Monday, 7 November 2011

THE LUDLOW MASSACRE 1914 AND HARLAN COUNTY COAL STRIKE 1973 John L. Lewis and the UMWA.


  1. Links Credi To Google:

    John LLewis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Lewis
    Jump to United Mine Workers of America‎: After serving as statistician and then as vice-president for the UMWALewis became that union's acting ...

    John LLewis : Biography

    www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlewisJL.htm 
    John Llewellyn Lewis, the son of immigrants from Wales, was born in Iowa on 12th ...John Llewellyn Lewis, who served as chairman of the UMWA's Welfare and ...



    1. UMWA in Action | United Mine Workers of America

      25 Oct 2011 – Founded in 1890, the UMW organizes coal miners, clean coal technicians, health care workers, truck drivers, and school board employees in ...


    2. A Brief History of the UMWA | United Mine Workers of America

      www.umwa.org/?q=content/brief-history-umwa
      In the history of American labor, the United Mine Workers of America has ...

    United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)

    american-business.org/2785-united-mine-workers-of-america-umwa... 
    Jump to Working Conditions and Strikes‎: The strikes continued throughout the century. In Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1973, the miners struck, and again ...

    Historical Foreward and Bibliography

    www.cobar.org/page.cfm/ID/581/
    Or that hard-rock miners went out on strike in the mountains of Colorado as early ...and political life of Las Animas and Huerfano Counties, the site of the strike, in the ... in 1903 to replace an earlier wave of immigrant miners from Ireland and Wales. .... The cost of supporting a force of 695 enlisted men and 397 officers had ...

    Violence

    www.ditext.com/taft/violence.html 
    Strike violence can therefore be differentiated from violence that is stimulated by general..... The strike had the support of the citizens along the right of way, and no .... Whenminers in Athens County, Ohio, interfered with the movement of coal ..... and Welshwere the principal sources of labor.39 By 1900, large numbers of ...

    1. 1914: The Ludlow Massacre | libcom.org

      libcom.org/history/1914-the-ludlow-massacre
      11 Sep 2006 – The history of the Ludlow Massacre of striking coal miners, which was one ... Issues concerning labour had dogged the United States for many ...
    2. The Ludlow Massacre

      www.spunk.org/texts/places/us/sp000937.txt
      This became known as the Ludlow Massacre." The Ludlow Massacre "... shortly after Woodrow Wilson took office there began in Colorado one of the most bitter 
    3. Ludlow Massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre
      The entire strike would cost between 69 and 199 lives, described as the "deadliest strike in the history of the United States". The Ludlow Massacre was a 
    4. The Ludlow Massacre (Woody Guthrie)

      members.fortunecity.com/folkfred/ludlow.html
      The aftermath of the Ludlow Massacre, 1914 ... Then came Ludlow and the nation heard. Little children ... The state soldiers jumped us in a wire fence corners, ...
    5. The Ludlow Massacre in Pictures

      www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-ludlow-massacre-pictures
      The Ludlow Massacre has been marked as the bloodiest labor dispute in U.S. history. Recent events in Chile have shown that mining continues to be a ...
    6. Ludlow Massacre Lyrics - Woody Guthrie

      www.lyricsfreak.com/w/woody.../ludlow+massacre_20233150.html
      Ludlow Massacre Lyrics - It was early springtime that the strike was on They moved usminers out of doors Out ... We dug us a cave that was seven foot deep .
    7. WOODY GUTHRIE - LUDLOW MASSACRE LYRICS

      www.metrolyrics.com/ludlow-massacre-lyrics-woody-guthrie.html
      Send "Ludlow Massacre" Ringtone to your Cell. It was early spring time that the strike was on They moved us miners out of doors Out from the houses that the ...
    8. The Ludlow Massacre: The Official US Government Report on the ...

      www.amazon.co.uk › Books › History
      The Ludlow Massacre: The Official US Government Report on the Colorado Miner's Strike of 1913-1914 eBook: US Commission on Industrial Relations: ...
    9. The Ludlow Massacre | United Mine Workers of America

      www.umwa.org/?q=content/ludlow-massacre
      ... 18 innocent men, women and children were killed in the Ludlow Massacre. ... theU.S. Department of the Interior designated the Ludlow site as a National ...
    10. "Ludlow Massacre" by Woody Guthrie

      www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Ludlow_Massacre.htm
      Ludlow Massacre Words and Music by Woody Guthrie. It was early springtime when the strike was on, They drove us miners out of doors, Out from the houses.







