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Group portrait of men at a UMWA Camp.
Man pointing a gun at another man.
Man holding a tripod mounted gun.
Large crowd possibly at Fairmont. Musicians with instruments are at the front of the crowd.
During Unionization of Coal Company workers, miners' families were evicted from Company owned houses.  The Union supplied building material and land and the miners plus others constructed temporary barracks until the labor trouble was settled. Beside the barracks, there was room for small garden plots and here they are shown working in them. See New York Times Sunday Sept. 5th Picture Section.
People playing baseball with a crowd surrounding the field watching.
Tracks going up mountain at Besoco, W. Va.
Mother Jones (center), with John R. Lawson (left) and Horace Hawkins (right).
Newspaper reporter standing with a white flag.  Another one standing beside him. 'Athey Family Photos.'
Sign on side of building reads, 'The 1917 scale means starvation wages, slavery conditions [and] sacrafice of honor to coal miners.'
A portrait of Mother Jones, a prominent American labor and community organizer.