{"id":2789,"date":"2023-09-08T20:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2789"},"modified":"2023-09-08T19:48:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T23:48:27","slug":"the-mine-wars-paint-creek-and-cabin-creek-1912","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2789","title":{"rendered":"The West Virginia Mine Wars:  Paint Creek and Cabin Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a century and a half the king of central Appalachia has been coal.\u00a0 That mineral powered the industrial revolution in America, made some men and corporations very wealthy and provided jobs for the Appalachian men and women who dug it out of the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those jobs, though, didn&#8217;t pay nearly well enough to justify the human costs of the work, so in 1912 miners in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek areas of West Virginia went on strike, triggering the first battle in what&#8217;s come to be known as the West Virginia Mine Wars.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today we tell that story.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to subscribe to the Stories podcast on Spreaker, where we tell the stories of this place we call home.\u00a0 We&#8217;re also on your favorite podcast app.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Catch us on TikTok and YouTube @storiesofappalachia and on Instagram @storyappalachia for short video stories of the history and folklore of Appalachia.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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