Never Justice, Never Peace
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Never Justice, Never Peace

Mother Jones and the Miner Rebellion at Paint and Cabin Creeks

  1. 360 pages
  2. English
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Never Justice, Never Peace

Mother Jones and the Miner Rebellion at Paint and Cabin Creeks

About this book

In 1986 Lon Savage published Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920–21, a popular history now considered a classic. Among those the book influenced are Denise Giardina, author of Storming Heaven, and John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan. When Savage passed away, he left behind an incomplete book manuscript about a lesser-known Mother Jones crusade in Kanawha County, West Virginia. His daughter Ginny Savage Ayers drew on his notes and files, as well as her own original research, to complete Never Justice, Never Peace—the first book-length account of the Paint Creek–Cabin Creek Strike of 1912–13.

Savage and Ayers offer a narrative history of the strike that weaves together threads about organizer Mother Jones, the United Mine Workers union, politicians, coal companies, and Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency guards with the experiences of everyday men and women. The result is a compelling and in-depth treatment that brings to light an unjustly neglected—and notably violent—chapter of labor history. Introduced by historian Lou Martin, Never Justice, Never Peace provides an accessible glimpse into the lives and personalities of many participants in this critical struggle.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Into the Fight
  10. 2. As Hatred Mounted
  11. 3. Evolution and Revolution
  12. 4. “Take Your Hats Off to ‘Mother’ Jones!”
  13. 5. “Organize Us!”
  14. 6. “The Guards Have Got to Go!”
  15. 7. A “Peace Proclamation”
  16. 8. Walking the Creek
  17. 9. A State of War
  18. 10. Mountainsides to Meeting Rooms
  19. 11. “That Scab Labor”
  20. 12. A Tear in Each Lump of Coal
  21. 13. Yuletide in Union Tents
  22. 14. Pardons and Politics
  23. 15. “Thirsty to Shed Human Blood”
  24. 16. A Desperate Undertaking
  25. 17. Under Arrest
  26. 18. Life in the Bull Pen
  27. 19. A Constitutional Obstacle
  28. 20. The Trial
  29. 21. “Here Is My Stake in This Country”
  30. 22. “See Her Safe in ——”
  31. 23. Freedom and Suppression
  32. 24. “Fight Her All Over Again”
  33. Notes
  34. Index