Battle of Blair Mountain

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The Battle of Blair Mountain was a major 1921 armed labor uprising in West Virginia, where thousands of coal miners confronted coal company forces and authorities in one of the largest labor conflicts in U.S. history.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Blair Mountain canonical 11
Mingo County conflicts 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
labor uprising ⓘ
aftermath decline of union influence in southern West Virginia coalfields ⓘ
mass indictments of miners ⓘ
treason trials against miner leaders ⓘ
approximateStrength 10000–15000 miners ⓘ
2000–3000 anti-union defenders ⓘ
cause Matewan Massacre and subsequent violence ⓘ
linked to: Matewan Massacre

assassination of Sid Hatfield ⓘ
attempts to unionize non-union coal mines ⓘ
coal company union-busting practices ⓘ
eviction of union miners from company housing ⓘ
longstanding labor disputes in West Virginia coalfields ⓘ
combatant United States Army ⓘ
West Virginia National Guard ⓘ
West Virginia state police ⓘ
coal company private forces ⓘ
local law enforcement ⓘ
union coal miners ⓘ
commander Bill Blizzard ⓘ
Don Chafin ⓘ
General Harry Hines Bandholtz ⓘ
Governor Ephraim F. Morgan ⓘ
conflictType labor conflict ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1921-09-02 ⓘ
heritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Blair Mountain, West Virginia ⓘ
Logan County, West Virginia ⓘ
memorializedBy historic markers in West Virginia ⓘ
partOf Coal Wars ⓘ
relatedTo Matewan Massacre ⓘ
United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
West Virginia coal wars ⓘ
result defeat of striking miners ⓘ
dispersal of miners by federal troops ⓘ
strengthening of coal company control in the short term ⓘ
side United Mine Workers of America–aligned miners ⓘ
coal operators and allied authorities ⓘ
significance largest armed uprising in the United States since the American Civil War ⓘ
one of the largest labor uprisings in U.S. history ⓘ
turning point in American labor history ⓘ
startDate 1921-08-25 ⓘ
timePeriod 1921 ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
weaponsUsed aircraft for reconnaissance and bombing ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
rifles ⓘ
yearAddedToNationalRegister 2009 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Mine Workers of America → notableEventInHistory → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ
West Virginia Mine Wars → hasPart → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ
West Virginia Mine Wars → hasPart → Mingo County conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Blair Mountain
West Virginia Mine Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ
Matewan Massacre → relatedEvent → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ
Coal Wars → hasPart → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ
Blair Mountain, West Virginia → knownFor → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ
Blair Mountain, West Virginia → hasEvent → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ
Ephraim F. Morgan → notableEventDuringTerm → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor Ephraim F. Morgan
Don Chafin → conflict → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ
Battle of the Tug River → relatedTo → Battle of Blair Mountain ⓘ