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Coal miners in Kanawha County demanded that operators raise their compensation rate to that of the surrounding area. The operators refused the demand, and therefore striking began on April 18, 1912 which lasted through July of 1913.

1. Paint Creek JCT, Coal Mine Strike, Cabin Creek, W. Va.

Engineer C. V. Berry, left, and brakeman Walter Bennett, right, are pictured with the coal company's railway engine.

2. Glendale Colliery Company Engine, Backus, W. Va.

Workers line up around the building waiting to receive their paychecks.

3. Pay Day at Cannelton Coal and Coke Company, Cannelton, W. Va.

Men carry coal from a railroad car and shovel coal into furnaces.

4. Coke Ovens in Eagle, W. Va.

An electric haulage rail system at mine no. 2. An Africa-American miner is pictured in the conductor's seat on the train engine. Miners inspect the coal loaded into the carts before it is transported.

5. Mecca Colliery and Coke Company, Morris Creek, near Montgomery, W. Va.

Merchant's & Miners Bank Building pictured on the right.

6. Mine Street, Oak Hill, W. Va.

A group of miners sit inside the Ford bus that will take them to the Wenonah Mine.

7. Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company Bus No. 1, Dott, W. Va.