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The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The conflict occurred in Logan County , West Virginia , as part of the Coal Wars , a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia .
William H. Blizzard (September 19, 1892 – July 31, 1958) was an American union organizer, a commander of the miners' army during the Battle of Blair Mountain, and president of District 17 of the United Mine Workers (UMWA).
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.
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]
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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.
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