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Mine guards carrying guns at Paint Creek.

4201. 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.'

4202. 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.'

4203. 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.

4204. 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.
A portrait of W.B. Wilson, Secretary of United Mine Workers of America and T.D. Nicholls, President of District No. 1.

4205. Wilson, W.B. (Left), and T.D. Nicholls (Right)

IDNO:
004205
Title:
Wilson, W.B. (Left), and T.D. Nicholls (Right)
Date:
ca. 1903
Description:
A portrait of W.B. Wilson, Secretary of United Mine Workers of America and T.D. Nicholls, President of District No. 1.
'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.'

4206. 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.'

4207. Chafin, Don

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

4208. 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.'

4209. 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.

4210. 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.
A portrait of William H. Truesdale, President of D. L. and W, Railway, during the Anthracite Strike, 1902.

4211. Truesdale, William H., President of Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway

IDNO:
004211
Title:
Truesdale, William H., President of Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway
Date:
ca. 1903
Description:
A portrait of William H. Truesdale, President of D. L. and W, Railway, during the Anthracite Strike, 1902.
Circles show the bullet scars. Bottom picture shows police in the streets after the massacre.

4212. Main Street, Matewan, W. Va., Where Massacre Occurred

IDNO:
004212
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.