The Battle of Blair Mountain Through The Press and Media

August 1921: The Beginning of the Physical Conflict

Body of men in the Logan army, just before starting over the ridge to go into battle.

In late August 1921, union miners and coal company supporters clashed near Blair Mountain, West Virginia, in what has been called the largest armed uprising since the Civil War (Andrews, 2016).

For the first few days, there was little national coverage. Local papers, however, were working around the clock to track the conflict. Once word of the conflict reached Washinton, D.C., and the federal government got invloved, national newspapers began picking up the story.