Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Back to the Pits--Part of the morning shifts at the National No. 1 mine of the H. C. Frick Coke Co. near here are shown entering the pit today. The mine, along with most other soft coal operations throughout the nation, was closed by a UMW strike since Sept. 19. Diggers' chieftain, John L. Lewis, ordered the miners back to work yesterday.
Back to the Pits--Part of the morning shifts at the National No. 1 mine of the H. C. Frick Coke Co. near here are shown entering the pit today. The mine, along with most other soft coal operations throughout the nation, was closed by a UMW strike since Sept. 19. Diggers' chieftain, John L. Lewis, ordered the miners back to work yesterday.
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Back to the Pits--Part of the morning shifts at the National No. 1 mine of the H. C. Frick Coke Co. near here are shown entering the pit today. The mine, along with most other soft coal operations throughout the nation, was closed by a UMW strike since Sept. 19. Diggers' chieftain, John L. Lewis, ordered the miners back to work yesterday.

Associated Press · [ca. November 1949]

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[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Miners: U.S.

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