EPISODE · Mar 15, 2022 · 49 MIN
Cosplay Cops and Special Ops: Baldwin-Felts and the West Virginia Mine War
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The Battle of Matewan, also known as the Matewan Massacre, took place on May 19, 1920. It’s a significant part of the history of the West Virginia Mine Wars. The shootout claimed ten lives: three residents of Matewan and seven employees of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, a private security firm that among other things worked for coal operators throughout West Virginia. That day lives in infamy in both Appalachian and American labor history. But Baldwin-Felts doesn’t really live on in the public record. Which is weird, because for miners and organizers trying to build union power in the West Virginia coal fields, Baldwin-Felts was synonymous with the enemy.
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Cosplay Cops and Special Ops: Baldwin-Felts and the West Virginia Mine War
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