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PAINT CREEK-CABIN CREEK STRIKE


The following books and articles relating to the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike of 1912-13 can be found at the Archives and History Library.

BOOKS/PERIODICALS

Bailey, Kenneth R. "'Grim Visaged Men' and The West Virginia National Guard in the 1912-13 Paint and Cabin Creek Strike." West Virginia History 41, no. 2 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, Winter 1980): 111-25.

Cole, Merle T. "Martial Law in West Virginia and Major Davis as 'Emperor of Tug River'." West Virginia History 43, no. 2 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, Winter 1982): 118-144.

"'Committee Condemns W. Va. Mine Owners': Debs, Germer and Berger Report." West Virginia History 52 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, 1993): 19-26. [on-line]

Corbin, David A. and Roger Fagge. "Debs's Visit Challenged in Historical Interpretation." West Virginia History 52 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, 1993): 27-32. [on-line]

Corbin, David A. "The Socialist and Labor Star: Strike and Suppression in West Virginia, 1912- 1913." West Virginia History 34, no. 2 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, January 1973): 168-86.

Corbin, David Alan. The West Virginia Mine Wars: An Anthology, Charleston, West Virginia, Appalachian Editions, 1990.
331.89 W521c.

Fagge, Roger. "Eugene V. Debs in West Virginia, 1913: A Reappraisal."West Virginia History 52 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, 1993): 1-18. [on-line]

Hadsell, Richard M. and William E. Coffey. "From Law and Order to Class Warfare: Baldwin-Felts Detectives in the Southern West Virginia Coal Fields." West Virginia History 40, no. 3 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, Spring 1979): 268-86.

Hess, J. W. Struggle in the Coal Fields, The Autobiography of Fred Mooney, West Virginia University Foundation, Parsons, West Virginia, McClain Printing Company, 1967.
331.881 M77.

Karr, Carolyn. "A Political Biography of Henry Hatfield." West Virginia History 28, nos. 1&2 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, October 1966 and January 1967): 35-63, 137-70 (pages 145-47 on strike).

Lee, Howard Burton. Bloodletting in Appalachia: The Story of West Virginia's Four Mine Wars and Other Thrilling Incidents of its Coal Fields, Morgantown, West Virginia, West Virginia University, 1969.
331.89 L51.

Lewis, Ronald L. "The Black Presence in the Paint-Cabin Creek Strike 1912-1913." West Virginia History 46 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, 1985-86): 59- 71.

Lunt, Richard D. Law and Order vs. the Miners: West Virginia, 1907-1933, Charleston, West Virginia, Appalachian Editions, 1979.
331. 881 L964.

McCormick, Kyle. "The National Guard of West Virginia during the Strike Period of 1912-1913." West Virginia History 22, no. 1 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, October 1960): 34-35.

Scholten, Pat Creech, "The Old Mother and Her Army: The Agitative Strategies of Mary Harris Jones." West Virginia History 40, no. 4 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, Summer 1979): 365-74.

Sprague, Stuart Seely. "Unionization Struggles on Paint and Cabin Creeks, 1912-1913." West Virginia History 38, no. 3 (Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, April 1977): 185-213.

Sullivan, Ken. The Goldenseal Book of the West Virginia Mine Wars: Articles Reprinted From the Goldenseal Magazine, 1977-1991, Charleston, West Virginia, Pictorial Histories Publishing, 1991.
331.892 G618s

Wallace, George Sheldon. In the matter of the Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor of the United States Pursuant to Senate Resolution 37, Authorizing the Appointment of a Committee to Make an Investigation, Charleston, West Virginia, Tribune Printing Company, 1913.
331.8928 W189.

West Virginia. Conditions in the Paint Creek District, West Virginia: Investigation by Sub- Committee of the Committee on Education and Labor of the United States Senate: Senate Resolution no. 37: Brief of John B. Morrison and J. E. Brown, Charleston, West Viriginia, Tribune Printing Company, 1913.
331.8928 M879.


