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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Ugh I think I messed up my sleep by eating a bunch of bad food before I went to bed
Sleep is too fragile of a state, I'm gonna file a bug report. Also gonna ask the devs to bring tails back
There's this organization of furry biochemists and molecular biologists and probably other nerds called the "Freedom of Form Foundation" who are actually trying to give people stuff like scales, fur, and tails. I haven't checked in for a while but at the time I went to the panel they gave at a furry convention they were investigating implants mainly but they are considering DNA editing too in the future
Out of all the things to genetically engineer humans to have tails seem like one of the easier things cuz the code is mostly still there, just deactivated. I guess one of the biggest challenges with that is getting already living, consenting people to grow new limbs lol. Actually it would be the funniest outcome if furries figured out limb regeneration first so it'll probably happen lmao
I hope they figure out fur before tails to prevent a bunch of people getting huge rat tails (unless they like that I guess). Sounds cool though