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Pl um Run Strike Breakers Depart as Non union Labor Fails
Striking miners and officials report 60 of 104 imported workers accepted railroad tickets from President Watkins and left Jefferson County. Only about 50 non union men remain, most ignorant of coal mining, making restart unlikely. Guards tried to keep order. many deserters cited hoped higher wages elsewhere. The union press vows to hold until 1903 end while tensions rise at Plum Run and Dildonvale.
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Plum Run
U. S. Coal Co
Watkins
Jefferson County
Pham Run
Mine Workers’ Organization
Cox
Garg
Bradley
Steubenville
Coal Company
Dildonvale
The
Supt. Cox
Isaac Cantor
St. Louis
Cleveland
Smithfield