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

Identifier:

003663

Collection Number:

A&M 1698, Bittner Collection

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.'

Subjects:

Coal miners--Labor unions--West Virginia--Irona., Coal Mines and Mining--Strikes--Bittner Collection., Coal miners--Dwellings--West Virginia--Irona.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView