I very much appreciate the time and effort put in to posting these articles. I find them most interesting and informative. In some of the recent 1903 postings I have noticed snippets referring to the attempts to unionize the coal miners. My paternal great-grandfather was James O'Brien born around 1866. He was a coal miner living in Allegheny Township, Blair County (Gallitzin/Bennington). On April 11, 1887 he married Mary Anna (Molly) Troy in St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Gallitzin. They had two children, born 1892 and 1893. Family legend has it that James was killed while attending a union meeting. Tempers flared and someone struck James in the head/eye with an iron poker. It may have had something to do with the Molly Maguires. Does anyone have any additional information regarding the Union meetings around 1903? Has anyone ever seen newspaper articles regarding any uprisings and/or deaths which coincided with these meetings? Any help would be greatly appreciated. EFS