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L to R - Blizzard, Mooney, Petry, and Keeney were the leaders of the Coal Miners Union during the Mine Wars in southern West Virginia.

1. Leaders of the Union During the Armed March in West Virginia Southern Coal Fields

IDNO:
002923
Title:
Leaders of the Union During the Armed March in West Virginia Southern Coal Fields
Description:
L to R - Blizzard, Mooney, Petry, and Keeney were the leaders of the Coal Miners Union during the Mine Wars in southern West Virginia.
Blizard, Mooney, Petry, and Keeney were the leaders of the coal miners union during the mine wars in southern W. Va.

2. Leaders of Union During Armed March

IDNO:
002924
Title:
Leaders of Union During Armed March
Date:
undated
Description:
Blizard, Mooney, Petry, and Keeney were the leaders of the coal miners union during the mine wars in southern W. Va.
'Photo by Sara Jane Pollock, daughter of A.W. Pollock, gen. Manager of Spruce River Coal Co., whose house is the highest one in this picture.'

3. Freight Train Loaded with Miners on Way to the Front; Passing through Ramage, Boone County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004153
Title:
Freight Train Loaded with Miners on Way to the Front; Passing through Ramage, Boone County, W. Va.
Date:
1921
Description:
'Photo by Sara Jane Pollock, daughter of A.W. Pollock, gen. Manager of Spruce River Coal Co., whose house is the highest one in this picture.'
Soldiers stand between rows of tents. Troops Commanded by Gen. Bandholtz.

4. U.S. Troops on Hewitt Creek, Near Jeffery, Boone County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004154
Title:
U.S. Troops on Hewitt Creek, Near Jeffery, Boone County, W. Va.
Date:
1921
Description:
Soldiers stand between rows of tents. Troops Commanded by Gen. Bandholtz.

5. Morgan, Governor E. and General Banholtz

IDNO:
004155
Title:
Morgan, Governor E. and General Banholtz
Date:
1921

6. Armed Miners in Kanawha Fields, W. Va.

IDNO:
004156
Title:
Armed Miners in Kanawha Fields, W. Va.
Date:
1921
Tent camp with Chesapeake and Ohio train cars visible in the background.

7. Army Camp on Hewitt Creek, near Jeffery, Boone County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004158
Title:
Army Camp on Hewitt Creek, near Jeffery, Boone County, W. Va.
Date:
1921
Description:
Tent camp with Chesapeake and Ohio train cars visible in the background.
'Defendants charged with killing mine guards at Matewan (1920), taken at Williamson, W. Va.'

8. Matewan Massacre Defendants at Williamson, W. Va.

IDNO:
004161
Title:
Matewan Massacre Defendants at Williamson, W. Va.
Date:
1920
Description:
'Defendants charged with killing mine guards at Matewan (1920), taken at Williamson, W. Va.'
Mrs. Sid Hatfield and Mrs. Ed Chambers (left to right) outside U.S. Senate. 'Copyright by Harris and Ewing. The above copyright line must be printed underneath each reproduction of this photograph as required by law. Photo for your use only.'

9. Widows of Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers

IDNO:
004163
Title:
Widows of Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers
Description:
Mrs. Sid Hatfield and Mrs. Ed Chambers (left to right) outside U.S. Senate. 'Copyright by Harris and Ewing. The above copyright line must be printed underneath each reproduction of this photograph as required by law. Photo for your use only.'
National Guardsmen stand with a slew of guns. 'For similar images see HB Lee Collection.'

10. National Guard at Sarita Mine, Cabin Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004165
Title:
National Guard at Sarita Mine, Cabin Creek, W. Va.
Description:
National Guardsmen stand with a slew of guns. 'For similar images see HB Lee Collection.'
Picture was taken a few weeks after Chambers and Hatfield were killed in 1921.

11. Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Mooney, and Mrs. Hatfield (Left to Right)

IDNO:
004166
Title:
Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Mooney, and Mrs. Hatfield (Left to Right)
Date:
1921
Description:
Picture was taken a few weeks after Chambers and Hatfield were killed in 1921.
'Part of the 42 men taken in the raid on Lick Creek Tent Colony by W. Va. State Police to find parties guilty of firing on automobiles passing the colony on public highway.'

12. Arrested Miners Under Guard

IDNO:
004168
Title:
Arrested Miners Under Guard
Description:
'Part of the 42 men taken in the raid on Lick Creek Tent Colony by W. Va. State Police to find parties guilty of firing on automobiles passing the colony on public highway.'