Paint Creek Coal Mine Strike

Title

Paint Creek Coal Mine Strike

Description

Armed coal miners on strike in Paint Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia. Miners went on strike to demand that the coal operators raise their compensation rate to that of the surrounding area and recognize the union, and the strike quickly became armed hostility between miners and company men. “That spring of 1912, Winchester rifles and ammunition were being brought to and stored at the big house on the hill in Wacomah [...] Seventeen guns and ‘a washtub full of shells’ had to be delivered to the striking miners, all while the house was being closely watched by guards” (Ayers & Savage, 2018).

Source

West Virginia History OnView, A&M 3914-ADD