US EditionMatewan Massacre and Battle of the Tug: The Mine War History of West Virginia
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Matewan Massacre and Battle of the Tug: The Mine War History of West Virginia
MCDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WOAY) – May marks the anniversary of two of the most defining, but often overlooked, battles in American labor history: the Matewan Massacre and the Battle of the Tug. Both took place in Mingo County, West Virginia, and both helped ignite the larger war for miners’ rights in the coalfields of Appalachia. Known collectively as the Mine Wars, these violent labor uprisings were the result of decades of exploitation. Miners w…
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