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Mar 13, 2019 · The death of 19 immigrants may have unified the labor movement, but powerful interests left their fates unrecognized until decades later. Miners marched to Lattimer, Pennsylvania, on September...
After a series of broken promises from the mine owner, the 300 to 400 miners, mostly east European immigrants, peacefully marched to a coal mine in the tiny town of Lattimer in the Anthracite Coal district to support the new United Mine Workers of America.
Lattimer is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 554 at the 2010 census. [3]
The Lattimer massacre refers to a Luzerne County sheriff's posse killing at least 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite miners at the Lattimer mine near Hazleton, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1897.
Sep 10, 2020 · On Sept. 10, 1897, 19 mine workers were killed and dozens were wounded in the Lattimer Massacre. A strike began some weeks prior, as miners from eastern Pennsylvania protested extremely dangerous working conditions, unpaid overtime, and the company store.
Dr. Paul Shackel discusses contested memory and meaning of the 1897 Lattimer massacre in an article for Smithsonian. The article describes how the deaths of these 19 immigrant coal miners served to unify the labor movement at the time, while business leaders pushed to erase the event from public memory.
Coal companies like the Lattimer Coal Co. began with the formation of the village near Hazleton in 1869. Sheriff's deputies shot to death striking miners participating in a labor march in 1897.
