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Title: Re: WV Coal Strikes-martial law-Blair Mountain Post by butlersrangers on Feb 16th, 2019 at 9:04pm
"Local Boy" - Good Eye! I was judging by magazine contour and one-piece stock. I knew the rifles weren't Swiss Vetterli, but, forgot about the Italian Vetterli, with magazine. I believe you are correct.
(Also, FWIW, back in the early 1900's, Labor Unions were a different animal than Unions of later eras. Some unions were definitely connected to Socialist and Communist political groups. The Western Federation of Miners, that was rejected by most Miners in Michigan, had 'dynamited' Mines in Colorado and assassinated the ex-governor of Montana). Labor disputes usually have tricky histories. |
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