Hi Carol, This Jake Drummond was allegedly a brother to the Drummonds that was hanged at "Drummonds Bridge". The prisoner lease program ended after the "Coal Creek Wars" but working conditions in the mines really didn't improve until after the FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT was passed in 1936 by members of the FDR administration. And, a lot of this could be attributed to John L. Lewis and other organizers of Collective Bargaining Associations or the "HATED UNIONS" as some refer to them. The miners didn't receive "Black Lung" and other health care benefits just because the Mine Owners felt sorry for them. These men had to fight and sometimes die in order to get the benefits that they were justly due. John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com