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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

Tents behind fence in front of building. Laundry hanging on line. Some men on right side.

13. Miners Tent Colony

14. Child in Window of Barrack

Three barracks in the snow.

15. Barracks at Jamison No. 9., Marion County, W. Va.

16. Miners' Children in Front of Barracks, Grant Town, W. Va.

Looking down at a tent colony.

17. Coal Miners' Tent Colony

Miners families in front of Lewistown Barracks.

18. Barracks at Lewistown, W. Va.

Barracks in Maidsville, Monongalia County, West Virginia.

19. Barracks at Maidsville, W. Va.

John L. Lewis standing on a platform decorated in stars and stripes.

20. Lewis, John L. Giving a Speech

Located in Marion County.

21. Barracks at Baxter, W. Va.

View of barracks on hill above house with picket fence. Two females are standing in what appears to be the snowy road.

22. Barracks at Mt. Clare, W. Va.

Laundry hanging on line near barracks in Dakota, W. Va. with railroad tracks nearby.

23. Barracks at Dakota, W. Va.

Group portrait of coal miners and their families sitting outside a barrack at Owings, West Virginia coal mining town.

24. Local Union No. 4010, Owings, W. Va.

25. Barracks at Watson, W. Va.

26. Barracks at Monongah, W. Va.

Barracks with tree in front at Rivesville, W. Va. with some snow and a girl standing on the right.

27. Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.

Laundry hanging on line between two barracks in Baxter, W. Va.

28. Barracks at Baxter, W. Va.

Group of men and women holding signs in boycott of Schwab Clothing Company.

29. Boycotting Schwab Clothing Company

Set of doors to wooden barracks.

30. Barracks at Bear Mountain, W. Va.

31. Barracks at Baxter, W. Va.

Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va. with baskets or washtubs hanging on outside. Also, coal storage on right.

32. Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.

Laundry is on line in front of the barracks.

33. Barracks at Pitcairn, W. Va.

Children stand on porch in the snow outside of a barrack.

34. Miner's Children in front of Barracks, Howesville, W. Va.

A man and woman are standing in doorway of barracks.

35. Barracks at Osage, W. Va.

Group portrait of the Monongah Band from U.M.W.A. local 1643.

36. United Mine Workers of America Monongah Band Local No. 1643

Side view of barracks at Rivesville, W. Va. with car on right and people in distance between barracks.

37. Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.

Car on road between a house and barracks.

38. Barracks at Monongah, W. Va.

39. Miner's Families in front of Barracks at Lewistown, W. Va.

40. Lumber Stacked Beside Barracks at Ida May, W. Va.

Row of  miners' houses.

41. Empty Company Houses in Monongah, W. Va.

42. Barracks at Grant Town, W. Va.

Children with two women and a man.

43. Mining Family and Guests

44. Barracks at Meadowbrook, W. Va.

45. Women and Children next to a Barrack

View of some snow covered houses with barracks in the distance.

46. Homes at Jamison No. 8, Farmington, W. Va.

Family standing in front of a wooden barrack.

47. Mining Family at Bear Mountain, W. Va.

48. Barracks at Barrackville, W. Va.