02682nam 22005893 450 991015780200332120251121185151.00-8093-8842-1(CKB)3710000001009502(MiAaPQ)EBC4778701(Au-PeEL)EBL4778701(CaPaEBR)ebr11325816(CaONFJC)MIL985877(OCoLC)968300270(EXLCZ)99371000000100950220251121d2005 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLabor, Loyalty, and Rebellion Southwestern Illinois Coal Miners and World War I1st ed.Carbondale :Southern Illinois University Press,2005.©2005.1 online resource (280 pages)0-8093-2635-3 Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Southwestern Illinois Coal Mining Region Map -- Introduction -- 1. The Southwestern Illinois Coalfields -- 2. "Lining Up the People with the Government -- 3. "To Scab upon This Great National Union" -- Gallery -- 4. "The Spanish Inquisition Has Reached the State of Illinois" -- 5. "White-Hot Mass Instinct" -- 6. "The Great Class War" -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- Author Bio.On April 5, 1918, as American troops fought German forces on the Western Front, German American coal miner Robert Prager was hanged from a tree outside Collinsville, Illinois, having been accused of disloyal utterances about the United States and chased out of town by a mob.Coal minersIllinoisHistory20th centuryCoal mines and miningIllinoisHistory20th centuryLabor movementIllinoisHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918IllinoisWorld War, 1914-1918Economic aspectsWorld War, 1914-1918Social aspectsIllinoisEconomic conditions20th centuryIllinoisSocial conditions20th centuryCoal minersHistoryCoal mines and miningHistoryLabor movementHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918Economic aspects.World War, 1914-1918Social aspects.331.88/122334/09773809041Weinberg Carl R1857426MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910157802003321Labor, Loyalty, and Rebellion4458249UNINA