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#22 Whose America?, ep. 1: Rough Extraction

The Martyr Made Podcast

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The Miners' Strike Breakers - A Memoir

Mobs of women attacked strike breakers with broom handles. Coal tipples were set on fire, along with barns and other structures. Mother jones urged the miners not to engage directly with government forces. In one incident, she was barely able to restrain a mob of miners from murdering someone they thought was a scab.

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