Mastodawn

The #MonongahMiningDisaster occurred on #ThisDayInHistory in 1907, in the town of #Monongah, #WestVirginia. The mine was overloaded with workers (greed requires speed) when it exploded, killing 362 #miners. The first #FathersDay was observed the following year in tribute to them.

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Peter Riley Dec 6

@workingclasshistory

Grace Golden Clayton suggested to her minister that he honour all fathers at a Sunday service, which he did on 5 July 1908.
Sonora Smart Dodd attempted to establish an official equivalent to Mother's Day for fathers, which was implemented statewide in 1910. It grew from there was established as a federal holiday in 1972.

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http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/fathers-day

https://libcom.org/history/monongah-mining-disaster-1907-steven-johns

#FathersDay #migrantworkers #mineworkers #Monongah #WestVirginia

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Elizabeth Winter Apr 6, 2023

How Regulation Came to Be: Monongah Mine Explosion (23d in series)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/3/15/1370022/-How-regulation-came-to-be-Monongah

#HowRegulationCameToBe #Regulation #History #Coal #Steamships #Railroads #Electricity #Iron #Steel #MineDisaster #Monongah #MineralRights #FairmontCoal #ConsolidationCoal #JohnDRockefeller #Corruption #Tipple #MineDisaster #MineExplosion #ImmigrantLabor #WestVirginia #SacrificeZones #Methane #CoalDust #DavittMcAteer #CasualtyUndercount
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How regulation came to be: Monongah

The United States at the dawn of the twentieth century was a nation transformed. The rural, agrarian nation of Jefferson's time and Jefferson's vision had embarked on a Hamiltonian evolution, the ...

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