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...study in American character or a social history of violence. But he does mount nice rogues' gallery snapshots of such Pinkerton-defying sinners as Confederate Spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow (whose charms earned her a peek at the blueprints of various forts around Washington) and "Old Bill" Miner, who held up his first stagecoach in 1866 and his last train in 1911. He also manages a rough-edged portrait of Founder Allan Pinkerton, No. 1 bloodhound of heaven...
...grimy, coughing coal miner is inured to the dangers of his calling...
...good week, with overtime, a miner can bring home $200, a tidy sum in the hill country. Besides, the mines are heavy tax producers for the states in which they are located. Thus it requires a great deal of courage to speak out in favor of safety precautions and equipment that can add to the operating costs of the mines...
...Haught, 27 years a miner and brother-in-law of one of the missing men, complained that the mine was "filled with gas" and "something was bound to happen." Tony Boyle, president of the United Mine Workers lo cal, demurred. "This happens to be one of the better companies as far as safety is concerned," he said. "I share the grief. But as long as we mine coal, there is always this inherent danger of explosion." For relatives of the missing miners, huddled in their parked pickup trucks or on folding chairs in the grimy company store, that was scant...
...coal mines," Oravetz said. "My old man couldn't play ball, so he was a coal miner all his life. Now he's blind from working in those mines. That's why you don't catch me bitching too much about not making the big leagues. Hell, I'm lucky...