At Scranton there was a great parade. Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania led it. With him were John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, Frank Morrison, Secretary of the American Federation of Labor, and other notables. It was said that 10,000 miners were in line. It was said that 100,000 people looked on They took part in unveiling a monument.
The man whom they honored is dead. He was John Mitchell, President of the United Mine Workers from 1899 to 1908, Vice President of...
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