Labor Strikes and Conflicts

Historical marker location:

7485 Okey L Patteson Rd, Whipple Junction, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Okey L Patterson Road (West Virginia Route 612) and Scarbro Road (Local Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Okey L Patterson Road.)

Whipple. Coal Heritage Trail National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site.

The West Virginia Mine Wars, a series of labor disputes and violent conflicts between coal miners and mining companies, took place in the early 1900s. The conflicts, which included the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921, had a significant impact on the labor movement in the United States.