same position with the Illinois Coal Operators' Association. He served in this last position until his death. Death Michael Ratchford died age 67 in Massillon on December 12, 1927. See also John Mitchell (United Mine Workers) Thomas Lewis John Phillip White John L. Lewis References Further reading Coleman, McAlister. Men and Coal. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1943. Foner, Philip S. History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 1: From Colonial Times to the Founding of the American Federation of Labor. New York: International Publishers, 1947. Foner, Philip S. History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 2: From the Founding of the American Federation of Labor to the Emergence of American Imperialism. New York: International Publishers, 1955. Gluck, Elsie. John Mitchell, Miner: Labor's Bargain with the Gilded Age. New York: John Day Co., 1929. 1860 births 1927 deaths Presidents of the United Mine Workers People from County Clare People from Massillon, Ohio American trade unionists of Irish descent Trade unionists from Ohio