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The National Guard stands behind a row of rifles.

1. National Guard at Sarita Mine, Cabin Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004197
Title:
National Guard at Sarita Mine, Cabin Creek, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The National Guard stands behind a row of rifles.
Group portrait of members of the Mingo County militia flying squad in front of an automobile. 'Pix used on page 58 of book.'

2. Flying Squad of Mingo Militia

IDNO:
004198
Title:
Flying Squad of Mingo Militia
Description:
Group portrait of members of the Mingo County militia flying squad in front of an automobile. 'Pix used on page 58 of book.'
People line the streets in front of the Matewan Hardware and Furniture Co. Inc. on Union Relief Day. 'Pix used on page 58 of book.'

3. Union Relief Day for Strikers at Matewan, W. Va.

IDNO:
004200
Title:
Union Relief Day for Strikers at Matewan, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
People line the streets in front of the Matewan Hardware and Furniture Co. Inc. on Union Relief Day. 'Pix used on page 58 of book.'
Mine guards carrying guns at Paint Creek.

4. Mine Guards at Paint Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004201
Title:
Mine Guards at Paint Creek, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Mine guards carrying guns at Paint Creek.
'Quarter inch iron plates placed around bed in house of P.A. Grady. In this and other houses such plates often saved the lives of sleepers during the disorders at Willis Branch.'

5. One of the Many Armor-Protected Beds at Willis Branch

IDNO:
004202
Title:
One of the Many Armor-Protected Beds at Willis Branch
Description:
'Quarter inch iron plates placed around bed in house of P.A. Grady. In this and other houses such plates often saved the lives of sleepers during the disorders at Willis Branch.'
Men being escorted to a train to go to a jail in Wheeling, W. Va. 'Wed. 9 a.m.'

6. Taking Prisoners to the Train Leaving for the Wheeling Jail

IDNO:
004203
Title:
Taking Prisoners to the Train Leaving for the Wheeling Jail
Description:
Men being escorted to a train to go to a jail in Wheeling, W. Va. 'Wed. 9 a.m.'
Several lines of laundry are hung around the wooden barracks which serve as homes for miners and their families. Published in "Bloodletting in Appalachia" by Howard B. Lee, p 152.

7. Barracks of Striking Miners Near Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
004204
Title:
Barracks of Striking Miners Near Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1925-1929
Description:
Several lines of laundry are hung around the wooden barracks which serve as homes for miners and their families. Published in "Bloodletting in Appalachia" by Howard B. Lee, p 152.
'The famous Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond built on the South side of New River in 1901. Pix used on page 209 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War of West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'

8. Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond, W. Va.

IDNO:
004206
Title:
Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
'The famous Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond built on the South side of New River in 1901. Pix used on page 209 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War of West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'
Portrait of Don Chafin, 'The Czar.'

9. Chafin, Don

IDNO:
004207
Title:
Chafin, Don
Description:
Portrait of Don Chafin, 'The Czar.'
Portrait of Maston White, 'victim of the 'Czar', Don Chafin.'

10. White, Maston

IDNO:
004208
Title:
White, Maston
Description:
Portrait of Maston White, 'victim of the 'Czar', Don Chafin.'
'Thomas L. Felts, active head of Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, the most feared and hated man in the mountains. Pix used on page 66 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War in West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'

11. Felts, Thomas L.

IDNO:
004209
Title:
Felts, Thomas L.
Description:
'Thomas L. Felts, active head of Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, the most feared and hated man in the mountains. Pix used on page 66 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War in West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'
Circles show the bullet scars. Bottom picture shows police in the streets after the massacre.

12. Main Street, Matewan, W. Va., Where Massacre Occurred

IDNO:
004210
Title:
Main Street, Matewan, W. Va., Where Massacre Occurred
Description:
Circles show the bullet scars. Bottom picture shows police in the streets after the massacre.