Monongah : the tragic story of the 1907 monongah mine diaster the worst industrial accident in U.S. history / Davitt McAteer ; cover and book design by Than Saffel
Published
Morgantown, West Virginia : West Virginia University Press, 2014
Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by Robert B. Reich -- 1. J.H. Leonard, Oiler for the No. 6 Mine -- 2. The Northern Coal Fields of West Virginia -- 3. Lester Emmitt Trader: Assistant Fire Boss at Age 22 -- 4. The Company Men -- 5. The Mining Companies: The Early Years -- 6. The City of Mines -- 7. Immigrants Wanted -- 8. “Hire Bands or Anything That Is Necessary� -- 9. And The Explosion Came -- 10. Escape and Rescue -- 11. “They Are All Gone�
12. “We Know So Little About How These Explosions Occur�13. The Monongah Mine Relief Fund in Aid of Sufferers from the Monongah Mine Explosion -- 14. Wheels of Justice -- 15. The Number -- 16. “An End to This Huge Loss and Waste� -- 17. The Conscience of a Nation -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Individuals Mentioned in Monongah -- Reprint of the Mines Relief Committee Report -- Index
