June 1920

Captain Brockus raided the Lick Creek tent colony in June 1920. There was a gun skirmish within the colony between the miners and Brockus and Martin’s men. The state police in response had tents being destroyed, scattered belongings of the miners and their families, and miners were shot and arrested.

It had only been three months since the Matewan Massacre and the civil unrest was escalating. Martial Law was enacted and federal troops came into the area. This lasted for a short time as the threat of a state-wide general strike of all union coal miners of West Virginia was threatened. The federal troops backed down.

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