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Communist uprising at Fort Pitt Mine south of Bellaire, Ohio. The 200 or so miners have broken from the United Mine Workers and are demanding a six hour day with a large wage increase. Local Sheriff John Osburn has handed out weapons to deputies with order to shoot to kill. - August 5, 1919

by /u/Its_Happning_Again in /r/Ohio

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