Kentucky Labor Landmarks

Name Street Address City State Historical Notes Additional information
Hatfield, Sid, Monument cemetery Buskirk KY Remembers Sid Hatfield, police chief of Matewan, who was killed by Baldwin-Felts Company agents in August 1921 for championing the rights of coal miners to organize a union (UMWA). see: Battle of Matewan
Also see: the movie Matewan (1987) that portrays Hatfield's refusal to bow to coal company pressure.


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