Lewis, Not Uncle Sam, Their Hero -- Among 36,000 soft coal miners who "jumped gun" on tomorrow midnight strike deadline and quit work yesterday were these workers at the Black Diamond mine in Monongahela, Pa. Striking miners ignored U.S. plea to honor contract, but otherwise observed a worried silence on what they thought of the coal crisis.

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Lewis, Not Uncle Sam, Their Hero -- Among 36,000 soft coal miners who "jumped gun" on tomorrow midnight strike deadline and quit work yesterday were these workers at the Black Diamond mine in Monongahela, Pa. Striking miners ignored U.S. plea to honor contract, but otherwise observed a worried silence on what they thought of the coal crisis.

Associated Press · [ca. November 1946]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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

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