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- Also murdered on this date because of union activity was Sid Hatfield, police chief of Matewan, West Virginia, a longtime supporter of the United Mine Workers union. His murder in 1921 led to the Battle of Blair Mountain, a labor uprising also referred to as the Red Neck War. These events are the subject of "Matewan," one of the best films ever about unions and organizing.
- The story of Frank Little, a union man who was lynched on this day in 1917 for helping workers organize.
