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State troops are standing behind the stacks of guns and ammunition that they seized during the First Martial Law Proclamation.

1. Guns and Ammunition Seized During First Martial Law Proclamation

IDNO:
004232
Title:
Guns and Ammunition Seized During First Martial Law Proclamation
Date:
1912
Description:
State troops are standing behind the stacks of guns and ammunition that they seized during the First Martial Law Proclamation.
State troops stand behind the huge piles of guns and ammunition that was captured or surrendered during the first martial law proclamation.

2. Guns and Ammunition Seized During First Martial Law Proclamation

IDNO:
004234
Title:
Guns and Ammunition Seized During First Martial Law Proclamation
Date:
1912
Description:
State troops stand behind the huge piles of guns and ammunition that was captured or surrendered during the first martial law proclamation.
'Arms and ammunition surrendered to or captured by state troops immediately after first declaration of martial law on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek, September 2, 1912. See book, page 32, etc. Picture used on page 32 of book by H. B. Lee. Rifles, machine guns, pistols, and ammunition seized by the militia in the strike zone. Boxes on the left contain 225,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition.'

3. Guns and Ammunition Seized During First Martial Law Proclamation

IDNO:
004233
Title:
Guns and Ammunition Seized During First Martial Law Proclamation
Date:
1912
Description:
'Arms and ammunition surrendered to or captured by state troops immediately after first declaration of martial law on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek, September 2, 1912. See book, page 32, etc. Picture used on page 32 of book by H. B. Lee. Rifles, machine guns, pistols, and ammunition seized by the militia in the strike zone. Boxes on the left contain 225,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition.'
Miners and troopers standing around a pile of guns. National Geographic. Do not copy.

4. Armed Miners and Troopers

IDNO:
004261
Title:
Armed Miners and Troopers
Date:
1921
Description:
Miners and troopers standing around a pile of guns. National Geographic. Do not copy.
'Some of the munitions taken from men who marched...'

5. Munitions Used during the Armed March of 1921

IDNO:
004270
Title:
Munitions Used during the Armed March of 1921
Date:
1921
Description:
'Some of the munitions taken from men who marched...'
Train on the way to the front, passing through Ramage, Boone Co. Photo by Miss Sara Jane Pollock, Daughter of A.W. Pollock, gen. mgr. of Spruce R. Coal Co., whose house is the highest in this picture.

6. Freight Train Loaded with Miners on Way to Front, Ramage, Boone County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004214
Title:
Freight Train Loaded with Miners on Way to Front, Ramage, Boone County, W. Va.
Date:
1921
Description:
Train on the way to the front, passing through Ramage, Boone Co. Photo by Miss Sara Jane Pollock, Daughter of A.W. Pollock, gen. mgr. of Spruce R. Coal Co., whose house is the highest in this picture.
Several lines of laundry are hung around the wooden barracks which serve as homes for miners and their families. Published in "Bloodletting in Appalachia" by Howard B. Lee, p 152.

7. Barracks of Striking Miners Near Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
004204
Title:
Barracks of Striking Miners Near Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1925-1929
Description:
Several lines of laundry are hung around the wooden barracks which serve as homes for miners and their families. Published in "Bloodletting in Appalachia" by Howard B. Lee, p 152.
Strikers' forts made of logs in Marion county during the 1925-29 strike. ' Picture used on pg. 149 of[Lee's] book.'

8. Strikers' Makeshift Fortifications at Grant Town, Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004263
Title:
Strikers' Makeshift Fortifications at Grant Town, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1925-1929
Description:
Strikers' forts made of logs in Marion county during the 1925-29 strike. ' Picture used on pg. 149 of[Lee's] book.'
'The famous Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond built on the South side of New River in 1901. Pix used on page 209 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War of West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'

9. Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond, W. Va.

IDNO:
004206
Title:
Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
'The famous Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond built on the South side of New River in 1901. Pix used on page 209 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War of West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'
Officers stand with many homemade stills that were confiscated. 'Pix used on page 75 of [Lee's] book.'From Lee's book, 'Bloodletting in Appalachia,' : "1. Judge R. D. Bailey, who tried defendants in Massacre trials; 2. Major Tom B. Davis, who enforced martial law in Mingo County."

10. Fruits of a 'Still' Hunt in the Strike District

IDNO:
004219
Title:
Fruits of a 'Still' Hunt in the Strike District
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Officers stand with many homemade stills that were confiscated. 'Pix used on page 75 of [Lee's] book.'From Lee's book, 'Bloodletting in Appalachia,' : "1. Judge R. D. Bailey, who tried defendants in Massacre trials; 2. Major Tom B. Davis, who enforced martial law in Mingo County."
Crowd of people stand outside the Matewan Hardware and Furniture Company, Inc.

11. Union Relief Day at Matewan

IDNO:
004245
Title:
Union Relief Day at Matewan
Date:
undated
Description:
Crowd of people stand outside the Matewan Hardware and Furniture Company, Inc.
'Top Row: W.W. Phaup, Robert Stringer Bottom Row: J.H. Hines, D.C. Slater. The last three killed at the Battle of Mucklow. Picture used on pg. 28 of [Lee's] book.'

12. Baldwin-Felts Detectives

IDNO:
004271
Title:
Baldwin-Felts Detectives
Date:
undated
Description:
'Top Row: W.W. Phaup, Robert Stringer Bottom Row: J.H. Hines, D.C. Slater. The last three killed at the Battle of Mucklow. Picture used on pg. 28 of [Lee's] book.'
Tents set up at the base of a mountain at Paint Creek, W. Va. 'Pix used on page 34 of [Lee's] book.'

