On this day in 1912, the Paint Creek Mine War began when West Virginia miners struck, demanding formal union recognition and fairer labor practices. The incident quickly escalated into one of the worst labor conflicts in U.S. history.
The event, also known as the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike, centered on the area enclosed by two streams, Paint Creek and Cabin Creek. It is considered part of the "Coal Wars", a series of armed conflicts between workers and coal companies from the 1890s - 1930s in the United States.
The strike lasted for fourteen months, and over 5,000 workers participated. Notable labor organizer Mother Jones (shown) came to West Virginia to support the workers, organizing a secret march of 3,000 armed miners to the steps of the state capitol in Charleston to read a declaration of war to Governor William E. Glasscock.
The confrontation directly caused approximately fifty violent deaths from armed conflicts between miners and strike-breaking forces, as well as many more deaths indirectly caused by starvation and malnutrition among the striking miners. In terms of casualties, it was among the worst conflicts in American labor history.
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i am so fucking sick of having to police my fat cat and stop her from stealing the other cat's food, but the other cat is a slow and dainty eater who will spend 7 hours coming back to her single meal UNLESS I stand there the whole time comforting her with a hand on her back (i do not have the time)
i hate it so much
idk what to do, I need to like get some sort of enclosure to put the little cat's food in that the fat cat is too big to get into, or something like that
Maybe do a cat swap? "Hey i have a dainty cat and a food goblin cat i need to swap with someone else so i have either two dainty cats or two omnomgoblins".
Is there a cat exchange website where you can swap cats with people until you have the right cat party composition? There ought to be.
Most people don't feel as though their pets are interchangeable.
This is true.