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Lewis versus Howat: An Analysis of Labor Rhetoric, Education, and Class Privilege in Early Twentieth Century Mining PoliticsMain MenuThe Project: Maxwell, Lewis, and HowatHistory of the UMWAWho was Hearl Maxwell?A brief biography of the life of Hearl Maxwell, the southeast Kansas miner who collected the information used in this project.Who was Alexander Howat?A brief biography detailing the life of Alexander Howat.Who was John L. Lewis?A brief biography detailing the life of John L. Lewis.Lewis versus HowatAn overview of the source of conflict between Lewis and Howat.Lewis versus Howat: A TimelineA timeline detailing all documents from the Hearl Maxwell Collection that related to the dispute between John L. Lewis and Alexander Howat.Lewis versus Howat: Political ActionHowat answers President John L. Lewis, circa 1925The main themes in Howat’s reply to Lewis.Formality in WritingLabor Rhetoric and Class HierarchyHowat and Lewis at a Convention, circa 1922Education's Role in Rhetoric, Class, and PrivilegeConclusionWorks Cited and ConsultedMorgan Ebbs37bb8427ec602849db4b409834ec5240edd22bd7Lauren Geigerea2c8f5b3492b5251043adf2af47f1c327044cadMatthew Rohnerd50ac2846ef13a89d481113abcbb5898c738349cKelly Hentzen71ff61d5719b88e92ad5518749d712c06190677b
United Mine Workers of America Unions
12016-05-04T08:25:11-07:00Morgan Ebbs37bb8427ec602849db4b409834ec5240edd22bd7941010A map of UMWA Unions and their District locations.plain2016-05-20T14:09:04-07:00Jamie McDaniel7d1c50d66443d970871743d62f90c2a04a2f2c84This map contains the locations of all of the coal mine unions mentioned in the Hearl Maxwell Collection. Please note that the union locations marked on the map represent but a very small proportion of the total. The map shows five unions in Kansas and one in Illinois, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. Pittsburg, Kansas and Springfield, Illinois do not have specific numbers attached to them, because the Provisional District offices were located there. This is one reason why Pittsburg was so well-known in the mining field and why prominent men, such as John L. Lewis and Alexander Howat, knew people in the town. Annfred, West Virginia is marked on the map, because the local union miners there, requested supplies from the union in Pittsburg. It also important to note that it was an assistant director at the University of West Virginia that created a manual over ventilation in coal mines.
Henryetta, Oklahoma is marked on the map, because the Local Union 2397, located in Mulberry, Kansas, donated money to the families of the miners during one their strikes.
The towns in Kansas are marked, because they all belonged to the same district, District 14, and the officials or members of each local union were constantly communicating with one another. This makes sense, because the mines in this area were so close together that an incident, or perceived incident, at one mine could end up affecting the mines around it. Hearl Maxwell lived in Mulberry and worked as an officer in Mulberry’s union and in District 14 to improve the conditions of his local union. He was involved in the politics of the United Mine Workers of America, because he worked in Pittsburg during the time that Howat was there. He wrote critics of reviews had a few correspondences with Lewis about Howat’s actions and publications.
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