What the records say
- When
- 10 Sep 1897
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 19
- Coordinates
- 40.99° N, 75.96° W
- Description
- Massacre
Lattimer massacre
1897 killing of unarmed striking miners
The Lattimer massacre was the killing of at least 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite miners by a Luzerne County sheriff's posse at the Lattimer mine near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States, on September 10, 1897. The miners were mostly of Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian and German ethnicities. Scores more miners were wounded in the attack by the posse.
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