Soft Coal’s Soft-Spoken Diplomat
Posted by Barry Michrina on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Soft Coal’s Soft-Spoken Diplomat Wearing a straw boater, he rode in the passenger seat of the Cadillac, and forlornly surveyed the picketing miners who blocked the lane leading into the village of St. Benedict in Cambria County. He signaled his manservant – serving now as bodyguard and chauffeur as well – to proceed through the human blockade. Angry strikers taunted them, shouting obscenities, as they drove up the...read more