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September 11

Some 75,000 coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia end a 10-week strike after winning an 8-hour day, semi-monthly pay, and the abolition of overpriced company-owned stores, where they had been forced to shop. (Remember the song, "Sixteen Tons," by coal miner?s son Merle Travis, in which there?s this line: "I owe my soul to the company store.") - 1897

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September 10

Polish, Lithuanian and Slovak miners are gunned down by the Latimer Mine?s sheriff deputies?19 dead, more than 50 wounded?during a peaceful march from Hazelton to Latimer. Some 3,000 were marching for collective bargaining and civil liberty. The shooters were tried for murder but the jury failed to convict - 1897

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September 9

In convention at Topeka, Kan., delegates create the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America.

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September 8

Employers give in to the demands of striking miners in McKees Rock, Pa., agree to improved working conditions, 15-percent hike in wages and elimination of a "pool system" that gave foremen control over each worker?s pay - 1909

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September 7

Federal employees win the right to receive Workers' Compensation insurance coverage - 1916

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September 6

One of the worst disasters in the history of U.S. anthracite mining occurred at the Avondale Mine, near Scranton, Pa., when a fire originating from a furnace at the bottom of a 237-foot shaft roared up the shaft, killing 110 miners - 1869

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