1937 - Depression Strikes: Coal Miners Hold Sit-Down Strike Deep Underground
01:53:12 Pit head, crowd of women & children watch, MCU.
01:53:16 Miners go down in cage, wheels turning. Underground, miners wearing helmets stage sit-in. Playing cards. Sleeping. Miners cheer. CUs.
1937 Organized Workers; Unions; Depression; Illinois Coal Mining;
NOTE: Miners of PMA Local 1 staged sit-down street for nine days in Mine #4.
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1937 - Depression Strikes: Coal Miners Hold Sit-Down Strike Deep Underground 01:53:12 Pit head, crowd of women & children watch, MCU. 01:53:16 Miners go down in cage, wheels turning. Underground, miners wearing helmets stage sit-in. Playing cards. Sleeping. Miners cheer. CUs. 1937 Organized Workers; Unions; Depression; Illinois Coal Mining; NOTE: Miners of PMA Local 1 staged sit-down street for nine days in Mine #4.