Jonathan Minear

Historical marker location:

Auvil, West Virginia

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Cheat Valley Highway (West Virginia Route 72) and Jonathan Run Road (County Route 6), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1930

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.