VERTICAL NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FILE

"20 Prisoners and 2,000 Guns Captured by Militia," WV Hillbilly, 6-8-1974.
"A Look at Mother Jones," WV Hillbilly, 11-30-1974.
"Adjt. General in an Accident on Cabin Creek," WV Hillbilly, 5-25-1974.
"All is Quiet Now at Peytona: Two Arrests Have Been Made," WV Hillbilly, 1-19- 1974.
"All Is Quiet on Paint Creek," WV Hillbilly, 11-24-1973.
"Charleston to be Invaded Again by Miners En Masse," WV Hillbilly, 5-25-1974.
"Ex-Governor and Party Visit the Coal Strike Zone," Kanawha Citizen, 3-6-1913.
"Fire Destroys Historic Coal Store," Charleston Gazette-Mail, 1-31-1993.
"Fourteen Hundred Miners Quit at Boomer Operators," WV Hillbilly, 3-2-1974.
"Governor Goes into Coal Zone," Charleston Daily Mail, 3-18-1913.
"Hatfield Releases Prisoners," Wheeling Intelligencer, 3-20-1913.
"Hatfield Releases Fifteen More Men," Wheeling Intelligencer, 3-21-1913.
"Hatfield to Show Mercy to Miners," Wheeling Intelligencer, 3-22-1913.
"Huntington Newspaper Was Silenced During 1912-1913 Mine Wars," Charleston Gazette, 6-16-1995.
"Impartial Trail for the Miners But Law and Order Must Now Prevail," Wheeling Intelligencer, 3-19-1913.
"Judge Littlepage Issues Writ of Prohibition Against Military Court," Kanawha Citizen, 3-7- 1913.
"Kanawha Strike of 1912-13 Toll Set at More Than 100," Charleston Gazette, 5-1- 1950.
"Martial Law Reestablished After Paint Creek Shootings," Charleston Gazette, 5-2- 1950.
"Martial Law Engenders Woes But Miners Secure Contract," Charleston Gazette, 5-3- 1950.
"Miners at War, How Paint Creek and Cabin Creek Miners Defied the Coal Barons in a Bloody Struggle for Unionization," Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5-5-1978.
"Mother Jones, Editor Boswell and Others on Trial Before Military Commission at Pratt," Kanawha Citizen, 3-8-1913.
"Mother Jones as the Orator of the Miners," WV Hillbilly, 3-30-1974.
"Mother Jones in City Speaks on Cabin Creek," WV Hillbilly, 6-1-1974.
"Mother Jones Collected Coin for Her Boys," WV Hillbilly, 3-23-1974.
"No Injustice to Anyone is the Promise of Governor Hatfield," Charleston Daily Mail, 3-19- 1913.
"One Guard Killed, One Wounded in a Shooting at Paint Creek," WV Hillbilly, 2-9- 1974.
"Paint Creek Conditions," WV Hillbilly, 1-26-1974.
"Parkersburg and Clarksburg Alarmed Over the Militia," WV Hillbilly, 2-16-1974.
"Proclamation to be Issued by Gov. Glasscock Today to Meet Cabin Creek Crisis," WV Hillbilly, 4-6-1974.
"Remarkable Photograph of Over Five Thousand Weapons Confiscated in WV Strike Zone in Militia," Cincinnati Times-Star, 10-19-1912.
"Senator Martine and Quinn Morton Have a Near Fist Fight," Intelligencer, 6-18-1913.
"Troops Held in Readiness to Move to Paint Creek," WV Hillbilly, 12-29-1973.
"We'll Give the Governor Until Tomorrow Night to Take Away the Guards," WV Hillbilly, 3- 23-1974.
"What the Governor Saw in a Tour of Paint Creek," WV Hillbilly, 2-23-1974.


VIDEORECORDINGS

Even the Heavens Weep: The West Virginia Mine Wars [videorecordings], Lou Buttino, writer. Institute, West Virginia: The Humanities Council of West Virginia, WPBY. [video can be viewed in-house] or purchase a copy from Educational Broadcasting Authority.


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