      1. Harlan County, Kentucky - Official Web Site - Welcome!

        www.harlancountytrails.com/ 
        Complete source for information on all tourism destinations in Harlan County, Kentucky, including ATV and off-road trails, horseback trails, hiking and more.

        Harlan County, Kentucky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County,_Kentucky
        Harlan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1819. As of 2000, the population was 33200. Its county seat is Harlan. ...


      2. Harlan County, USA is an Oscar-winning 1976 documentary film covering the ...

      3. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) - IMDb

        www.imdb.com/title/tt0074605/
        Rated 4.0 out of 5.0
         Rating: 8.3/10 - 2,011 votes
        A filmed account of a bitterly violent miner strike.
        Directed by Barbara KoppleStarring Norman YarboroughHouston ElmorePhil Sparks.


        Harlan County, USA by Peter Biskind

        www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC14folder/HarlanCty.html 
        by P Biskind - 1977 - Cited by 3 - Related articles
        HARLAN COUNTY, USA, Barbara Kopple's feature length film about a coal miners' strike in Kentucky, is the best U.S. documentary in a long time. The film has ..


        Harlan Coal Strike

        homepage.mac.com/barbarap2/home/laborcrises/Harlan.htm 
        "During the summer of 1931 strike in Harlan County, Kentucky, at least seven large coal companies in the surrounding states forbid the possession of the ...


        Kentucky Coal Miners

        www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycoalmi/ 
        Coal Miners website, Eastern kentucky, Harlan, Bell, Leslie. ... Nine Hundred National Guard was sent to Harlan County under the disguise of keeping the peace. ... StrikingMiners referred to outside men as *Scabs* as they were escorted to ...


























                                                                      1. TopicsENG210-C-Sp2011 - Harlan County Coal strike of the 1973 - 74

                                                                        topicseng210-c-sp2011.wikispaces.com/Harlan+County+Coal+strike+... 
                                                                        1 Feb 2011 – Harlan County Coal Strike of 1973-74. The strike began at Eastover Coal Company's Brookside. It began when the owner refused to sign a ...

                                                                        Back Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes - Google Books Result

                                                                        books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0813190010...Dwight B. Billings, Gurney Norman, Katherine Ledford - 2000 - History - 368 pages
                                                                        The coal strike pitted 180 miners against Duke Power Company, a fairly new actor on... supported by the Harlan County Coal Operators Association. Two months into the strike Eastover managed to get a court injunction limiting the number ...

                                                                        Harlan County, USA | Watch Free Documentary Online

                                                                        www.documentarywire.com/harlan-county-usa 
                                                                        This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the EastoverMining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers ...

                                                                        “Everything is for the rich people, and the poor people are just hurting”

                                                                        www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jul2010/harl-j22.shtml 
                                                                        22 Jul 2010 – Harlan County had been home to some of the most intense and violent labor struggles in the United ... In 1973, miners at the Eastover Coal Company'sBrookside Mine and Prep Plant went on strike for union recognition. ...

                                                                        Wildcats In The Appalachian Coal Fields -William Cleaver | libcom.org

                                                                        libcom.org/.../wildcats-appalachian-coal-fields-william-cleaver-zerow... 
                                                                        The 1974 coal strike and settlement were an attempt by capital to stabilize class ...from the mountains to the cities of the North and East. Over the past decade, .... During the Sixties most of the large coal companies were either acquired by oil ... the reunionization of the Brookside mine in 'Bloody Harlan County' Kentucky. ...






                                                                      2. Videos fo HARLAN COUNTY

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                                                                        Jim Ford - Harlan County - youtube.com
                                                                        4 min - Harlan County (1969)




                                                                        Dave Alvin - Harlan County Line - youtube.com
                                                                        5 min - Eleven Eleven (2011)

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                                                                      3. Harlan County USA - YouTube - youtube.com
                                                                        25 Nov 2006 - 3 min - Uploaded by bigboogertz
                                                                        This is the Harlan County USA movie trailer. This is a ...












































































































































































































































































































































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