On This Day
in West Virginia History...

Striking miners in Widen being arrested after the murder of Charles Frame

On October 1, 1952, violence broke out in Widen, the scene of a bitter 15-month coal strike.

Learn more:
"Strikers Block Mine at Widen"
"Widen Miner Killed, Two Wounded"
"UMW Gives Up At Widen"
Sources on the Widen Coal Strike of 1952-53
Union Leaflet Explaining Why Widen Miners Should Join the United Mine Workers (Blizzard Collection)
Sample Ballot for Collective Bargaining Vote, Elk River Coal and Lumber Company, Widen (Blizzard Collection)
Document-Based Questions

On This Day in West Virginia History: October