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On this day, March 9, 1910, the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, coal strike began
Working Class History @wrkclasshistory.bsky.social
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6h
#OtD 9 Mar 1910 the Westmoreland County Coal Strike began in PA, where 15,000 miners, mostly Slovak migrants, shut down 65 mines for over a year. Police violence & hardship eventually forced them to give in
https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10922/westmoreland-county-coal-strike
March 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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6h
#OtD 9 Mar 1910 the Westmoreland County Coal Strike began in PA, where 15,000 miners, mostly Slovak migrants, shut down 65 mines for over a year. Police violence & hardship eventually forced them to give in
https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10922/westmoreland-county-coal-strike
March 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
https://bsky.app/profile/wrkclasshistory.bsky.social/post/3ljwyyap7w22l