On this day in 1912, the Paint Creek Mine War began when West Virginia miners struck, demanding formal union recognition and fairer labor practices. The incident quickly escalated into one of the worst labor conflicts in U.S. history.
The event, also known as the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike, centered on the area enclosed by two streams, Paint Creek and Cabin Creek. It is considered part of the "Coal Wars", a series of armed conflicts between workers and coal companies from the 1890s - 1930s in the United States.
The strike lasted for fourteen months, and over 5,000 workers participated. Notable labor organizer Mother Jones (shown) came to West Virginia to support the workers, organizing a secret march of 3,000 armed miners to the steps of the state capitol in Charleston to read a declaration of war to Governor William E. Glasscock.
The confrontation directly caused approximately fifty violent deaths from armed conflicts between miners and strike-breaking forces, as well as many more deaths indirectly caused by starvation and malnutrition among the striking miners. In terms of casualties, it was among the worst conflicts in American labor history.
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Yeah most Japanese import stuff is coastal unfortunately.
Don't sleep on AliExpress though! They have some very high quality options, especially if you're willing to sort through them a bit.
The "fromthenon" branding has Midori MD clones. You can through a cover on that (PVC or something more substantial) and it'll be much nicer than a Moleskine and cost about $6-7 total. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832679586085.html. Both cover types are reusable, which is nice. You can archive these inserts and keep using the same cover for new notebooks if you want. And if not, PVC covers are like $2 on AliExpress https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806540934779.html. I can vouch for this clone paper being almost as good as Midori MD (I got a killer price on a bunch of Midori MD paper recently when a friend traveled to Japan).
There are also clones of the Moleskine style notebook that they sell for <$10: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805910757517.html. A6 is a pocketable size and A5 is a little bigger, like a small journal that won't fit in a pocket. Dot ding may have these as well.
the moleskine clone on sale for $0.99
But thank you, it never occurred to me to buy a more barebones notebook and just add a cover. If I start going through them faster I'm definitely doing that.
Nice!
That sale price is only if you're making a new account I think but that might actually apply to you!