Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Committee on Investigation of the Herrin Massacre transcript of hearings, 1923, April 11-May 17. [microform]

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Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Committee on Investigation of the Herrin Massacre transcript of hearings, 1923, April 11-May 17. [microform]

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Transcript of testimony heard in April and May of 1923 before an Illinois House of Representatives Committee consisting of the following members: Frank A. McCarthy (chairman), Thomas Curran, Norman G. Flagg, M.L. Igoe, W.B. Phillips, William L. Pierce, and M.P. Rice; also abstract of testimony and exhibits.

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A violent incident, known as the Herrin Massacre, resulted from an attempt to run a strip mine in Williamson County, Illinois during the coal strike of 1922. Involved was a conflict between members of the Steam Shovel Men's Union (SSMU), an independent union, and members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW). The SSMU men were employed by William J. Lester to break the UMW strike at the strip mines in Herrin and Marion, Ill., owned by the Southern Illinois Coal Com...

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