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IDNO:
003662
Title:
Barracks at Irona, W. Va.
Description:
Sign on barracks that reads, 'Homes of Union Miners who were evicted from the Weaver Coal Co. houses.'
IDNO:
003663
Title:
Barracks at Irona with 1917 Scale Protest Sign, Irona, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Sign on side of building reads, 'The 1917 scale means starvation wages, slavery conditions [and] sacrafice of honor to coal miners.'
IDNO:
003666
Title:
Strike Sign on Barracks at Irona, W. Va.
Description:
Sign reads, 'We ar on strike against a reductions in wages. And for an American standard of living. Fill your tank with unionism and step on the gas. We stand for organized labor. If a man owns his own soul, he will "dig" union price coal.'
IDNO:
003669
Title:
UMWA Local No. 4913 Sign at Irona, W. Va.
Description:
Sign reads, 'Irona, W. Va. Local Union UMWA. No. 4913 We stand 100% for the Baltimore Agreement. Hamstead's for Meat and Groceries.'
![Sign on side of building reads, 'The 1917 scale means starvation wages, slavery conditions [and] sacrafice of honor to coal miners.'](/thumb/003663.jpg "Barracks at Irona with 1917 Scale Protest Sign, Irona, W. Va.")
