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WV History I'm Actually Proud Of: Part II -- The Battle of Blair Mountain (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is part two of a series of pieces of WV history I'm actually proud of; history our residents / voting demographic seem to have completely forgotten.

The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia.

For five days from late August to early September 1921, some 10,000 armed coal miners confronted 3,000 lawmen and strikebreakers (called the Logan Defenders) who were backed by coal mine operators during the miners' attempt to unionize the southwestern West Virginia coalfields when tensions rose between workers and mine management. The battle ended after approximately one million rounds were fired, and the United States Army, represented by the West Virginia Army National Guard led by McDowell County native William Eubanks, intervened by presidential order.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shame we've lost our way. Next time the old guys at work cheer on and celebrate the stripping of whatever labor rights or safety regulations, I'll remind them, again, of Blair Mountain. Wish it stuck in their craw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

No doubt. Everything they're cheering for now that's being stripped away was paid for in blood. Their great-granddaddies are probably rolling in their graves.