{"id":346,"date":"2017-07-08T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2022-05-21T10:53:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T14:53:09","slug":"the-black-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"The Black Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the first boom in the Appalachian coalfields, there was such a labor shortage that the mine owners recruited workers from the millions of immigrants who were coming to America from Europe. 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