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Coal
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Oil and coal? Of course, it's a fungible commodity and they don't flag, you know, the molecules, where it's going and where it's not [...]. So, I believe that what Congress is going to do, also, is not to allow the export bans to such a degree that it's Americans that get stuck to holding the bag without the energy source that is produced here, pumped here.
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Gowen finally gave up on December 13, 1889. He secluded himself in a Washington hotel room, pulled out a gun and, in morbid imitation of his old enemies, killed a mine official—himself.
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― The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War
― The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War
Useful reading for those covering news in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, especially on econo…more
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