Reading about the late 1800s-labor unions, robber barons, etc...

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32. In School, my School stop History at the Civil War, to avoid Labor issues

And this is from a School where a massive school shooting occurred during the 1928 Coal Mine Strike. The shooting was reported in ONE of the local papers, then promptly forgotten for the other papers did NOT like the fact that the Strikers were fired on FIRST for keeping the only School in the Mining Area of South Western Pennsylvania open to ALL STUDENTS (Other schools were open, but only to Children of parents who were NOT on Strike).

The Shooting was so bad, they had to tear the School down and buid an new one further up the hill and away from the Railroad tracks.

Some newspaper reports on the incident:

The FIRST Report of the "Riot" on 2-2-1928
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19280203&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

2-4-1928 Report on the School Shooting:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rjkbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MUoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4546,3386103&dq=broughton-school+shooting&hl=en

More on the Broughton Affair:
Article from the 2-12-1928 Pittsburgh Press:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s0gbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q0oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5042,241013&dq=broughton-school&hl=en

On 2-1-1928 The Press even reported on the Governor, who is reported as an "Coal Operator" i.e. coal mine owner, but he even acknowledged that the Coal and Iron Police had to much power for a Police force paid for by Mine owners and other business (It also explains why on 2-12-1928 the Governor reports said the Strikers did it while all the witnesses said it was the Strike Breakers):
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19280202&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

The Broughton riot was so bad, the US Senate ever held hearings on it, but mostly on how bad the conditions were among the miners:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JQRXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0kINAAAAIBAJ&pg=1587,6565791&dq=broughton+%26+bruceton&hl=en



Part of the Transcript of the 1915 US Senate investigation on the Coal and Iron Police:
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5661/


Part of the Transcript of the 1915 US Senate investigation on the Coal and Iron Police:
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5661/