Battle of Blair Mountain

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The Battle of Blair Mountain was a major 1921 armed labor uprising in West Virginia, where thousands of coal miners confronted coal company forces and authorities in one of the largest labor conflicts in U.S. history.

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Battle of Blair Mountain canonical 3
Mingo County conflicts 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
historical event
labor uprising
aftermath decline of union influence in southern West Virginia coalfields
mass indictments of miners
treason trials against miner leaders
approximateStrength 10000–15000 miners
2000–3000 anti-union defenders
cause Matewan Massacre
surface form: Matewan Massacre and subsequent violence

assassination of Sid Hatfield
attempts to unionize non-union coal mines
coal company union-busting practices
eviction of union miners from company housing
longstanding labor disputes in West Virginia coalfields
combatant United States Army
West Virginia National Guard
West Virginia State Police
surface form: West Virginia state police

coal company private forces
local law enforcement
union coal miners
commander Bill Blizzard
Don Chafin
General Harry Hines Bandholtz
Governor Ephraim F. Morgan
conflictType labor conflict
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1921-09-02
heritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Blair Mountain, West Virginia
Logan County, West Virginia
memorializedBy historic markers in West Virginia
partOf Coal Wars
relatedTo Matewan Massacre
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia Mine Wars
surface form: West Virginia coal wars
result defeat of striking miners
dispersal of miners by federal troops
strengthening of coal company control in the short term
side United Mine Workers of America
surface form: United Mine Workers of America–aligned miners

coal operators and allied authorities
significance largest armed uprising in the United States since the American Civil War
one of the largest labor uprisings in U.S. history
turning point in American labor history
startDate 1921-08-25
timePeriod 1921
early 20th century
weaponsUsed aircraft for reconnaissance and bombing
machine guns
rifles
yearAddedToNationalRegister 2009

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United Mine Workers of America notableEventInHistory Battle of Blair Mountain
West Virginia Mine Wars hasPart Battle of Blair Mountain
West Virginia Mine Wars hasPart Battle of Blair Mountain
this entity surface form: Mingo County conflicts
West Virginia Mine Wars significantEvent Battle of Blair Mountain