Matewan before the massacre : politics, coal, and the roots of conflict in a West Virginia mining community / [Rebecca J. Bailey].

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Rebecca J., 1966-

Series:

West Virginia and Appalachia ; 8.

West Virginia and Appalachia ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal mines and mining--West Virginia--Mingo County.

Coal mines and mining.

Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--West Virginia--Mingo County.

Strikes and lockouts.

West Virginia Mine Wars, W. Va., 1897-1921.

Mingo County (W. Va.)--History.

Mingo County (W. Va.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, W. Va. : West Virginia University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On May 19, 1920, gunshots rang through the streets of Matewan, West Virginia, in an event soon known as the "Matewan Massacre." Most historians of West Virginia and Appalachia see this event as the beginning of a long series of tribulations known as the second Mine Wars.

Contents:

Front Cover; West Virginia and Appalachia Series Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: May 19, 1920; Notes; ""Bleeding Mingo"": 1895-1911; Notes; The Progressive Era?; Notes; The Williamson-Thacker Coalfield Falls Behind; Notes; World War I and the Rise of the Class Tensions; Notes; The Massacre: Before & After; Notes; Conclusion: The Matewan Myth; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Images; Union Felief Day in Matewan; Matewan Street Scene, 1920; Matewan Chief of Police Sid Hatfield; The dead Baldwin-Felts Agents; State Senator Hiram S. White; Henry Drury Hatfield

Figure 1.4 Thacker Coal & Coke company town, ca. 1908Dingess, West Virginia; Eluhi Boggs, 1914; G.T. Blankenship; John J. Cornwell; A mining camp near Williamson, 1913; District 17 leaders during the Williamson-Thacker Strike; The Glenalum Payroll Robbery; Wells Goddykoontz, Williamson Republican and sometimes Hatfield Ally; A Mingo County Truck Mine; John L. Lewis; Samuel B. Montgomery; Ephraim F. Morgan; Paul Grosscup; Mingo County Republican Party Chairman and State Senator, M.Z. White; The Matewan Massacre defendants, ca. 1921; The Lick Creek Tent Colony, ca. 1922; Maps

Southern West Virginia Anti-Union ""Monolith""Original Logan County; The N&W Ohio Extension; County Seat Contenders; Political Districts 1895-1920; Mingo County, 1920; The Ohio Extension of the N&W Railroad and the Guyandot Coal Land Association, ca. 1892; The Six Coalfields of Southern West Virginia; Tables; The Republican Factions of Mingo County, 1908-1920; Population of Mingo, Logan, and McDowell Counties, 1890-1920; Tri-County Production Comparison, 1895-1922; A Comparison in the Number of Pick and Machine Miners in Mingo County, 1898 to 1910

Comparison of Land Values in Mingo, Logan, and McDowell Counties, 1900-1910Town Growth and Decline in Mingo County, 1891-1896; Mingo County Towns that Had Not Existed in 1891 and their Populations in 1895-1896; Democratic Factions in Mingo County, 1912-1916; 1916 Republican Primary Election Precinct Officers Appointed by Greenway Hatfield; The Impact of Federal Control on the Coal Industry in Mingo County, 1917-1918; The Impact of Federal Control of the Coal Industry in Logan County, 1917-1918; The Impact of Federal Control on the Coal Industry in McDowell County, 1917-1918

Population Growth of Mingo County's African-American Community, 1900-1920Comparison of the Hungarian Population in Mingo, Logan, and McDowell Counties, 1910-1920; Comparison of Average Wage and Coal Prices in Mingo County, 1917-1919; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Based on author's thesis (doctoral)-- West Virginia University, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-288) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-935978-03-9

OCLC:

801665496

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08890 hdl