Portrait of Frank Keeney

People/labour leader

Frank Keeney

Frank Keeney, labour leader, from United States. Linked to coal.

The lucky break

Met Mother Jones in a tent camp at Paint Creek in 1912 and asked her to help organise nearby Cabin Creek.1,2

Legacy

Strike leader in the West Virginia mine wars. He and other strike leaders doubted Jones's claimed Harding telegram and kept the 1921 march on Logan County going.1,2

Story cards

Timeline

  1. late August to early September 1921Battle of Blair Mountain3
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Where next

People

Partner ofMary 'Mother' JonesShe rallied Cabin Creek's miners after a tent-camp meeting with a young organiser.1

Events

LedBattle of Blair MountainStrike leaders refused to stop the march on Logan County.1

Sources

  1. Mary Mother Jones (article) US National Park Service
  2. File pages and licence metadata for portraits (via the Commons imageinfo/extmetadata API) Wikimedia Commons
  3. The Battle of Blair Mountain US National Park Service

Pictures on this page: Frank Keeney.jpg, Unknown author (Public domain).

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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