Paint Creek–Cabin Creek area

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The Paint Creek–Cabin Creek area is a coal-mining region in West Virginia historically known as a central battleground of early 20th-century labor conflicts between miners and coal operators.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-mining region ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
conflictType coal wars in West Virginia ⓘ
labor conflict ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
geography valleys along Paint Creek and Cabin Creek ⓘ
hasEvent Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912–1913 ⓘ
armed confrontations between miners and mine guards ⓘ
martial law declarations in West Virginia coalfields ⓘ
hasIndustry coal industry ⓘ
hasResource bituminous coal ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
involves coal miners ⓘ
coal operators ⓘ
private mine guards ⓘ
union organizers ⓘ
involvesOrganization United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
knownFor Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912–1913 ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
early 20th-century labor conflicts ⓘ
laborIssue union recognition ⓘ
wages and working conditions in coal mines ⓘ
locatedIn West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Kanawha County, West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern West Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter Cabin Creek ⓘ
Paint Creek ⓘ
partOf Appalachian coalfields ⓘ
West Virginia coal fields ⓘ
significance central battleground of early 20th-century labor struggles in U.S. coal industry ⓘ
important site in history of American labor movement ⓘ
timeOfMajorStrike 1912 ⓘ
1913 ⓘ

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West Virginia Mine Wars → mainRegion → Paint Creek–Cabin Creek area ⓘ