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Cabin Creek (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Richard M. Hadsell, Collector, Records Regarding History of Coal Industry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2122
Overview Correspondence, reports, petitions, agreements, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles relating to the soft coal industry and labor conditions, generally in southern West Virginia. Subjects covered include the eight-hour day; strikes; consolidation of coal operations; freight rates; government contracts for coal; Paint and Cabin creeks, 1912-1913; working conditions in the Polack Cigar Factory, Wheeling, 1914; investigation of the Gay Coal and Coke Company, Logan County, 1917;...
Dates: 1880-1935

West Virginia Mining Investigation Commission, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2036
Overview

The collection contains typescript copies of the proceedings of this Commission at Charleston, West Virginia, 1912, and the military commission at Pratt, 1913, concerning conditions in the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek coalfields. Included are the military commission's orders, clippings from the Charleston LABOR ARGUS, names of individuals appearing before the commissions, and extracts of speeches by persons involved, including five speeches by "Mother" Jones.

Dates: 1912-1913