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Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence between Harold Houston, chief attorney for UMWA District 17 and Floyd Evans of the legal firm of Evans and
Sampselle concerning trials after the "Matewan Massacre." Legal affidavits pertaining to the miners' trials of 1922 in Charles
Town, West Virginia and to the Red Jacket Coal and Coke Co. and Hitchman Coal and Coke Company's suits against John L. Lewis
and John Mitchell of the UMWA. Proclamations of Governor E.F. Morgan concerning the 1921 Mingo County mine strikes. An affidavit
dated 1934, complaining of unauthorized union dues check offs by the Lang Coal Co. of Eskdale, WV.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Matewan Massacre Records, A&M 2962, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.