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Four distinct anthracite coal fields encompass an area of 1,700 square miles in the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania. Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region is a journey into a world that was once very familiar.In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, underground coal mining was at its zenith and the work of miners was more grueling and dangerous than it is today. Faces blackened by coal and helmet lamps lit by fire are no longer parts of the everyday lives of miners in the region. These vintage photographs of collieries, breakers, miners, drivers, and breaker boys illuminate the dark of the anthracite mines. The pictures of miners, roof falls, mules, and equipment deep underground tell the story of the hard lives lived around the hard coal. Above ground, breaker boys toiled in unbearable conditions inside the noisy, vibrating, soot-filled monsters known as coal breakers.

Coal miners --- Coal mines and mining --- Coal miners --- History.

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Coal miners --- Coal miners --- Survivors' benefits --- Workers' compensation --- Lungs --- Pensions --- Medical care --- Dust diseases --- Treatment

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"Against all odds, the miners of Bienfait, Saskatchewan, attempted, in 1931, to change their miserable situation by organizing a union. Exploring the social consequences of capitalist restructuring during the Great Depression, Stephen Endicott focuses on the miners' tumultuous thirty-day strike. Their bid to gain union recognition with the aid of the Workers' Unity League of Canada ultimately failed, and Endicott's in-depth examination of the key factors and players attempts to explain why this was the case and why a similar union drive a decade later succeeded." "Based on a large number of both oral and written primary resources, Bienfait offers a new interpretation of the role of corporations, governments, courts, and the police in the events surrounding the strike. In the process, Endicott demonstrates how a militant union leadership helped the workers gain the strength and unity of purpose to challenge the powers of wealth and deep-seated prejudice. Bienfait opens a new chapter in the history of Canadian labour relations that reveals much about Canadian and Canadian society during the Depression."--Jacket.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS --- Labor --- Coal Miners' Strike, Estevan, Sask., 1931 --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Coal Miners' Strike, Estevan, Sask., 1931. --- Grève des mineurs de charbon, Estevan, Sask., 1931. --- Strikes and lockouts --- Coal mining --- E-books --- Coal miners --- Mineurs de charbon --- Grève des mineurs de charbon, Estevan, Sask., 1931 --- Labor unions --- History. --- Syndicats --- Histoire --- Saskatchewan

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338 <09> <442.9> --- 944.29 --- Economische geschiedenis--?<442.9> --- Région Nord / Pas-de-Calais; de Franse Nederlanden; Frans-Vlaanderen--(algemeen) --- 944.29 Région Nord / Pas-de-Calais; de Franse Nederlanden; Frans-Vlaanderen--(algemeen) --- 338 <09> <442.9> Economische geschiedenis--?<442.9> --- Coal miners --- Coal mines and mining --- Coal trade --- Coal industry --- Fuel trade --- Coal mining --- Collieries --- Energy industries --- Mines and mineral resources --- Miners --- History --- Colliers (Coal miners) --- Mineral industries --- Nord (France: Region)