King Coal Book 4 - The Will of King Coal; Sections 3-5

In which a diverse and restless crowd of oppressed coal-miners and their families gather in a tumultuous demonstration, stirred to passionate cries for justice and union solidarity by the impassioned leadership of Mary Burke and others. The tension between hope and caution is keenly felt amid fierce confrontations at the hospital, as Hal—caught between loyalty and fear—rises to calm the surge of rebellion, exhorting the men to organise unitedly for their rights rather than descend into chaotic violence.