Battle of Blair Mountain

[Volk]

The Battle of Blair Mountain, I just came across this a few days ago, it interested me.

Battle of Blair Mountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Workers trying to unionize their part of the country go into open revolt and get put down by private army as well as federal troops... what's your take on it?

By August 29, battle was fully joined. Chafin's men, though outnumbered, had the advantage of higher positions and better weaponry. Private planes were hired to drop homemade bombs on the miners. On orders from the famous General Billy Mitchell, Army bombers from Maryland were also used to disperse the miners, a rare example of Air Power being used by the federal government against US citizens. A combination of gas and explosive bombs left over from the fighting in World War I were dropped in several locations near the towns of Jeffery, Sharples and Blair

[Newman]

....a sad event from a time when unions were actually needed to protect the rights of workers....