocahontas Coalfield mining district, in southern West Virginia. It occurred on May 19, 1920 between local coal miners and their allies and the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency .
Matewan (/ ˈ m eɪ t w ɒ n /) is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek. The population was 412 at the 2020 census, down from 499 in 2010. [6] The Norfolk Southern Railway's Pocahontas District passes through the town.
Stonewall Jackson, C.S. Army general born in Clarksburg and died before the region was formed into West Virginia; Albert G. Jenkins, general and politician; Jonah Edward Kelley, U.S. Army soldier; Medal of Honor recipient; Edwin Gray Lee, C.S. Army general born in Shepherdstown before it became part of the newly formed West Virginia
Newtown is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Newtown is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Matewan. Newtown has a post office with ZIP code 25686. [2] The Hatfield Cemetery, near Newtown, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Matewan Historic District encompasses the town center of the rural coal mining community of Matewan, West Virginia.Matewan was the scene of the Battle of Matewan on May 19, 1920, during a coal miners' strike, an event which led to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest insurrection ever associated with the labor movement in the United States, and was depicted in the film Matewan.