James Goodwin Letter to R.M. Haseltine Requesting Relief for Miners   Save
Miners' Relief Correspondence
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). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1538_1645194_002
Subjects: Coal miners; Strikes and lockouts; Coal mining
Places: New Straitsville (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)