Vintage West Virginia; On This Day in West Virginia History, October 1st

October 1, 2022

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

On October 1, 1952, violence broke out in Widen, the scene of a bitter 15-month coal strike.

Learn more: "Strikers Block Mine at Widen" "Widen Miner Killed, Two Wounded" "UMW Gives Up At Widen" Sources on the Widen Coal Strike of 1952-53 Union Leaflet Explaining Why Widen Miners Should Join the United Mine Workers (Blizzard Collection) Sample Ballot for Collective Bargaining Vote, Elk River Coal and Lumber Company, Widen (Blizzard Collection) Document-Based Questions