Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency Agents Are Hired

Many times the miners would come against the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency when they were brought in to bust up coal mine strikes. And on April 27, 1920, Baldwin-Felts agent Albert C. Felts, was arrested for illegally evicting miners of the Burnwell Coal and Coke Company as punishment for union activity.

This action did not go over very well with either side and so Mingo County Sheriff G. T. Blankenship negotiated with each side to agree that as long as only Mingo County officials enforced the eviction notices, the miners would be peaceful toward them and comply with the rules. During this time, the miners continued to join the UMWA.

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