Sewn in Coal Country Marshanda A. Smith After first introducing the pastoral

After first introducing the pastoral Luther

With this highly motivating guidebook close at hand

They thought

violent murders of Russell

and visitors in horse-drawn carriages

Sewn in Coal Country Marshanda A. Smith After first introducing the pastoralBy the mid 1930s, Pennsylvania's anthracite coal industry was facing a steady decline. Mining areas such as the Wyoming Valley around the cities of Wilkes Barre and Pittston were full of willing workers (including women) who proved irresistibly attractive to New York City's runaway shopsladies' apparel factories seeking lower labor and other costs. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) soon followed, and the Valley became a thriving