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

The Martyr Made Podcast

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Coal Mines - The Coal Company's Own Store

Anybody found with unauthorized reading material was just fired on the spot. Company mine guards would parol voting stations during elections, intimidating workers to make sure they voted the way the company wanted. Two deputies were stationed at each railroad depot and on each train to prevent union organizers from entering logan county. The deputy sheriffs, like the county sheriff, were paid by personal checks from the coal operators. In one year, the association paid out 61 thousand 517 dollars to these deputies for protection against the union.

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