153: West Virginia’s Mine Wars: From Trouble in Matewan to the Battle of Blair Mountain
“I want to say make no settlement until they sign up that every bloody murderer of a guard has got to go.” This is the story of the largest uprising in the United States since the Civil War. As unions spread across the Progressive-Era United States, West Virginia mine owners manage to keep them out. They have some…
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