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In 1921 private police in the US dropped bombs and mustard gas on a coal miners' camp when they went on strike for better working conditions
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In 1917, 1,300 miners went on strike in Bisbee, AZ over unsafe working conditions, low pay, and long hours. The mining company hired 2,000 men and loaded the strikers at gunpoint into cattle cars for a 16 hour trip through the desert without food or water and left them in New Mexico.
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The secret police in Communist Romania subjected the leaders of a 1977 coal miners' strike to 5-minute chest X-rays to ensure that they developed cancer
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The leaders of a 1977 miners strike in Communist Romania were given 5 minute chest x-rays after the strike was over to ensure they would develop cancer.
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Gold can actually grow on Trees, deep root growth can "strike gold" and absorb it through a bio-chemical process and in turn deposit the mineral into the tree's bark and leaves.
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The Columbine Massacre (Not the Columbine you're thinking of). On this day in 1927, a fight between Colorado State Police and unarmed striking coal miners led to machine guns being fired into the crowd of miners. Six miners were killed and dozens were injured.
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The Ludlow Massacre was an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent camp of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families back in 1914. The attack ended up claiming over 2 dozen lives, including wives and children of the strikers.
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Boston businessman and eccentric Timothy Dexter was tricked into shipping coal to Newcastle, England, then the largest exporter of coal in the world. The ship arrived in port during a miner's strike, selling the coal at a premium and making Dexter a good profit.
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About the Ludlow Massacre in which 25 striking miners, including wives and children, were shot and killed by the national guard
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Light reflecting from the crystal faces and the cleavage surfaces of Augite reveals a very vibrant luster whereas the light striking other nearby surfaces are very dull luster.
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The Lena Massacre of 1912, in which striking miners were fired upon by soldiers killing hundreds, was started when workers were issued rancid meat at the company store, reportedly made from horse penises.
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The Colorado Coalfield War, when a camp of striking miners and their families were massacred, sparking a conflict resulting in revised labor laws in the US
During the Battle of Orgreave in 1984, where Miners and Police fought over a strike, the BBC broadcast footage in reverse which then wrongly showed the Miners as having attacked first. - source
There were two Columbine Massacres, the first was in 1927 when Colorado state police and armed mine guards fired upon a group of striking Coal miners. - source
In 1921 private police in the US dropped bombs and mustard gas on a coal miners' camp when they went on strike for better working conditions
In 1974 the British government ordered a three-day work week, because a coal miners' strike caused an electricity shortage. Only essential services like hospitals and supermarkets were exempt; TV stopped broadcasting at 10:30 pm. The "Three-Day Week" lasted for more than two months. - source
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During a coal miner strike in 1897, 19 unarmed strikers were shot in the back and killed by police. The police were later acquitted.
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In 1917 over 1,100 striking miners were deported from Bisbee Arizona by armed vigilantes and local law enforcement over 100 miles away and abandoned in New Mexico without shelter. The event is known as the Bisbee Deportation.
In The Empire Strikes Back a miner evacuating from Cloud City can be seen carrying an ice cream maker.
About the Gay movement in London that supported miners that were striking in 1984/5 especially the miners from wales via the movie Pride
The LGBT community organized support and nearly £20,000 for Miners and their families during the 1984-85 National Union of Mineworkers strike in the UK.
