Battle of Virden

When

12 Oct 1898

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.50° N, 89.77° W

Description

labor union and racial conflict in Illinois, 1898

Labor union and racial conflict in Illinois, 1898

The Battle of Virden, also known as the Virden Mine Riot and Virden Massacre, was a labor union conflict and a racial conflict in central Illinois that occurred on October 12, 1898. After a United Mine Workers of America local struck a mine in Virden, Illinois, the Chicago-Virden Coal Company hired armed detectives or security guards to accompany African-American strikebreakers to start production again.

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