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Old 03-22-2011, 11:49 PM   #1
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On May 19, 1920 ten people were killed at Matewan in the deadliest gunfight in American history. The battle of Matewan, popularly dubbed the "Matewan massacre," was an integral part of the fight for industrial democracy and workers' rights...In the hills and hollows along the Tug Fork there was no union and the miners and their families lived in an almost feudal society. The coal companies dominated their employees lives. The companies owned the miners homes and required them to buy at the company store. The companies also welded significant clout with politicians, newspapers and the school system.
http://www.matewan.com/History/battle2.htm

As depicted in "Matewan"



The Court Transcripts (PDF)

http://www.as.wvu.edu/wvhistory/documents/076.pdf
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Old 03-23-2011, 02:22 AM   #2
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wow.... great post
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Old 03-23-2011, 02:41 AM   #3
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I think that is from the movie - Matewan.

I lived in Pittsburgh for the longest time, we would go ATV riding down in WV on the Hatfield/McCoy trails and would always stop in Matewan during our ride for lunch. Nice little town nowadays.
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Old 04-09-2011, 10:33 AM   #4
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You got that practicably everyday now in juarez .............
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Old 04-09-2011, 01:24 PM   #5
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I lived for a time in Jim Thorpe, PA - once named Mauk Chunk. It was the setting for the sensational union busting activities and murders by the group known as the Molly Maguires (also a film made).

The intrigue of these turn of the century union busting scoundrels rivals any James Bond movie!
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Old 04-09-2011, 07:39 PM   #6
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Now they only need an imperial governor, one that did not run on or even hint @ his motives once in office.....
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