Coal Wars

Coal Wars

Tennessee miners attacking Fort Anderson during the Coal Creek War in 1892.
Date	c. 1890 – 1930
Location	United States, especially West Virginia and Colorado
Also known as	Coal Mine Wars

The Coal Wars were a series of armed labor conflicts in the United States, roughly between 1890 and 1930. Although they occurred mainly in the East, particularly in Appalachia, there was a significant amount of violence in Colorado after the turn of the century.^[1]