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News in Frederick, Maryland

29 Jun 1989

Page 16

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Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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Jun 29, 1989

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16

Gunshots Return to Coal Fields Amid Wildcat Strikes

Gunfire disrupted coal routes in Virginia and West Virginia as wildcat strikes by up to 37 000 miners spread across seven states in sympathy with Pittston Coal Group. No injuries were reported amid roadside shootings of four trucks and ongoing clashes with a court order against strikes.

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Charleston W.va Virginia West Virginia United Mine Workers Pittston Coal Group Inc Wildcat Gaston Caperton Pittston United Fine Workers Caperton UMW Kentucky
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Miners Camp Solidarity Drives Slowdown at Pittston Plant

In Carterton Virginia a few hundred wildcat strikers from West Virginia Kentucky Indiana and Ohio camp at a 10 acre union leased site near Pittston Coal’s Russell County processing plant. Convoys defend a daily slow parade along coal roads while police issue occasional tickets. District and federal judges move to block the action as miners vow to stay.

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Boomer Montgomery Virginia UMW Pittston Coal Group Vaughan Indiana West Virginia Alabama Minis Pennsylvania Carterton Camp Solidarity United Clinch River Russell County Pittston McClure Bill Bise Lebanon Mr. Bise Joyce Kiser Castlewood Wildcat Kentucky Ohio Tennessee Missouri Tim Evans Belva Coal Co Logan W Va Glen Williams U.S Evans Mr. Evans
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Illinois George Thacker Langsville Greenwich Conn Pittston Co Dennis Knapp NLRB Bituminous Coal Operators Association BCOA UMW District 17 Howard Green Boone County Elk Run Mining Co Gary Bain Elk Run Mining A.T. Massey Coal Co A.T. Massey Charlie Vaughan Addington Resources Inc Ashland Unity Frederick Clifford B. Silbiger W. Patrick Street Bon-Ton Frederick Towne Thruthurs
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