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Herrin massacre

The Herrin massacre took place in June 1922 in Herrin, Illinois. Following an early morning gunfire attack on non-union miners going to work on June 21, three union miners (Jordie Henderson, Joseph Pitkewicius and one other) were killed in a confrontation after the striking union members marched on the mine. The next day, union miners killed 19 of fifty strikebreakers and mine guards, many of them in brutal ways. A twentieth victim from the non-union group would later be murdered, bringing the death total to twenty-three.

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Robert J Anderson

2 Aug 1896 – 22 Jun 1922

Comstock Park, Kent County, Michigan, USA

Plot info: C-102-1

George “Jordie” Henderson

11 Apr 1880 – 21 Jun 1922

Herrin, Williamson County, Illinois, USA

Howard E. Hoffman

16 Jan 1888 – 22 Jun 1922

Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana, USA

Guy Bell Hudgens

15 Sep 1886 – 13 Jul 1922

Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, USA

Raymond C.C. Jacobs

2 Oct 1884 – 22 Jun 1922

Hamilton Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA

No grave photo

Robert Marsh

26 Jan 1888 – 22 Jun 1922

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Claude Kline McDowell

21 Jun 1894 – 22 Jun 1922

Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado, USA

Arthur B Miller

21 Oct 1883 – 22 Jun 1922

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Plot info: Section B, Lot 9895, Grave 686.

Juoszs “Joe” Petkeuicius

10 Nov 1898 – 21 Jun 1922

Herrin, Williamson County, Illinois, USA

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