Victims of the Herrin Massacre: The dead and survivors of the Herrin Mine War of June 21st and 22nd, 1922

by John F. Foster

On June 22, 1922, one of the deadliest days in the history of labor in the U.S. occurred near and in the town of Herrin, Williamson County, Illinois. On that day, men who had been imported into the county to work at a strip mine during a nationwide coal strike by members of the United Mine Workers of America, were taken prisoner and unarmed, marched for several miles on a warm June morning under the belief that they would be sent out of the area by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511736984
• ISBN13: 9781511736985
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"