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By Cosmos Mariner, July 21, 2019
Standing The Gaff Monument (panel 1)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Region, New Waterford — Standing The Gaff — William Davis — 1888-1925 —  |
| (panel 1) In March of 1925, the members of District 26, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) were earning an average of $3.70 per day. The pits had worked only part time for the past twenty-four months and the miners had been through a . . . — — Map (db m151636) HM | |||
| 2 ► Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Region, New Waterford — William Davis — Memorial — Colliery Lands Park — |
| William Davis, a miner, with the British Empire Steel Corporation (BESCO), was employed at the No. 12 Colliery, New Waterford. In 1920, BESCO management began a targeted campaign to break the union. There were 58 strikes in the Sydney Coal Field . . . — — Map (db m151725) HM | |||