Anthracite Living History Group Announces
Coal Mining History Week Activities

In conjunction with the 52nd anniversary of the Knox Mine Disaster on January 22, 2011, the Anthracite Living History Group announces the following mining-history related activities, which are open to the public free of charge

•Saturday, January 22, 4:30 p.m., annual Knox disaster memorial mass, at St. John’s Catholic Church, Williams St., Pittston.

•Saturday, January 22, 6 p.m., panel discussion on the Knox disaster featuring Audrey Calvey (daughter of Knox victim, John Baloga); Samuel de Alba (Chairman, Knox Disaster Monument Committee); William A. Hastie (former Knox Coal Company employee), and Joseph Panzitta (former anthracite coal operator), at St. John’s Catholic Church Parish Hall, Williams St., Pittston. Refreshments provided.

•Sunday, January 23, 11:15 p.m., memorial commemoration of the 12 Knox disaster victims, in front of the old St. Joseph’s Church (now Baloga Funeral Home), Port Griffith.

•Sunday, January 23, 11:45 p.m., gathering and commemoration at the Knox disaster break-in site along the Susquehanna River Trail, Port Griffith (one-half mile north of the 8th Street Bridge).

•Sunday, January 23, 2:30 p.m., Knox disaster history program, at the Anthracite Heritage Museum, McDade Park, Scranton, presentations by John Gadomski & George Mazur (the last two Knox disaster survivors); Samuel De Alba (Chairman, Knox Disaster Monument Committee); and Prof. Robert Wolensky (King’s College professor who has written about the Knox disaster). Refreshments provided.

•Tuesday, January 25, 6:30 p.m., presentation by William Hastie & Robert Wolensky on “The Pennsylvania Coal Company and the Subcontracting System: Italians, Wildcatters, and the Industrial Workers of the World, 1905-1916,” at the Earth Conservancy Building, Main Street, Ashley. Sponsored by the Huber Breaker Preservation Society. Refreshments provided.

•Saturday, January 29, 2:30 p.m., presentation by William Hastie & Robert Wolensky on “The Labor Wars of 1928: Rinaldo Cappellini, Alex Campbell, and Industrial Conflict at the Pennsylvania Coal Company,” at the West Pittston Presbyterian Church. Sponsored by the West Pittston Historical Society. Refreshments provided.

For further information: Eric Bella (570 855 2224) or Zach Petroski (570 574 3031), co-presidents, Anthracite Living History Group.