A posse of armed citizens led by the local sheriff attacked the miners in a massacre that left at least 19 men dead and countless others injured. The Lattimer Mine Massacre and the subsequent trial. which ended in an acquittal of the massacre leader mine superintendent Gomer Jones. brought national attention to workers rights and the plight of the men who toiled under abysmal conditions in our Nations coal mines. The massacre led to a strengthening of the United Mine Workers of America as the voice for anthracite miners and was the first step in helping to empower miners and break down the walls of antiimmigrant sentiment which these men faced. Mr. Speaker. in 100 years the labor movement has come a long way.
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Generalization about anti-immigrant sentiment.