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Near Harwood on Sept. 10, 1897, immigrant coal miners on strike marched for higher wages and equal rights. Unarmed, they were fired upon at Lattimer by sheriff's deputies. Nineteen marchers, who were Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian, were killed. Most of the dead were buried in St. Stanislaus Cemetery in Hazleton, while others were interred in St. Joseph's and Vine Street Cemeteries in Hazleton and in St. Patrick Cemetery in McAdoo.
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