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Strip mine fight sparks $500000 suit against John L Lewis
In Alabama a $500,000 damage suit alleges United Mine Workers President John L Lewis and other union officials organized a gun battle at a Walker County strip mine near Jasper last September. Eight defenders and an armed band exchanged hundreds of shots for more than an hour. union miner Herschel Davis, 61, died from wounds. The Preskitt brothers own the mine and had kept operations running during the miners walkout.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Preskitt Brothers
Walker County
Jasper
U. S
Counry
Herschel Davis
Preskitt