Word: miners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Painting Ghost. Prom the north of France had came a middle-aged coal miner, Augustin Lesage. In 1912, working as he had worked for 20 years far down in a black bowel of the earth, Augustin heard "voices," like those Joan of Arc declared called her, telling him to stop mining and go to draw and paint. Thinking himself feverish, he went home to bed, whence a power drove him to a city to buy complete painter's equipment, none of the names for which had Augustin ever before known. Back in his cottage, he painted-or rather...
Alexander Norman McKay, 21, born and bred in Pontypridd, Wales, able coal miner, sailed into New York harbor in the steerage of the White Star liner Homeric. There were 19 other immigrants abroad. These 19 were taken to Ellis Island for. examination. But Mr. McKay was landed on a pier in Manhattan and went about his business unimpeded...
...Premier Stanley Baldwin, fearing the miner's threat of a general strike on Aug. 1, appointed W. C. Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, to mediate between employers and employed. Mr. Bridgeman was, however, unsuccessful, and the Government named a court of inquiry to make an investigation into the causes of the mining industry dispute...
...night last week, the Corporation smuggled maintenance men into a power plant for the purpose of restoring it and supplying power for the pumps in the mines. The strikers got wind of the move and, 800 strong, marched to the plant. A pitched battle ensued. The police fired. A miner named Davis fell dead. The crowd, maddened, "saw red," charged. The police fled, but not before they had been pummeled, mauled, kicked, clubbed and otherwise battered. The maintenance men successfully effected their escape...
...Tree Oration, Ranlet Miner. Beside Holden Chapel...