The Herrin Massacre began on this day in Herrin, Illinois when striking coal miners looted ammunition and guns from a hardware store and laid seige to their mine, filled with strikebreakers, killing twenty-three people.
The violence took place in a coal mining area during a nationwide strike by the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA). Months prior, the UMWA had called a national miners’ strike. The owner of the local Illinois mine, W.J. Lester, negotiated with the union to allow his mine to remain open and for miners to go back to work, as long as no coal was shipped out.
By June, over 60,000 tons of coal had been dug up and Lester decided to break his agreement and attempted to sell the coal. Early in the morning of June 21st, a truck carrying Lester’s guards and strikebreakers was ambushed near Carbondale, Illinois on its way to the mine. The union miners marched into Herrin, looted the hardware store of its firearms and ammunition, and laid seige to the mine.
The strikebreakers working in the mine surrendered to the union workers firing on them and were captured as prisoners. Despite promises of safety, they were brutally tortured and massacred by the union miners. Twenty-three workers were killed, most of whom were members of the strikebreaking group. W.J. Lester, the owner of the mine, made a significant profit from selling his mine after the massacre occurred, in order to avoid lawsuits
The nation reacted to the massacre with disgust. One newspaper editorial said "Herrin, Illinois should be ostracized. Shut off from all communication with the outside world and the people there left to soak in the blood they have spilled."President Warren Harding characterized it as a “shocking crime, barbarity, butchery, rot and madness.” Others also compared the people of Herrin to the alleged behavior of German troops during World War I.
Two trials were held, the first on November 7, 1922, and the second in the winter of 1923. Only six men were indicted for the massacre, and the first two trials ended in acquittals for all the defendants. The prosecution gave up and dismissed the remaining indictments. Otis Clark was the first man to be tried on a total of 214 charges. Two years later, Clark was shot and killed by an unknown assailant.Another of the accused died in a mine accident
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Distributing among the nine young workers the 9 extra sets produced by the chief, the daily average for all ten men is 15+1 = 16 sets. Then the chief turns out 16 + 9 = 25 sets daily, and the entire brigade, (15 × 9) + 25 = 160 sets. Those who know algebra can solve the problem by composing an equation with one unknown.
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An item is made from lead blanks in a lathe shop. Each blank suffices for 1 item. Lead shavings accumulated from making 6 items can be melted and made into a blank. How many items can be made from 36 blanks?
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I had no idea how easy it is to make homemade pizza when you use a store bought pizza dough.
I’m soooo full from only 800 calories. :meow-melt:
Ok, I really hope this is all vegan. I checked the dough ingredients and it didn’t say milk or eggs so I hope I’m good. :shy:
You’ll need:
- Pizza Dough Canister (I used Pillsbury, so those are the baking instructions I’ll include.)
- Rectangular Bakeware
- Spray on Olive Oil (Regular Olive oil is totally fine if you don’t mind extra cal.)
- At least 3oz Vegan Mozzarella
- At least 1oz Vegan Parm (Optional)
- 1 Tiny Can of Tomato Paste
- Italian Herbs and Spices to Taste
- Toppings of Choice (I used canned olives, tiny can of mushrooms, and soy bacon bits. It was a pretty tasty combo.)
Here are the prep instructions:
- Set oven to 425.
- Get out bakeware and spray with olive oil.
- Break open pizza dough canister and gently roll out dough directly onto bakeware. You’ll have plenty of time waiting for the oven to heat up, no need to rush.
- Once you’re happy with the dough placement, you can spray the dough with a little more olive oil if you want. Entirely optional!
- When the oven is hot enough put the dough by itself in there for 8 minutes.
- While you wait, it’s time to prep your ingredients! Start by opening your tomato paste can and emptying it out into a mug.
- When your tomato can is emptied out, fill the can with water and mix it into the tomato paste. This is also a good time to add seasoning to your sauce. I used an italian herb mix, garlic powder, and black pepper myself.
- Taste your sauce for flavor and thickness. Feel free to add more water or seasoning if you want.
- If you still have time, open up any canned toppings and drain the liquid. Chop up your toppings if they aren’t bite sized.
- Pull out the dough when your timer goes off. The middle will look more cooked than the rest of the dough, that’s normal.
- Pour your sauce mug out onto the middle of the pizza dough and spread it out.
- Add cheese, herbs and toppings to taste. I went very light on my cheese because I’ve been eating too much of it recently. Don’t be surprised if you go through a whole bag of vegan cheese in comparison.
- Carefully put it back in the oven for another 8-10 minutes. I put mine in for 12 minutes because my vegan cheese wasn’t melting well, but it didn’t burn the crust.
- Pull it out when it’s ready and cut into 1/4ths or 1/6ths.
Enjoy! Mine was 1600 calories total, and eating half of one with no sides totally filled me up despite skipping breakfast. Yours might vary based on cheese, toppings, and olive oil amount.
Oh Moy gods you wrote out a whole thing, tysm! I will save this and make some in the future!
