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27 May

William Blizzard was acquitted by the jury

The 1922 treason trial of labor leader Bill Blizzard followed the 1921 Miners’ March and the resulting Battle of Blair Mountain. At the time of the battle Blizzard was president of United Mine Workers District 17's Subdistrict Two, based in St. Al...

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