It was one of the longest and most violent U.S. strikes since World War II, and it summoned images of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys. By the time it ended last month, the United Mine Workers' 15-month walkout against the A.T. Massey Coal Co. had left one person dead and hundreds wounded, and caused millions of dollars' worth of damage on both sides of the Kentucky-West Virginia line.
Last week the first miners, some of them still bitter against their employer, began to be recalled. "I don't guess this is the way any of...
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