States List of worker deaths in United States labor disputes Notes References Bailey, Rebecca (2008). Matewan before the Massacre: Politics, Coal, and the Roots of Conflict in a West Virginia Mining Community. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press. Official Matewan, WV Website at Matewan.com Police Chief Hatfield's memorial Matewan Massacre. May 19th, 1920. Matewan Massacre, West Virginia Division of Culture and History State of West Virginia (2002). Marking Our Past: West Virginia's Historical Highway Markers. Charleston: West Virginia Division of Culture and History. West Virginia Mine Wars Museum independent history museum covering the Mine Wars Era in Matewan, WV. Matewan Oral History Project Collection Further reading Coal Wars Pocahontas Coalfield Coal mining in Appalachia Labor disputes in West Virginia Mingo County, West Virginia 1920 in West Virginia 1920 labor disputes and strikes Labor-related violence in the United States May 1920 events Anti-union violence