Coal Wars | The Matewan Massacre | 2

Coal Wars | The Matewan Massacre | 2

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Coal Wars | Bloody Mingo | 3

In May 1920, Sheriff Sid Hatfield won the loyalty of Mingo County’s miners after a deadly gun battle that left seven Baldwin-Felts agents dead on the streets of Matewan, West Virginia. That summer, the coal companies brought in trainloads of strikebreakers to get the mines run ...

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Coal Wars | The Battle of Blair Mountain | 4

The Coal Wars reached an explosive climax in August 1921, as thousands of miners furious over the death of their hero Sid Hatfield shouldered their weapons and marched south. Their destination was Mingo County, where they hoped to free their fellow miners jailed under martial ...

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