Mine Wars
Steve Watkins
This history of the Mine Wars examines coal miners’ fight for workers’ rights in the West Virginia coalfields. Miners faced low wages and harsh treatment from owners and operators. Rather than cash, they were paid in scrip that could be spent only at the company store. When workers tried to form a union, mine owners resisted. The book focuses on the conflict between miners seeking better conditions and the people who controlled their work and pay.
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