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Crews worked the rest of the day and into the night to detach the remaining 29 cars from the leaking railcar and to cool down the car by applying water to its tank.
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 .
Battle of Blair Mountain: the largest labor uprising in United States history and the largest organized armed uprising since the American Civil War. During an attempt by the miners to unionize, and following the murder of Sid Hatfield , 10,000 armed coal miners confronted 3000 lawmen and Baldwin-Felts strikebreakers, who were backed by coal ...
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).
Last year a train derailment on the opposite side of Ohio in East Palestine, about 300 miles northeast of Cincinnati, caused hazardous chemicals to leak and burn for days.
Body camera footage shows Ohio police grab paraplegic man and pull him from car during traffic stop. “I can’t step out the car sir. I’m a paraplegic,” Owensby told the officers.
The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8133-4096-9; Steel, Edward M. Jr. The Court-Martial of Mother Jones. University Press of Kentucky, 1995. Sullivan, Ken, ed. The Goldenseal Book of the West Virginia Mine Wars.
Ohio has a long history with eminent domain, and Fauntleroy’s battle isn’t unique. In City of Norwood v. Horney, for instance, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled against the city, citing the ...