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...SHOES, NO SERVICE, a jut-jawed miner hunches over a cup of coffee at the Formica counter, digging coal grime out of his fingernails with one toothpick while another bobs at the corner of his mouth. "Ain't gonna give you my name," he growls. "But just remember Herrin and Muddy Bottoms. This ain't but the start." Herrin is a town some 20 miles to the west where striking union loyalists shot 19 would-be strikebreakers to death in the "Herrin Massacre" of 1922. Muddy Bottoms is an area along the Muddy River a few miles...
...Conley, 30, of Herrin, is a pit committeeman for the union at Old Ben 25 mine in nearby West Frankfort. "Kerr-McGee will hire miners for Galatia out of state, where union tradition isn't strong, and pay better than union scale, scrimping on safety for their profit. With no union, anyone who complains about safety will get fired. I hate to see everything we fought for here go down the tubes. John L. Lewis would roll over in his grave...
Back at Fay's Cafe, Randolph's words draw hoots of derision. "Shoot!" shouts a bearded miner, brushing back his U.M.W. cap. "We'll run scabs out like we did at Herrin years back. This here ain't no Wyoming." This here's union country. John L. Lewis country. -By Lee Griggs
...Merle Herrin Pfafftown...
Charles E. Herrin Atlanta...