Illustration of the patch town of Lattimer, Pennsylvania | 1898

A bleak winter street in Lattimer, Pennsylvania hides a violent truth. This 1898 illustration captures a Coal Region patch town just months after immigrant mineworkers were killed there for demanding fair treatment. Read the Full Story.

Illustration of the Lattimer Colliery in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | 1898

An 1898 magazine sketch shows the breaker at Lattimer, the very colliery the striking miners were marching toward when sheriff’s deputies opened fire in September 1897. Read the full story.

“A Woman’s View” of the Lattimer Massacre | September 10, 1897

Women after the Lattimer Massacre

A reporter in Hazleton interviewed a working class woman near the site of the Lattimer Massacre in 1897.

Interviews with women during the 1900 Coal Strike reveal details of hardship and struggle in the patch towns near Hazleton

A women reporter documents the lives and struggles of working class women on the outskirts of Hazleton in 1900.