Beik, Mildred Allen. The Miners of Windber: The Struggles of New Immigrants for Unionization, 1890s-1930s. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996.

Utilizing a broad range of sources, including oral history interviews, Beik documents how coal mining families from twenty-five different nationalities banded together to fight for union representation and better lives.

Citation Type: Book

Referenced in:
The Peopling of Pennsylvania: The Creation of a Multicultural Society
Windber Strike of 1922-1923
Pennsylvania State Police [Bituminous Coal]
Windber [Bituminous Coal]