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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.'