Coal mining: West ia''s coal industry has a dark past
Apr 26, 2018· Battle of Blair Mountain A series of clashes culminated in the Battle of Blair Mountain in August and September of 1921. More than 10,000 armed union miners from the northern coalfields of West ia marched south to support unionizing efforts amid an antiunion regime in Logan County. The miners were met with the West ia state police and machine gun nests manned by mine .