Next Time We Strike

Contents

Contents Illustrations ...................................... , IX Map... ............ .......... .................... Xl Acknowledgements ................................. Xlll Introduction ...................................... xv I. A Legacy of Labor and Coal ........................ . II. The Winter Quarters Mine Disaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27 III. The 1901 Strike ................................... , 37 IV. The 1903-4 Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 51 V. Intermission for the United Mine Workers of America, 1905-17 ......................................... 81 VI. A New Opportunity: World War I and Afterwards ....... 105 VII. The 1922 Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 121 VIII. The Castle Gate Mine Disaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 141 IX. Retrenchment and Disenchantment, 1924-32 ........... , 153 X. The Battle for Control, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 165 XI. The Union Legacy ................................. 195 XII. Conclusion ....................................... 201 Appendix ......................................... 219 Notes ............................................ 227 Index ............................................ 261 ...