United Miner Workers Journal (1/2)

UMW Journal cover page showing how men kept warm while waiting to help or rest up after being inside. There was no shelter and only that 55-gallon drum to keep a fire going.It was reported that 300 people were waiting up there outside the mine and photos showing people around a fire, but close observation would prove that level ground and women/children were present where they were and not on a hillside like where the mine was located.