Chief O'Brien describes the Anthracite Coal Miners Strike of 1902 incorrectly. It only lasted 6 months, not 11. The unions did not get all that they wanted, principally because the mine owners were not forced to recognize the unions by the government. Lastly, the Chief said that his ancestor, Sean Aloysius O'Brian, was murdered and left in the Allegheny River, but the strike did not affect western Pennsylvania where that river is. Western PA coal mines produced bituminous coal, which is less hard and burned with more smoke; anthracite coal was mined in eastern PA, and it is harder and burned with less smoke.