Miners and their families getting evicted at gunpoint from company housing during the strike. By Pittsburg Press - Coal Mine and Coke Oven Reclamation and Preservation Project Phase II:Early Coal Mines of Henry Clay FrickWestmoreland Fayette Historical SocietyProject Director: Cassandra Vivian“On the Warpath,” PittsburgPress, April 23, 1891. Scrapbook, April 18 to May 12 1891, Henry Clay Frick Business Records 1862-1987, Helen Clay Frick FoundationArchives, (AIS 2002 06), Henry Clay Frick Business Records, Scrapbook Series, Box 496, Volume 9, p. 41. Archives Service Center,University of Pittsburghhttps://www.westovertonvillage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Early-Coal-Mines-of-Henry-Clay-Frick.pdf, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74704449
Today in #LaborHistory 4/3/1891: Natl Guard fired on #immigrants with #UMW #union in Morewood, #Pennsylvania. Killed >10. Protesting #HenryClayFrick, also responsible for #Homestead #massacre following year. #AlexanderBerkman tried to assassinate Frick 1892. #anarchism #strike #mining #coal