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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MLX_mary-harris-mother-jones_Coaldale-PA.html
Labor leader, worker advocate. In October 1900 she led a march of 2,000 women from McAdoo to Coaldale to aid a six - week strike called in September by the United Mine Workers of America for higher wages, recognition, and a grievance process. Many…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MLT_no-8-colliery_Coaldale-PA.html
Mammoth OperationThe No. 8 first opened in 1845. During its peak in the first half of the 1900's, the colliery grew to a workforce of near 3,000 men. The mine consisted of 8 horizontal levels, the lowest being more that 1,200 feet below the surfac…