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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Matewan Massacre Records

0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 1/2 in. (2 folders)
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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Matewan Massacre Records 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 1/2 in. (2 folders)

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.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miner's Treason Trials (Charlestown, W.Va.) Indictment and Article

0.06 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.75 in.
In 1922, twenty-four coal miners were jailed for treason in Charles Town, West Virginia, in the Jefferson County jail, as a result of violent conflict during the miners' attempt to unionize in Southwestern West Virginia in the early twentieth century. Collection contains photocopies of the miners' indictment and an article, "Treason Trials in the United States" from the American Law Review, volume 26.
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Miner's Treason Trials (Charlestown, W.Va.) Indictment and Article 0.06 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.75 in.

In 1922, twenty-four coal miners were jailed for treason in Charles Town, West Virginia, in the Jefferson County jail, as a result of violent conflict during the miners' attempt to unionize in Southwestern West Virginia in the early twentieth century. Collection contains photocopies of the miners' indictment and an article, "Treason Trials in the United States" from the American Law Review, volume 26.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miners' Treason Trials, Records

0.88 Linear Feet Summary: 10 1/2 in. (6 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
The collection consists of case papers for the trials of coal miners and UMWA leaders, indicted for treason in connection with the armed march into Logan County, West Virginia, during August and September, 1921. The main part of the papers concern the trials of Walter Allen, William Blizzard, C. Frank Keeney, Rev. J.E. Wilburn, and John Wilburn. There are also photocopies of an indictment dated 17 September 1921 and an indictment dated 12 January 1922, as well as other court records concerning the trials, collected by Prof. Festus P. Summers of West Virginia University.
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Miners' Treason Trials, Records 0.88 Linear Feet Summary: 10 1/2 in. (6 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Jefferson County, West Virginia. Circuit Court
The collection consists of case papers for the trials of coal miners and UMWA leaders, indicted for treason in connection with the armed march into Logan County, West Virginia, during August and September, 1921. The main part of the papers concern the trials of Walter Allen, William Blizzard, C. Frank Keeney, Rev. J.E. Wilburn, and John Wilburn. There are also photocopies of an indictment dated 17 September 1921 and an indictment dated 12 January 1922, as well as other court records concerning the trials, collected by Prof. Festus P. Summers of West Virginia University.

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