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'Used for illustration in monongraph on Federal Surveillance of radicals in the Pittsburgh mill district.'

4165. Girdy [sic], E.

IDNO:
004167
Title:
Girdy [sic], E.
Description:
'Used for illustration in monongraph on Federal Surveillance of radicals in the Pittsburgh mill district.'
'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.'

4166. 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.'
A group of miners is sitting and standing next to a train.

4167. Miners Next to Train

IDNO:
004169
Title:
Miners Next to Train
Description:
A group of miners is sitting and standing next to a train.
'At Age 50. Atty. UMW No. 17. He later married Mrs. Ed Chambers. Ed Chambers was murdered in 1921 in Welch, W. Va. '

4168. Houston, Harold W.

IDNO:
004170
Title:
Houston, Harold W.
Description:
'At Age 50. Atty. UMW No. 17. He later married Mrs. Ed Chambers. Ed Chambers was murdered in 1921 in Welch, W. Va. '
'Miners on the last shift before the United Mine Workers of America members walk-out pending contract ratification ride a mine car into a drift mine at a Slab Fork Coal Company site in southern West Virginia. The shift ends at midnight Thursday marking the begining of the contract strike. (AP Laserphoto) (James Samsell/str52000jls)1981.'

4169. Last Trip Into the Mine, Stotesbury, W. Va.

IDNO:
004171
Title:
Last Trip Into the Mine, Stotesbury, W. Va.
Date:
1981/03/26
Description:
'Miners on the last shift before the United Mine Workers of America members walk-out pending contract ratification ride a mine car into a drift mine at a Slab Fork Coal Company site in southern West Virginia. The shift ends at midnight Thursday marking the begining of the contract strike. (AP Laserphoto) (James Samsell/str52000jls)1981.'
'A local tavern catering to coal miners stands adjacent to coal preparation plant for the Eccles mine owned by Westmoreland Coal Corp. The mine, which at one time employed some 500 miners has been idle due to a depressed metalurgical coal market according to some officials. For use with UMWA contract story. (AP Laserphoto) ( James Samsell/str3201jls) 1981.'

4170. Miners' Club Watering Hole

IDNO:
004172
Title:
Miners' Club Watering Hole
Date:
1981/03/24
Description:
'A local tavern catering to coal miners stands adjacent to coal preparation plant for the Eccles mine owned by Westmoreland Coal Corp. The mine, which at one time employed some 500 miners has been idle due to a depressed metalurgical coal market according to some officials. For use with UMWA contract story. (AP Laserphoto) ( James Samsell/str3201jls) 1981.'
'Coal miner, Herbert Presley, looks over a load of coal that he brought out of the Flat Gap mine near Norton Virginia, Thursday. Presley, along with 160,000 national UMW members walked off the job at 12:01 Friday morning. (AP Laserphoto) (sh60500stf-sh) 81 SLUG VIRGINIA MINES.'

4171. Last Few Loads, Norton, Va.

IDNO:
004173
Title:
Last Few Loads, Norton, Va.
Date:
1981/03/27
Description:
'Coal miner, Herbert Presley, looks over a load of coal that he brought out of the Flat Gap mine near Norton Virginia, Thursday. Presley, along with 160,000 national UMW members walked off the job at 12:01 Friday morning. (AP Laserphoto) (sh60500stf-sh) 81 SLUG VIRGINIA MINES.'
'United Mine Workers President Sam Church, right, greets miners at the Consol. Coal Co.'s Mathies Mine in Washington County at the 4p.m. shift change Thursday. Church is making seven state, five day tour of mines to promote the tentative contract that is to be voted on by the rank and file this coming Tuesday. Coal miners will go on strike as of 12:01 a.m. Friday in keeping of a long standing tradition of no contract, no work. (AP Laserphoto) (SEE AP WIRESTORY) (gjp51830stf-puskar)1981 Slug Words: PA MINERS.'

