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E57: West Virginia Mine Wars, part 1

Working Class History

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The Battle of Maitwan

CC Testaments was the Mayor of Maitwan, West Virginia in 1920. He describes Sid Hatfield as 'one of the bravest men I ever saw' The town was at the centre of a battle between coal operators and union workers. Mr Testaments says he would have left his job if he had known how things would turn out.

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