13. Militia Encampment at Paint Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004250
Title:
Militia Encampment at Paint Creek, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Tents set up at the base of a mountain at Paint Creek, W. Va. 'Pix used on page 34 of [Lee's] book.'
'Bill Blizzard, left, and the Charles Town Courthouse, right, where old John Brown and 'General' Bill Blizzard were tried for treason.'

14. Blizzard, 'General' Bill and Charles Town Courthouse, Jefferson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004248
Title:
Blizzard, 'General' Bill and Charles Town Courthouse, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
'Bill Blizzard, left, and the Charles Town Courthouse, right, where old John Brown and 'General' Bill Blizzard were tried for treason.'
Ed Chambers is on the right. "Two Gun" Sid Hatfield on the left. The bottom is the courthouse at Welch. The x marks the spot where where Chambers and Hatfield were killed. 1921 strike. 'See [Lee's] book page 69.'

15. Chambers, Ed and 'Two Gun' Sid Hatfield

IDNO:
004220
Title:
Chambers, Ed and 'Two Gun' Sid Hatfield
Date:
undated
Description:
Ed Chambers is on the right. "Two Gun" Sid Hatfield on the left. The bottom is the courthouse at Welch. The x marks the spot where where Chambers and Hatfield were killed. 1921 strike. 'See [Lee's] book page 69.'

16. State Police and Mine Guards in Trenches on Blair Mountain

IDNO:
004242
Title:
State Police and Mine Guards in Trenches on Blair Mountain
Date:
undated
Top photo show tent colonies from a distance. Bottom photo shows a group of children stand with miners for a picture.

17. Strikers Tent Colonies in Mingo County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004252
Title:
Strikers Tent Colonies in Mingo County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Top photo show tent colonies from a distance. Bottom photo shows a group of children stand with miners for a picture.
'Left to Right 'Standing': Jim Maggard, Jury Foreman, Reese Chambers, C.H. Kisser, Fred Burgraph, Sid Hatfield, Nat Attwood, Ed Chambers, Lee Toller, and Clare Overstreet. Left to Right 'Kneeling': Bouser Coleman, Ben Mounts, Bill Bowman, Van Clay, Art Williams, and Hallie Chambers. First Row third from right is Jess Boyd, his name was not on the list. Pix used on page 61 of [Lee's] book.'

18. Defendants in Matewan Massacre Trials

IDNO:
004216
Title:
Defendants in Matewan Massacre Trials
Date:
undated
Description:
'Left to Right 'Standing': Jim Maggard, Jury Foreman, Reese Chambers, C.H. Kisser, Fred Burgraph, Sid Hatfield, Nat Attwood, Ed Chambers, Lee Toller, and Clare Overstreet. Left to Right 'Kneeling': Bouser Coleman, Ben Mounts, Bill Bowman, Van Clay, Art Williams, and Hallie Chambers. First Row third from right is Jess Boyd, his name was not on the list. Pix used on page 61 of [Lee's] book.'
Mine guards carrying guns at Paint Creek.

19. Mine Guards at Paint Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004201
Title:
Mine Guards at Paint Creek, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Mine guards carrying guns at Paint Creek.
'Top row, left to right: C.T. Higgins, Albert Felts, and Lee Felts; Bottom Row, left to right: C.B. Cunningham, A.J. Booher, E.O. Powell, and J.W. Ferguson. Group pix used on page 56 of [Lee's] book.'

20. Baldwin-Felts Detectives Killed in Matewan Massacre

IDNO:
004274
Title:
Baldwin-Felts Detectives Killed in Matewan Massacre
Date:
undated
Description:
'Top row, left to right: C.T. Higgins, Albert Felts, and Lee Felts; Bottom Row, left to right: C.B. Cunningham, A.J. Booher, E.O. Powell, and J.W. Ferguson. Group pix used on page 56 of [Lee's] book.'
People line the streets in front of the Matewan Hardware and Furniture Co. Inc. on Union Relief Day. 'Pix used on page 58 of book.'

21. Union Relief Day for Strikers at Matewan, W. Va.

IDNO:
004200
Title:
Union Relief Day for Strikers at Matewan, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
People line the streets in front of the Matewan Hardware and Furniture Co. Inc. on Union Relief Day. 'Pix used on page 58 of book.'
'Quarter inch iron plates placed around bed in house of P.A. Grady. In this and other houses such plates often saved the lives of sleepers during the disorders at Willis Branch.'

22. One of the Many Armor-Protected Beds at Willis Branch

IDNO:
004202
Title:
One of the Many Armor-Protected Beds at Willis Branch
Description:
'Quarter inch iron plates placed around bed in house of P.A. Grady. In this and other houses such plates often saved the lives of sleepers during the disorders at Willis Branch.'
'Don Chafin (marked with an X) and a number of his company-paid deputies. Pix used on p. 88 of [Lee's] book.'

23. Chafin, Don and a Number of His Company's Paid Deputies

IDNO:
004273
Title:
Chafin, Don and a Number of His Company's Paid Deputies
Description:
'Don Chafin (marked with an X) and a number of his company-paid deputies. Pix used on p. 88 of [Lee's] book.'
A flying squad of Mingo Militia holding guns while standing in front of a car. "Picture used on page 588 of book."

24. Flying Squad of Mingo Militia

IDNO:
004267
Title:
Flying Squad of Mingo Militia
Description:
A flying squad of Mingo Militia holding guns while standing in front of a car. "Picture used on page 588 of book."