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Battle of Blair Mountain. Part of the West Virginia Coal Wars. Cover of The Washington Times with the headline that the US airfleet had been sent into West Virginia. Date. August 25 to September 2, 1921. Location. Logan County, West Virginia. 37°51′45″N 81°51′23″W / 37.86250°N 81.85639°W / 37.86250; -81.85639. Resulted in.
Approximately 550 miners and labor activists were convicted of murder, insurrection, and treason for their participation in the march from Lens Creek to Logan County and the ensuing Battle of Blair Mountain. Press support did not extend to union growth; UMW membership in West Virginia dropped by about half between 1921 and 1924. [10]
In West Virginia, the mine wars would come to a head at the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921. This armed conflict pitched organized miners against detectives, policemen, and eventually, the United States Army. The result of the battle was a loss for the West Virginia miners, and the crushing of organized labor aspirations in the state.
Don Chafin (June 26, 1887 – August 9, 1954) was the sheriff of Logan County, West Virginia, and a commander in the Battle of Blair Mountain.As sheriff of Logan County, Chafin was a fierce opponent of unionization and received hundreds of thousands of dollars from coal mine operators in bribes for his violent suppression of the United Mine Workers union.
The Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency was a private detective agency in the United States from the early 1890s to 1937. The agency's members played a key role in the events that led to the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 and violent repression [1] of labor union members. Significant incidents, later collectively known as the Coal Wars, occurred ...
Sid Hatfield. 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. Hatfield was police chief of Matewan, West Virginia during the Battle of Matewan, a shootout ...
Took part in quelling the 1921 miners' rebellion at the Battle of Blair Mountain in Logan, WV. This was the largest labor battle in US history and took three infantry regiments to halt. The 19th Infantry took the lead role, traveling up the Spruce Fork River to Blair, WV, and dispersing the miners.
Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912. The Paint Creek–Cabin Creek Strike, or the Paint Creek Mine War, [1] was a confrontation between striking coal miners and coal operators in Kanawha County, West Virginia, centered on the area enclosed by two streams, Paint Creek and Cabin Creek. The strike lasted from April 18, 1912, through July 1913.