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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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