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Coal Hills Feud in West Virginia Turns Violent
In Williamson, West Virginia, a guerilla style clash between miners and mine guards escalates into a full blood feud. Federal troops arrive as 23 people die and 60 are injured in ongoing mine region confrontations. Troops patrol with bayonets and machine guns amid tents housing families. overall, labor and operator factions clash over unionization efforts in the mining counties.
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Weee
Huse Simenten
Siev. Cornwell
United Press Today
Harold PD. Jacobs
Minge County
Delmore
Harold B Jaccons
Laited Press
Williamson
W. Va
Cornwell
United States
19Th Infantry
Hail
Minge
West Virginia
Lawless
Elvil
McCoy-Hatfield
Riverfield
Ingo
Pike Counties
Testerman
Union