United Mine Workers Union
| Coal Producing States, 1889 | |
|---|---|
| State | Coal Production (thousands of short tons) |
| Pennsylvania | 81,719 |
| Illinois | 12,104 |
| Ohio | 9,977 |
| West Virginia | 6,232 |
| Iowa | 4,095 |
| Alabama | 3,573 |
| Indiana | 2,845 |
| Colorado | 2,544 |
| Kentucky | 2,400 |
| Kansas | 2,221 |
| Tennessee | 1,926 |
The United Mine Workers (UMW) labor union was barely three years old when it called the Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike of 1894. This violent two-month strike closed mines from Pennsylvania to Iowa. The strike was unsuccessful and almost broke the union. After the Lattimer Massacre of 1897 and the Battle of Virden in Illinois in 1898, the UMW was successful in its strike against bituminous coal mines in the Midwest in 1900.
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