Word: mined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...situation when the convention opened: Cappellini?the man who lost his right arm in a coal mine, got scant damages, went away for two years, educated himself, learned English, and came back as one of the most formidable leaders of the miners ?Cappellini, young, black-haired, impulsive, hating the mine owners, was there, supported by a delegation which the moderates feared might control the convention. He was the man who led the fight against acceptance of the terms on which the five months' strike of last year was terminated. Opposed to him was Lewis, the big boss, who barely...
...that you remove your carcasses without the door," said John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers at the Scranton Convention of coal miners. He was addressing three "communists" who sat in the gallery...
...Lewis' request was the climax?or almost the climax?of an attempt to rid the union of communists masquerading under various titles: " The Progressive International Committee of the United Mine Workers of America," " The Trades Union Educational League" and others. Previously in an official statement the United Mine Workers denounced these groups as their arch enemies?the creatures of William Z. Foster...
...humanity. Thomas Masson is human; but his humor is the genial story. He is the raconteur. He is not a nifty hound like Marc Connelly, nor a worshiper of the sentimentally bizarre like Heywood Broun. Of course, my favorite humorist is Donald Ogden Stewart. He is a friend of mine, and I am not ashamed to write about it. Quite well, I remember a breakfast at the Yale Club when Don, having given up his job of selling bonds, told me that he was about to earn his living...
...past five years the Butte mines have spent thousands of dollars in ventilation improvements, drilling special shafts, sprinkling working faces, installing fans. They have increased the flow of fresh air several hundred per cent, have made it possible to mine copper and other metals where ore veins reach a depth of more than 5,000 feet and the rock temperature is 115 to 120 degrees. Practically the whole population of Butte (80,000 in boom times) is dependent on the industry, and the total production of the district is now in excess of $1,500,000,000, employing as many...