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Yablonski Murder Ties to Coal Mine Strike Tensions
In a WV home near the mine district, Frank Yablonski and his wife Charlotte were killed in a violent home invasion. Kenneth and Joseph Yablonski call it political assassination tied to union leadership, while W. A. Boyle and coroner Farrell Jackson dispute any election link. The scene revealed multiple gunshot wounds and the couple’s daughter was killed, with seven thousand to ten thousand miners already striking earlier, highlighting safety and pension fund corruption accusations against Boyle.
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