Pittston, PA, United States
Twin Shaft Disaster. On June 28, 1896, fifty-eight men were killed in a massive cave-in of rock and coal here, in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Colliery. An investigative commission, appointed by the Governor, reported on Sept. 25. Although its safety recommendations would often be ignored, t
he disaster was a factor that led to a stronger unionization of this region under John Mitchell after 1900.
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