George C. McIntosh (1868-1935) Typed Document, 1895-1920 , A&M 2599

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Abstract

Memoirs of a retired newspaperman, editor, and Republican state house representative (1898-1901). McIntosh supported the Republican party and coal operator interests through his newspapers and periodicals, which included: HUNTINGTON GAZETTE, HUNTINGTON SUNDAY GAZETTE, HINTON FREE LANCE, FAYETTE JOURNAL, NEWS-MAIL CO., RALEIGH HERALD, and company magazines for the Island Creek Coal Company and Solvay Collieries. McIntosh discusses: his early employment on the railroads as census taker and assessor; his newspaper career; state politics; his fight against the Fayette Whiskey Ring; taxation; "The Committee of Twenty-eight"; "Lincoln Party" Convention; West Virginia Coal Association; United Fuel Gas Company; United Mine Workers; strikes; March on Mingo and Logan; Logan Coal Operators Association; and World War I and the National Defense Board. There is also some information on the McIntosh family history and genealogy. Among the persons mentioned are: Mather Archer, W.R. Bennett, William Blizzard, William M.O. Dawson, Samuel Dixon, Charles A. Goddard, Henry D. Hatfield, Bob Patterson, Oscar Price, Gen. J.W. St. Clair, M.J. Simms, and Z.T. Vinson.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], George C. McIntosh (1868-1935) Typed Document, A&M 2599, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Advertising
Archer, Mather.
Bennett, W.R.
Blizzard, William M. O.
Blizzard, William.
Coal - Island Creek Coal Co.
Coal - Solvay Collieries.
Coal - coal operators.
Coal companies - Island Creek Coal Company.
Coal companies - Solvay Collieries.
Coal miners - March on Mingo and Logan.
Coal mining - Labor organization.
Coal mining - Logan Coal Operators Association.
Coal mining - March on Mingo and Logan.
Coal mining - West Virginia Coal Association.
Coal mining - coal operators associations.
Coal mining -- Strikes
Coal mining.
Dawson, William M.O.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Dixon, Samuel.
Editors - letters and papers.
Elections
Fayette County - Fayette Whiskey Ring.
Fayette Whiskey Ring.
Gas industry
Goddard, Charles A.
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
Island Creek Coal Company
Logan Coal Operators Association
March on Mingo and Logan - coal.
McIntosh family
McIntosh family - Genealogy
McIntosh, George C.
National Defense Board - World War I.
News-Mail Company
Newspaper publishing
Newspapers.
Patterson, Bob.
Politics and government.
Price, Oscar.
Railroads
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Saint Clair, Gen. J.W.
Simms, M.J.
Solvay Collieries - coal.
Solvay Collieries.
Taxation
Union names.
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.
United Fuel Gas Company.
United Mine Workers of America
United States - Census returns.
United States - National Defense Board.
Vinson, Z.T.
West Virginia Coal Association
West Virginia. Legislature
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- National Defense Council (U.S.)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Archer, Mather.
Bennett, W.R.
Blizzard, William M. O.
Blizzard, William.
Dawson, William M.O.
Dixon, Samuel.
Goddard, Charles A.
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
McIntosh, George C.
McIntosh, George C., 1868-1935
Patterson, Bob.
Price, Oscar.
Saint Clair, Gen. J.W.
Simms, M.J.
Vinson, Z.T.