Lewis versus Howat: An Analysis of Labor Rhetoric, Education, and Class Privilege in Early Twentieth Century Mining Politics

Annotation 5

United Mine Workers pushed for Murray to be in control instead of the moderate Lewis. The unrest continued as other mines began to strike and the courts ruled against them as they had in District 2. The miners were construed as communists and the federal government took action against them. Divisions and power struggles occurred within the union as a result.

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