United Mine Workers of America
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Matewan Massacre Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2962
Overview
Correspondence between Harold Houston, chief attorney for UMWA District 17 and Floyd Evans of the legal firm of Evans and Sampselle concerning trials after the "Matewan Massacre." Legal affidavits pertaining to the miners' trials of 1922 in Charles Town, West Virginia and to the Red Jacket Coal and Coke Co. and Hitchman Coal and Coke Company's suits against John L. Lewis and John Mitchell of the UMWA. Proclamations of Governor E.F. Morgan concerning the 1921 Mingo County mine strikes. An...
Dates:
1914-1934
Miners' Treason Trials, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0979
Overview
The collection consists of case papers for the trials of coal miners and UMWA leaders, indicted for treason in connection with the armed march into Logan County, West Virginia, during August and September, 1921. The main part of the papers concern the trials of Walter Allen, William Blizzard, C. Frank Keeney, Rev. J.E. Wilburn, and John Wilburn. There are also photocopies of an indictment dated 17 September 1921 and an indictment dated 12 January 1922, as well as other court records...
Dates:
1921-1923
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- Labor organization. 1
- Logan County. 1
- Matewan Massacre. 1
- Miners' Treason Trials. 1
- Mingo County (W. Va.) 1
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