
#22 Whose America?, ep. 1: Rough Extraction
The Martyr Made Podcast
The Death Train of West Virginia
The interior of the bull pen at paint creek was described as vile, with sleeping quarters inadequate and sanitation unspeakable. We learned that 50 miners were being held there, only three of whom were not native west virginians. Even with two or three men sleeping in the coal bin, many were forced to spend the night standing upright in the corners. While we were on our way back home, hell broke loose in the entire kanaha valley. Armed miners from all parts of the state were on the march with the avowed purpose of destroying the hated death train. There were hundreds of incidents. Vengeance stalked the green valleys of west virginia.
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