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Coal Strike of 1902 | Strikers Hang Scabs in Effigy, Wilkes-Barre

Summary by Wynning History
Two stuffed figures swayed above a Wilkes-Barre, PA street in the summer of 1902.They were crude effigies of non-union miners, hoisted high for every strikebreaker in Luzerne County to see. Image of strikers with protest signs in Wilkes-Barre, PA in 1902 The message was unmistakable. Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal fields were in the grip of the Coal Strike of 1902. Since May 12, more than 147,000 members of the United Mine Workers of America ha…
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Wynning History broke the news on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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