Timeline
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300,000,000 B.C. - Compression of prehistoric peat deposits creates anthracite fields in Northeastern Pennsylvania. 1838 - Ario Pardee purchases land in the anthracite region. 1869 - Pardee builds miners' housing; names it Lattimer. August 13, 1897 - Honey Brook Colliery Mule Drivers go on strike. August 23, 1897 - Alien tax causes more workers to go on strike. September 10, 1897 - 19 striking miners are killed in the Lattimer Massacre. March 9, 1898 - Sheriff Martin and deputies are acquitted of murder charges. 1902 - Anthracite Strike 1937 - UMWA makes members aware of labor espionage September 10, 1972 - Historic marker commemorates 1897 massacre as pivotal event in labor history. September 10, 1997 - Historic marker commemorates 1897 massacre as pivotal event in labor and ethnic history. 2012 - National coal contract increases miners' wages |
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