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Group portrait of men at a UMWA Camp.

1. UMWA Camp, Pardoe, Pa.

Man pointing a gun at another man.

2. One of W. Va.'s Most Notorious Thugs

Man holding a tripod mounted gun.

3. One of W. Va.'s Most Notorious Thugs

Large crowd possibly at Fairmont. Musicians with instruments are at the front of the crowd.

4. Miners' Rally

During Unionization of Coal Company workers, miners' families were evicted from Company owned houses.  The Union supplied building material and land and the miners plus others constructed temporary barracks until the labor trouble was settled. Beside the barracks, there was room for small garden plots and here they are shown working in them. See New York Times Sunday Sept. 5th Picture Section.

5. Women Working in Garden at Barrack Village Near Fairmont, W. Va.

People playing baseball with a crowd surrounding the field watching.

6. Baseball at Blakely Field, Welch, W. Va.

Tracks going up mountain at Besoco, W. Va.

7. Besoco, W. Va., Mine

8. UMWA Supporters Including Van Bittner and Wife

Mother Jones (center), with John R. Lawson (left) and Horace Hawkins (right).

9. Mother Jones with U. M. W. A. organizer John R. Lawson and U. M. W. A. attorney Horace Hawkins

Newspaper reporter standing with a white flag.  Another one standing beside him. 'Athey Family Photos.'

10. Newspaper Reporter at Forbes

Sign on side of building reads, 'The 1917 scale means starvation wages, slavery conditions [and] sacrafice of honor to coal miners.'

11. Barracks at Irona with 1917 Scale Protest Sign, Irona, W. Va.

A portrait of Mother Jones, a prominent American labor and community organizer.

12. Mother Jones