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Headline from Wheeling Register


On July 27, 1897, a conference of leaders from various trade unions met in Wheeling to support striking coal miners.

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Telegram on Wheeling Labor Conference
"United Labor of the United States Appeals to the Country to Assist the Miners in Their Struggle"
"The Debs Meeting Was A Monster"


On This Day in West Virginia History: July

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