The 1912-1913 Paint Creek Mine War was among the most violent conflicts in labor union history. The United Mine Workers struck the Kanawha Co., West Virginia mine operators April 1912. In May the operators hired the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency to break the strike and the violence started. Mother Jones arrived in June as strikers were being evicted from rented homes. There were attacks and killings around the town of Mucklow named on the back of this 5x7” glossy photo. Two women stand before a large tent with stove pipe on exterior. One woman holds a rifle. Reverse has photographer’s ink stamp “Photograph From J.R. Schimdt, 3557 St. Charles Place, Hyde Park. Cincinnati, O.” Rest of text, except for date stamp of “Feb. 12, 1913” is in pencil with “Price $2.00” and a caption “Hostile Grandmothers Of Mucklow, W.Va.” This is not a wire service photo but rather one likely sold to support the miner’s strike. Photo has minor handling creases and very minor traces of a few lines from the caption on reverse. Clean and glossy. VF.