4172. Union Officials and Miners, Finleyville, Pa.

IDNO:
004174
Title:
Union Officials and Miners, Finleyville, Pa.
Date:
1981/03/26
Description:
'United Mine Workers President Sam Church, right, greets miners at the Consol. Coal Co.'s Mathies Mine in Washington County at the 4p.m. shift change Thursday. Church is making seven state, five day tour of mines to promote the tentative contract that is to be voted on by the rank and file this coming Tuesday. Coal miners will go on strike as of 12:01 a.m. Friday in keeping of a long standing tradition of no contract, no work. (AP Laserphoto) (SEE AP WIRESTORY) (gjp51830stf-puskar)1981 Slug Words: PA MINERS.'
'Coal Miner, Herbert Presley, drives a tandem motor out of the Flat Gap mine near Norton Virginia, Thursday. Presley is on the last shift to work prior to the strike set for 12:01 Friday morning. (AP Laserphoto) (sh51850stf-sh)81 SLUG VIRGINIA MINES.'

4173. Last Shift, Norton, Va.

IDNO:
004175
Title:
Last Shift, Norton, Va.
Date:
1981/03/26
Description:
'Coal Miner, Herbert Presley, drives a tandem motor out of the Flat Gap mine near Norton Virginia, Thursday. Presley is on the last shift to work prior to the strike set for 12:01 Friday morning. (AP Laserphoto) (sh51850stf-sh)81 SLUG VIRGINIA MINES.'
'A day shift worker at New River Coal Co.'s Stanaford mine mans a locomotive hauling supplies into a working section of the underground mine Monday. 160,000 members of the United Mine Workers of America may walk off the job when the present contract runs out midnight Thursday unless a new contract is accepted (AP Laserphoto) James Samsell1121100str) 1981."

4174. Miners Working, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
004176
Title:
Miners Working, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1981/03/23
Description:
'A day shift worker at New River Coal Co.'s Stanaford mine mans a locomotive hauling supplies into a working section of the underground mine Monday. 160,000 members of the United Mine Workers of America may walk off the job when the present contract runs out midnight Thursday unless a new contract is accepted (AP Laserphoto) James Samsell1121100str) 1981."
'These unidentified coal miners are shown walking out of the Cannelton No. 8 mine in Fayette County, W. Va., Thursday night. They are among the members of the United Mine Workers who began a nationwide strike at 12:01 a.m. EST Friday. (AP Laserphoto) (jwr6040mbrCNDM/Craig Cunningham) (1981) (See AP wire story PM-UMW Strike, Bjt.)'

4175. On Strike, Cannelton, W. Va.

IDNO:
004177
Title:
On Strike, Cannelton, W. Va.
Date:
1981/03/27
Description:
'These unidentified coal miners are shown walking out of the Cannelton No. 8 mine in Fayette County, W. Va., Thursday night. They are among the members of the United Mine Workers who began a nationwide strike at 12:01 a.m. EST Friday. (AP Laserphoto) (jwr6040mbrCNDM/Craig Cunningham) (1981) (See AP wire story PM-UMW Strike, Bjt.)'
'Coal miner Harmon Neal, an electrician at the Cannelton No. 8 mine in Fayette County, West Virginia, takes off his coat at the mine's lamp house Thursday night. Neal was leaving work to join fellow members of the United Mine Workers union, which began a nationwide strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday. (AP Laserphoto) (hwr6040mbrCNDM/Craig Cunningham) (1981) (See AP wire story PM-UMW Strike, Bjt.)'

4176. Leaving Work, Cannelton, W. Va.

IDNO:
004178
Title:
Leaving Work, Cannelton, W. Va.
Date:
1981/03/27
Description:
'Coal miner Harmon Neal, an electrician at the Cannelton No. 8 mine in Fayette County, West Virginia, takes off his coat at the mine's lamp house Thursday night. Neal was leaving work to join fellow members of the United Mine Workers union, which began a nationwide strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday. (AP Laserphoto) (hwr6040mbrCNDM/Craig Cunningham) (1981) (See AP wire story PM-UMW Strike, Bjt.)'