Horning, Pennsylvania
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  Horning | |
| Coordinates: 40°20′15″N 79°59′29″W / 40.33750°N 79.99139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny |
| Borough | Baldwin |
| Elevation | 1,037 ft (316 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1177432[1] |
Horning is a neighborhood in the borough of Baldwin in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the residence of miners of the Pittsburgh Terminal Railroad and Coal Company #4 Mine, which had a racially integrated workforce, unusual in that era.[2]
"D" Mine (Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company #4)
[edit]Horning was founded at the opening of a coal mine along the West Side Belt Railroad by the Pittsburg Terminal Coal Company around 1903. In 1905, Philip Murray was elected president of the United Mine Workers of America local in Horning. On February 3, 1926, 20 miners were killed in an explosion in this mine.[3] It was the scene of armed labor unrest in 1928.[4][5] The mine was closed October 5, 1939.[6]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horning, Pennsylvania
- ^ Smith Brown, Eliza (2007). African American Historic Sites Survey of Allegheny County. DIANE Publishing Inc. pp. 178–179. ISBN 9781422314906.
- ^ "Pictures Rescue work in Burning Mine". New York Times. February 6, 1926. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
- ^ "Labor: Horror in Pennsylvania". TIME (Feb. 13). 1928. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ^ "(Letters) Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp". TIME (Feb. 27). 1928. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ^ "Allegheny County Pennsylvania Coal Mine Index". Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
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