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Omaha Steve

(103,476 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 06:04 PM Jul 2015

7-16-15 Death in the Mine Field in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/july-16-death-in-the-mine-field/



On this day in Labor History the year was 1894. Striking coal miners in Alabama killed a number of black miners. Both white and black miners were attempting to organize the southern bituminous coal fields during the 1890s.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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