A Photograph from the 1902 Coal Strike in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

A Photograph from the 1902 Coal Strike in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

This photograph appeared on the front page of the New York Tribune in June 1902. It shows a group of striking mineworkers in the Parsons neighborhood of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. They posed with a protest sign directed at non-union mineworkers who crossed picket lines to keep collieries open amid the growing 1902 coal strike managed by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). The sign states: “THE SCABS MUST LEAVE TOWN” Union workers referre…