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James Goodwin Letter to R.M. Haseltine Requesting Relief for Miners

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Title	James Goodwin Letter to R.M. Haseltine Requesting Relief for Miners
Subject	Coal miners Strikes and lockouts Coal mining
Place	New Straitsville (Ohio) Perry County (Ohio)
Description	James Goodwin, secretary of the New Straitsville Relief & Distributing Committee, wrote this letter to R.M. Haseltine, chief inspector of mines, on August 16, 1897. Goodwin asks for relief for the 800 miners in the New Straitsville area. In a lengthy postscript, he denounces the violence against mine owners in the region and tells Haseltine of a resolution passed by the miners of New Straitsville to protect the property of miner owners, without a fee. The 1897 strike was one of a number of labor disputes between coal miners and mine owners in the Hocking Valley region between 1880 and 1940. The letter is three pages and measures 4.75" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm).
Creator	Goodwin, James
Date of Original	August 16, 1897
Collection	Miners' Relief Correspondence
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts); State Archives Series 643, Folder 5
Format	manuscripts
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
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Type	Text
Date created	2010-10-19

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Full Text	New Straitsville Aug 16 1897 To R.M. Haseltine Honoured Sir at a meeting of themines Committee Held here I was Elected Secretary of the new Straitsville Relief and Distributing Committee I was Requested to write to you for aid For the Starving 800 miners and mine Laborers of this Section of the Hocking Valley we have Been idle as you well Know and we have received no Relief from anywhere with the Exception of Food donations that we have genorously received From the Business men and Store Keepers of our town Which we issued to the needy Last Saturday we Partially relieved one half of the Distressed that came
Date created	2009-01-09

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