Labor and Coal: Struggle and Crisis

1. The Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike (1912-1913)
   1. The Workers Shoot Back
   2. Labor Conflict as Political Conflict
2. World War I--Unionization as Patriotic
3. The Explosive Aftermath
   1. The Mingo County War (1920-1922)
      1. The Matewan Shootout (1920)
      2. The "Battle of Blair Mountain" (1921)
   2. The Miners' Failure
      1. Worker Divisions
      2. Management Power
4. The 1920s
   1. Collapse of the UMW
   2. The Crisis of Coal
      1. Declining Markets
      2. The Downside of Dependency
         1. No Control of Markets
         2. Undifferentiated Products--Price Competition
         3. Lack of Financing for Innovation
      3. The Only Option--Cost-Cutting at Workers' Expense
         1. Wage Cuts
         2. Skimping on Safety
         3. Forcing More "Free" Nonproduction Time
         4. Profit From the Store-Scrip System
      4. The Onset of the Great Depression
5. Renewed Unrest--"Bloody Harlan"
   1. The UMW Failure, 1931
   2. The Communist Interlude--The National Miners' Union, 1931
      1. Local Hysteria
      2. A New Spotlight on Appalachia
         1. The New York Writers Invade Harlan
         2. The Folk Singers Invade New York
      3. Legacy--Appalachia as "Poster Child" for the Class Struggle