Mango County Is the Enemy of the Union

The union was ultimately stymied in this nationwide strike by a mix of public disapproval and the fact that there were still a lot of non union mines in West Virginia. Most of the miners there were farmers first men who saw coal mining as a temporary placeholder gig when prices were low or crop yields were poor. They didn't truly identify as minors and so it was hard to organize them. Mango County remained resistant to the cause of organized labor until early 1920.