LEADER 04262nam 2200733 450 001 9910464740203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-938228-97-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000204574 035 $a(EBL)3417054 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001291230 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11708743 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001291230 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11247728 035 $a(PQKB)10713049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3417054 035 $a(OCoLC)885456085 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32539 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3417054 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10896685 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL797762 035 $a(OCoLC)889268709 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000204574 100 $a20140731h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMonongah $ethe tragic story of the 1907 monongah mine diaster the worst industrial accident in U.S. history /$fDavitt McAteer ; cover and book design by Than Saffel 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aMorgantown, West Virginia :$cWest Virginia University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (372 p.) 225 1 $aWest Virginia and Appalachia ;$vVolume 6 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-938228-89-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Preface to the Paperback Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction by Robert B. Reich""; ""1. J. H. Leonard, Oiler for the No. 6 Mine""; ""2. The Northern Coal Fields of West Virginia""; ""3. Lester Emmitt Trader: Assistant Fire Boss at Age 22""; ""4. The Company Men""; ""5. The Mining Companies: The Early Years""; ""6. The City of Mines""; ""7. Immigrants Wanted""; ""8. a???Hire Bands or Anything That Is Necessarya???""; ""9. And The Explosion Came""; ""10. Escape and Rescue""; ""11. a???They Are All Gonea???"" 327 $a""12. a???We Know So Little About How These Explosions Occura???""""13. The Monongah Mine Relief Fund in Aid of Sufferers from the Monongah Mine Explosion""; ""14. Wheels of Justice""; ""15. The Number""; ""16. a???An End to This Huge Loss and Wastea???""; ""17. The Conscience of a Nation""; ""Postscript""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Individuals Mentioned in Monongah""; ""Reprint of the Mines Relief Committee Report""; ""Index"" 330 $a"An in-depth history of the worst industrial accident in US history. Monongah documents the events which led to the explosion that claimed hundreds of lives on the morning of December 6, 1907. Nearly thirty years of exhaustive research have led McAteer to the conclusion that close to 500 men and boys--many of them immigrants--lost their lives that day, leaving hundreds of women widowed and more than 1,000 children orphaned. McAteer delves deeply into the personalities, economic forces, and social landscape of the mining communities of north central West Virginia at the beginning of the twentieth century. The tragedy at Monongah led to a greater awareness of industrial working conditions, and ultimately to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, which Davitt McAteer helped to enact"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aWest Virginia and Appalachia ;$vVolume 6. 606 $aMonongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va., 1907 606 $aMine explosions$zWest Virginia 606 $aCoal mine accidents$zWest Virginia 606 $aCoal mines and mining$zWest Virginia$y20th century 606 $aMine safety$xLaw and legislation$xHistory 607 $aMarion County (W. Va.)$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMonongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va., 1907. 615 0$aMine explosions 615 0$aCoal mine accidents 615 0$aCoal mines and mining 615 0$aMine safety$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 676 $a363.11/96223340975454 700 $aMcAteer$b J. Davitt$01051025 702 $aSaffel$b Than 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464740203321 996 $aMonongah$92481253 997 $aUNINA