As a major producer of coal for foreign and domestic use, West Virginia coal producers look at potential Chinese tariffs with ...

Matewan, West Virginia. May 19, 1920. Police Chief Sid Hatfield sits in the town square. He's declined bribes and payoffs to help protect the coal miners of Matewan but the Baldwin Felts detective ...

West Virginia exports more coal to China than any other state and some producers have expressed serious concerns over a ...

It was in the coal fields of West Virginia that Mother Jones waged her longest-running ... she gathered her possessions in a black shawl and hopped on a train. This time, the battle promised to be ...

However, coal companies in southern West Virginia, seeking to fulfill their ... Wives and daughters would tear up train track, curse at the new recruits, and generally prevent them from entering ...

Most West Virginians likely believe they have a general understanding of the significance of our coal industry in keeping the lights on for the rest of the country, and the size of its role in ...