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.'
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.
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.
'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."
'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.'
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.'
'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.'
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.'
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.'