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Coal Strike of 1902

“147,000 ordered to strike” – The beginning of the 1902 anthracite coal strike

Posted on May 10, 2019May 22, 2019 by Jake Wynn

The leader of the United Mine Workers of America addressed the miners of the Coal Region on May 10, 1902.

Posted in Coal Region, Organized LaborTagged 1902, Anthracite coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Coal Strike of 1902, Hazleton, John Mitchell, Labor, Labor History, Mining, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Politics, Pottsville, Scranton, Union, United Mine Workers of AmericaLeave a comment

Coal Region Books: Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership during the 1902 Coal Strike

Posted on February 24, 2019February 20, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Doris Kearns Goodwin's book "Leadership in Turbulent Times" looks at Theodore Roosevelt and the 1902 coal strike.

Posted in Anthracite mining, BooksTagged 1902, Book, Coal Region, Coal Strike of 1902, John Mitchell, Labor, Theodore Roosevelt, Union, United Mine Workers of AmericaLeave a comment

“Children of the mine” – The Coal Region’s breaker boys at work

Posted on September 20, 2018September 17, 2018 by Jake Wynn

"Children of the mine are they, born in the shadow of the culm heaps with the roar of the breakers ever in their ears, with mines beneath their feet."

Posted in Anthracite mining, Coal RegionTagged Breaker Boys, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Coal Strike of 1902, Labor, Pennsylvania1 Comment

“Stick to the Union” – Factory girls supported union miners during Coal Strike of 1902

Posted on March 8, 2018February 14, 2018 by Jake Wynn

Coal miners across Pennsylvania went on strike in 1902. They couldn't have succeeded without the ladies.

Posted in Industry, Williams ValleyTagged 1902, anthracite, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Coal Strike of 1902, Factories, Labor, Lykens, Tower City, United Mine Workers of America, Wiconisco, Williams Valley, Williamstown, WomenLeave a comment

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Very excited to see one of my favorite #WW2 aircraft at the air show in Reading. I always enjoyed reading about the B-24 Liberator and their crews. Fantastic to see it roar by us during the show.

On the morning of June 6, 1944, residents of communities across #Pennsylvania’s #CoalRegion awoke to the news that Allied forces had landed in Normandy. They responded with hope, excitement, meditation, and prayer. They quietly gathered in churches, synagogues, and other quiet places to contemplate the meaning of this historic event. Click the link in my profile to read accounts of #DDay on the Pennsylvania home front. (Photos: women gather at a church in Scranton to pray on D-Day and American infantry lands on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944) #DDay75 #WorldWar2 #WW2

Made a stop to see Rich and experience the extremely moving Flight 93 National Memorial this afternoon under an ominous sky.

Had the chance to live a childhood dream and visit the Horseshoe Curve above Altoona. We waited more than an hour to see a train pass by. Then within 15 minutes, we saw 3 freight trains and Amtrak’s Pennsylvanian negotiate the steep curve.

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