My great-grandfather also perished in a mine collapse near Wilkes-Barre, PA, sometime in the 1920s. I remember my grandfather, who was still a child when it hap

My great-grandfather also perished in a mine collapse near Wilkes-Barre, PA, sometime in the 1920s. I remember my grandfather, who was still a child when it happened, telling me about how the miners were treated. He was forced to take a job selling fruit to support his mother and brother because the mining company refused to pay any death benefits. It's easy to forget how bad the working conditions once were, and I suppose still are in some places today.