Ten years later it rose to 21.5 million tons and the age of the coal barons such as James Otis Watson. Joseph Beury. and Isaac T. Mann had begun. Company stores and housing and payment by script became a way of life for many. The native population became integrated with southern blacks and immigrants from Italy and other countries. Mary "Mother" Jones became a frequent visitor to the State and many mines were unionized by 1902. However. a great deal more history was to be made as represented by the subsequent labor disturbances on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek in 1912 and 1913.
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