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193953575Chicago: Du Quoin Mines Defense Committee 1939. First Edition. Quarto 30cm. Bifolium circular single sheet folded to make 4pp; illus. Also three laid-in clippings relating to the case; draft resolution for the use of UMWA locals; and petition form blank for submission to Hon. Henry Horner Governor of Illinois. Mild wear and soil; ink date at base of first page; Very Good or better overall. Apparently complete campaign packet as distributed to UMWA locals in Illinois following the sentencing of five Du Quoin Illinois miners for the death of a bystander during a violent strike at the United Electric Coal Company's strip mine in Perry County. The brochure gives background on the case prints the joint petition of the United Mine Workers and the Progressive Mine Workers of America and statements by Norman Thomas Charles Edward Russell Margaret Marshall and others. Catalogued but not located in OCLC. Du Quoin Mines Defense Committee unknown books
197228341Huntington WV: Appalachian Movement Press 1972. Reprint. Quarto 28cm. Pictorial staplebound wrappers 20pp illus. Mild toning to upper page edges else Fine. A selection of articles reprinted from Labor Age dating from April to December 1931 depicting harsh living conditions and general union activities of the West Virginia mountaineer miner. Heavily illustrated with photographs and political drawings. Appalachian Movement Press unknown books
19257766Charlottesville: University of Virginia 1925. First Edition. Original printed wrappers softcover as issued; 322pp; 27 illustrations from photographs; 30 text figures. Ownership markings; moderate wear/soil to covers; internally clean and unmarked; Very Good. A publication of the Virginia Geological Survey prepared in Co-Operation with the United States Geological Survey and the Virginia Office of State Forests. University of Virginia unknown books
193248445NY: Hudson coal Co 1932. Second edn. 8vo pp. xv 425. Glossary index. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. Maroon cloth stamped in black. Cover slightly soiled and little worn at top of spine o/w a VG tight copy. The history of anthracite mining in northeastern Pennsylvania. Hudson coal Co unknown books
190317337Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1903. First Edition. Octavo 22cm. Blue ribbed cloth titled in gilt on spine; 257pp; frontispiece map. Slight external wear and soil; front endpaper chipped and tape-repaired; Very Good. Official report of Theodore Roosevelt's independent Commission appointed "at the request of both the operators and of the miners" in October 1902 to investigate the causes of the Great Anthracite Strike of that year. The Commission's report marked an important mileston in the history of American labor negotiations as this was the first instance of the Federal government acting as an independent arbitrator in a labor dispute. The results were varied but generally were considered favorable to the United Mine Workers whose members received a 10% pay increase and a reduction in working hours. Government Printing Office unknown books
198114798Jackson MS: The University Press of Mississippi 1981. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm. Original green cloth boards pictorial dustjacket 64pp illus. Signed by author to title page with laid-in holograph note from author to reviewer. Some spotting to page edges minor yellowing to dustjacket extremities. Very Good. A compilation of mining poems by Appalachian scholar and writer James B. Goode. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Laid in is a newspaper clipping of the book review written by William Paulk. Author's 12-line note dated 7/16/81 thanks Paulk for his interest and offers to send autographed copies. The University Press of Mississippi unknown books
19094198Durango CO 1909. Manuscript map in black ink 75 cm x 83 cm / 29 1/2" x 32 1/2" on a single sheet 81 cm x 89 cm / 32" x 35" in Nice condition with no rips tears or stains. Large mine map for the Perins Peak Mine which was north of Durango Colorado on Lightner Creek. Later it was known as the Boston Mine and between 1901 to 1926 produced over one million tons of coal. The mine boomed long enough for the now ghost town of Perrin to have three-hundred people call it home. Presumed unique. Rare. unknown books
19143211Denver: Committee of Coal Mine Managers 1914. Pamphlet. 72p. wraps slightly edge worn else very good condition first edition. Series 1. No more issued. On the strike against The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and the Ludlow massacre from the employers' point of view. Committee of Coal Mine Managers unknown books
1910WRCAM4246Washington 1910. 374pp. 11 folding maps and charts. Buckram. Ex-lib. with bookplate. Very good. Exhaustive report with many detailed maps. hardcover books
190220871Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs 1902. First Edition. 7.5 x 5 in. 97 pp with three illustrations from photographs in original pictorial cloth. Light scuffing to corners and spine ends pale stain to frontis not affecting illustration previous owners' names on front endpapers. Very good. In 1902 the United States depended on anthracite or "hard coal" for domestic heating. Anthracite coal miners in Pennsylvania went on strike on May 12 demanding higher wages a shorter workday and recognition of their union the United Mine Workers of America. As the strike dragged on over several months public anxiety about fuel shortages led President Roosevelt to take the unprecedented action of stepping in to bring about a resolution. On October 3 1902 he met with presidents of the mine-owning railroads and union leaders. The owners refused to enter into negotiations with the union and the conference disbanded without resolving the crisis. Roosevelt then formed a commission to investigate the strike. Secretary of War Elihu Root and banker J. P. Morgan convinced railroad leaders to abide by the findings of the presidentially appointed commission. The union also accepted the commission and on October 20 voted to end the strike. In March 1903 the anthracite-coal commission recommended increasing miners' pay by ten percent one half of their demand and reducing the working day from ten to nine hours. Stewart Culin was a private in the Second Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry which was sent in August 1902 to maintain peace and order in Carbon County where the strike was centered. He later became an important ethnographer and his considered narrative and analysis of the strike reflects the eye of a keen observer. George W. Jacobs hardcover books
