";s:4:"text";s:4944:" And all the cookin’ is home cookin’ in Matewan. Fifteen months later, Hatfield was gone, too, gunned down by Baldwin-Felts detectives on the McDowell County courthouse steps. MATEWAN, W.Va. (AP) — The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the lives of workers a century ago.Ten people were killed in a gun battle between miners, who were led by a local police chief, and a group of private security guards hired to evict them for joining a union in Matewan, a small “company town” in West Virginia.Plans to publicly commemorate what became known as the Matewan Massacre have been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic until September at least. MATEWAN, W.Va. – Die Einschusslöcher in der Mauer eines ehemaligen Postamtes erinnern daran, wie die Bergarbeiter in Appalachen vor einem Jahrhundert darum gekämpft haben, das Leben der Arbeiter zu verbessern.Zehn Menschen wurden in einem Feuergefecht zwischen Bergleuten, die von einem örtlichen Polizeichef angeführt wurden, und einer Gruppe privater Sicherheitskräfte getötet, die angeheuert wurden, um sie wegen Beitritts zu einer Gewerkschaft in Matewan, einer kleinen „Firmenstadt“ in West Virginia, zu vertreiben.Pläne, öffentlich an das sogenannte Matewan-Massaker zu erinnern, wurden durch die Coronavirus-Pandemie mindestens bis September verzögert. Experts in the field and passionate about their home, the people of Matewan have a story to tell about the town’s living history. In this Tuesday, May 12, 2020, photo a historical sign stands outside a former post office in Matewan, W.Va. On May 19, 1920, a group of miners, who were led by a local police chief, and detectives hired by a coal company to evict unionizing miners from their homes were involved in a gun battle on the street. Resident Wilma Steele, whose husband is a retired union miner, said she didn’t read about the battles of Matewan and Blair Mountain until she went to college.Now the Kentucky border town of about 430 residents leans on tourism about the massacre, as well as the famous feud between the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky. Wenn ich auf die andere Seite komme, werde ich Gott dem Allmächtigen von West Virginia erzählen! Mai 1920, das im Film „Matewan“ von 1987 erwähnt wurde, als einen Meilenstein in den Kämpfen um die Arbeitnehmerrechte, die zu Beginn des 20.
Recent Comments