minewar.org documenting the 1930's Illinois Mine War
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“The so-called Progressive Miners of America will indubitably suffer the same fates as a long list of its predecessor dual organizations.”
John L. Lewis, President, United Mine Workers of America
“We have come…to seek redress from the oppressive and intolerable conditions in the coal fields of Illinois. Dare you fail us now?”
Agnes Burns Wieck, President, Women’s Auxiliary of the PMA