Lattimer massacre

Deaths: at least 19
Injuries: dozens

Lattimer massacre
Lattimer massacre
Date	September 10, 1897
Location	Lattimer, Pennsylvania, U.S.; 40°59′41″N 75°57′38″W
Goals	Wage increase
Methods	Strikes, protest, demonstrations
Parties
United Mine Workers	Sheriff's posse
Lead figures
	Michael Cheslock James F. Martin
Number
300–400	c. 100
Casualties and losses
Deaths: at least 19; Injuries: dozens;	Arrests: 74

The Lattimer massacre refers to a Luzerne County sheriff's posse killing at least 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite miners at the Lattimer mine near Hazleton, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1897. The miners were mostly of Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian and German ethnicities. Scores more miners were wounded in the attack by the posse. The massacre was a turning point in the history of the United Mine Workers (UMW).

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