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Sign on barracks that reads, 'Homes of Union Miners who were evicted from the Weaver Coal Co. houses.'

1. Barracks at Irona, W. Va.

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

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

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.'
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.'

3. Strike Sign on Barracks at Irona, W. Va.

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.'
Sign reads, 'Irona, W. Va. Local Union UMWA. No. 4913 We stand 100% for the Baltimore Agreement. Hamstead's for Meat and Groceries.'

4. UMWA Local No. 4913 Sign at Irona, W. Va.

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.'