Labor, Loyalty, and Rebellion: Southwestern Illinois Coal Miners & World War I

by Carl R. Weinberg

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On April 5, 1918, as American troops fought German forces on the Western Front, German American coal miner Robert Prager was hanged from a tree outside Collinsville, Illinois, having been accused of disloyal utterances about the United States and chased out of town by a mob.

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331.88Society, Government, and CultureEconomicsLabor economicsLabor unions, labor-management bargaining and disputesLabor unions (Trade unions)
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HD8039 .M62 .U676Social sciencesIndustries. Land use. LaborIndustries. Land use. LaborLabor. Work. Working classBy industry or trade
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