Hell in Harlan

In the October 4 issue of the United Mine Workers Journal (p. 10), this incident was reported as follows: GUNMEN MURDER UNARMED MINER Pineville, Ky., October 1917 — On the pretense of serving a warrant on Luther Shipman, a leader among the miners on strike in this district, a posse headed by County Judge Ward of Harlan County called at the ... ................
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