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I moved this page from Matewan massacre to eliminate bias in the article title. Because all discussion at talk:Matewan massacre concerned the possibility of a move, I did not move the talk page.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.131.28 (talk) 20:08, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- The state historical marker refers to "Matewan Massacre". - The commemoration on the flood wall refers to "Battle of Matewan". - The Matewan WV vistor website refers to "Matewan Massacre". - The Matewan historical website refers to "Battle of Matewan".
Battle of Matewan is perfectly acceptable as an alternate to Matewan Massacre and does eliminate the bias or POV problems.Naaman Brown (talk) 11:52, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the lead sentence, Matewan is described as a "company town", meaning that the town was created by a mining company. Are there any source to support this claim? If not, then "company" should be struck from the description of the town. —Farix (t | c) 03:10, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The little chart on the right indicates 3, but the article says four. What gives? And where are the citations for the actual "battle of Matewan" section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.222.50.109 (talk) 23:08, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This article will neded extensive review. I removed one false claim about scrip being the only form of pay for the miner, thats false LOOKY HERE....I will review and provide actual NON BIASED links in the near futureCoal town guy (talk) 18:06, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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So I looked at the resulted in descriptor: | result = A setback of Miners' rights until the early 1930s when the Government finally recognized American labor unions that eventually led to the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) of 1933
NIRA had no details on how to handle Labor strife and conflicts. THAT was handled in 1935 with a labor relations act. However, within the next decade we had another world war and being on a union for an industry that helped make steel was the equivalent of being a porcupine in a nudist colony. This article still needs massive reworkingCoal town guy (talk) 13:18, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I noticed an issue with the spelling of Cabell Testerman. On one of my sources, it is spelled Cable instead of Cabell. Which is the correct spelling? Here's the source where I found the other spelling. http://www.wvculture.org/history/labor/matewan03.html Scarysnake (talk) 19:53, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Grave and marriage certificates do not clean up these answers. It seeems state government sources call him C.C. Testerman as that is what is on his marriage cert. His grave has it spelt CABLE but listed as CABELL. A contemporary newspaper from NC has Cabell and there's a wealth of documents available on ancestery so someone with an account should be able to settle this.--2601:545:C080:D380:A920:B057:64A4:D02C (talk) 16:58, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm never heard this talked of as a success for Baldwin-Felts, the victory was pyrrhic at best. They lost 7 a total of seven compared to the town's 3. I think there's got to be a better way to word this. 2601:545:C080:D380:A920:B057:64A4:D02C (talk) 16:58, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've tagged for neutrality and cohesion. There is insufficient footnoting too as well as original research. The section named "Conspiracy Theory" is problematic. The allegation concerning Hatfield shooting Testerman was made at the trial by the labor spy Lively. It is not a conspiracy theory but an allegation, and the wording of that section is not neutral. I have the well-researched 2020 biography of Lively, and will use that as a source for this article once I am done working through the Lively article. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 23:43, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]