Is the Situation Improving?

Even though by March 21, 1913, the situation looked to be improving, the attempts at compromise did very little to help the plight of the miners. However, there was a lot of tension and there were still pockets of resistance from the striking miners.

One of these prisoners was Mary Jones who served 85 days total before she was released without comment by Hatfield. Hatfield then began negotiations to see if a compromise could be reached.

After a couple of months of trying to de-tangle the mess of the strike, Governor Hatfield came up with a compromise which is called the “Hatfield Contract”. The miners were not happy about this idea because it provided for them no more protections than was already provided for by the state of West Virginia. However, the “authorities” were paid men by the coal companies and did not enforce the law.


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