The First Action of the Mine Guards

The miners of cabin creek went on strike for a month. They demanded that mine owners establish 2,000 pounds as the official weight of a ton. The UMW provided food and other necessities from striking miners. Now when it became clear to the companies, the people who own the mines that these workers were striking from that this was not going to end quickly, the coal companies decided to bring in the big guns. And they brought in 300 detectives to act as strikebreakers. Mother Jones is perhaps the most colorful character of this era of American labor history.