Step back into the tense streets of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, during the 1900 Coal Strike with this gripping illustration from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Violent clashes erupted between striking mineworkers, non-union laborers, and law enforcement, leaving one man dead and many wounded. Discover how this pivotal moment played out against the backdrop of one of the Coal Region's lesser-known but important historical events. Read the full story.
A reporter in Hazleton interviewed a working class woman near the site of the Lattimer Massacre in 1897.
A women reporter documents the lives and struggles of working class women on the outskirts of Hazleton in 1900.
This dispatch from the 1902 Coal Strike eloquently describes the battle lines as the strike entered its pivotal fifth month.
Irvin Schwartz looked forward to 1944 as being the year that he hoped would see the end of World War II.
A look at the perspectives of the mine workers of far western Schuylkill County as the 1902 coal strike began.
"We are men and all we ask is to be treated as such," wrote the miners in a public letter published during their 1886 strike.
John Siney led the Workingmen's Benevolent Association in actions against coal operators in the 1860s and 1870s.
Explore the 1862 coal miners' rebellion in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where Irish miners resisted the Civil War draft. Uncover how labor unrest, ethnic tensions, and anti-war sentiments ignited one of the first Northern uprisings, shaping the region's history during a tumultuous era in Coal Region history. Read the full story.
In the spring of 1863, a series of strikes among miners stopped all work in the anthracite coal mines of Wiconisco Township.