United Mine Workers of America
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George C. McIntosh (1868-1935) Typed Document
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2599
Overview
Memoirs of a retired newspaperman, editor, and Republican state house representative (1898-1901). McIntosh supported the Republican party and coal operator interests through his newspapers and periodicals, which included: HUNTINGTON GAZETTE, HUNTINGTON SUNDAY GAZETTE, HINTON FREE LANCE, FAYETTE JOURNAL, NEWS-MAIL CO., RALEIGH HERALD, and company magazines for the Island Creek Coal Company and Solvay Collieries. McIntosh discusses: his early employment on the railroads as census taker and...
Dates:
1895-1920
Joseph Ozanic, Labor Leader, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2482
Overview
Joe Ozanic went to work in the coal mines of Mt. Olive, joining in 1909, UMW Local 728. After serving briefly in the army during World War I, Ozanic returned to work in the mines at Mt. Olive. In 1932, Ozanic joined the Progressive Mine Workers of America, a rival organization to the United Mine Workers, serving both as president of PMWA District 1 and as national president. During the 1940s, Ozanic was an organizer for the American Federation of Labor. These papers reflect Ozanic's...
Dates:
1932-1974
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- Advertising 1
- Broadsides. 1
- Cemeteries -- Union Miners' Cemetery 1
- Coal - Island Creek Coal Co. 1
- Coal - Solvay Collieries. 1
- Coal - coal operators. 1
- Coal companies - Island Creek Coal Company. 1
- Coal companies - Solvay Collieries. 1
- Coal miners 1
- Coal miners - March on Mingo and Logan. 1
- Coal mining - Logan Coal Operators Association. 1
- Coal mining - March on Mingo and Logan. 1
- Coal mining - West Virginia Coal Association. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Editors - letters and papers. 1
- Elections 1
- Fayette County - Fayette Whiskey Ring. 1
- Fayette Whiskey Ring. 1
- Gas industry 1
- March on Mingo and Logan - coal. 1
- Mount Olive (Ill.) 1
- Newspaper publishing 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads 1
- Solvay Collieries - coal. 1
- Solvay Collieries. 1
- Taxation 1
- Unions - Progressive Mine Workers of America. 1
- United States - Census returns. 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- National Defense Council (U.S.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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