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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

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Omaha Steve

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Thu May 22, 2025, 06:42 AM May 22

Today in History: May 19, West Virginia's Matewan Massacre [View all]


Posted a few days late.

https://apnews.com/today-in-history/may-19

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published 11:00 PM CDT, May 18, 2025
Today in history:

On May 19, 1920, ten people were killed in a gun battle between coal miners, who were led by a local police chief, and a group of private security guards hired to evict them for joining a union in Matewan, West Virginia.


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