John Yates Beall

Historical marker location:

307 E Washington St, Charles Town, West Virginia

( Marker is on East Washington Street (West Virginia Route 51) just east of South Mildred Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2017

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.