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This week in West Virginia history


CHARLESTON The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
April 18, 1912: The Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike of 1912-13 began when coal operators rejected the demand of their unionized workers for a wage increase. The strike that followed was one of the most dramatic and bloody conflicts in the early 20th-century labor struggles in southern West Virginia known as the Mine Wars.
April 19, 1896: Writer Melville Davisson Post was born in Harrison County. His best-known works are the “Randolph Mason” series, published in three volumes, and the more successful collection, “Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries.” ....

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