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Indiana MINING ACCIDENTS, 1891-1915

shepard999 — 2011-11-11 23:09:47Z

Indiana MINING ACCIDENTS, 1891-1915; fatal and nonfatal; can provide date, miner’s name, county and reference source.

From Jerry,
http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Jerry-Sherard/ “Mining Accidents U.S., Canada and Australia”

Indiana Mining Accidents 1891-1915

shepard999 — 2010-06-06 13:53:02Z

Indiana MINING ACCIDENTS, 1891-1915; fatal and nonfatal; can provide date, miner’s name, county and reference source. My database only covers reports for the years 1891, 1893-1915. Accident report reference source for major fatal accidents for all years before 1999 if year and mine name or city is known.

President Lewis of UMWA, closed Hudson Mine against Strikers in Indiana

JudyFlorian — 2005-06-30 02:10:52Z

From _(The) Charleroi Mail_ (Charleroi, Washington Co., Pennsylvania) Tues., Feb. 2, 1909, Vol. 9 No. 147, page 1:

(title of article) "Reports State That Lewis Is Elected -- Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 1: President Lewis of the United Mine Workers won a victory today over his enemies when the national convention by a vote of more than two to one approved his policy in respect to the Indiana miners. Lewis suspended the district officers of that state, closed the Hudson mine against the strikers to work, and refused to recognize the officers when they rebelled against his authority." (end)

Note: President Lewis was from the Charleroi area, which is in the southwestern corner of PA. I do not know where the Hudson Mine in Indiana was located; possibly in or near Indianapolis, since this news item originated there?

This article was transcribed "as found."