Michael J. Gallagher was born in Scranton in 1898. He was born into an Irish family of coal miners and was destined to follow in their footsteps. From father to son, the skills and the grit were ...

A 2020 story in Irish American Magazine appears to corroborate ... all praying that he was,” Biden told a crowd of Virginia coal miners.

One thing I learned about the coal miners, that's what they want to do ... Do you work in the coal industry? The Irish Star wants to hear from you! If you have a story, email yelena.mandenberg@ ...

Three more Irish coal miners were hanged in the Carbon County Jail after “Black Thursday.”The fairness of the Molly Maguires’ trials has long been questioned by historians. In 1979 ...

President Donald Trump hosted a group of coal miners for a signing ceremony at the White House, where he extolled “clean, beautiful coal.” On Tuesday, the president signed executive orders ...

The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now their unions are taking him to court. U.S. President Donald Trump ...

With the support of a burdensome oxygen machine, Robinson joined a handful of other retired Central Appalachian miners to sit down with ABC News' Jay O'Brien in the heart of coal country.

"When I was a child, I'd look up and I'd see coal miners — seemingly larger than life, doubled over coughing, scarcely able to walk, work or breathe," Petsonk says, "I've seen it my whole life.

MADISON, W.Va. — Emory “Curly” Carter sometimes feels like he can’t breathe. Household chores, such as cleaning and gardening, leave him gasping for air, making him feel like he has a ...

SAM PETSONK: When I was a child, I'd look up and I'd see coal miners, seeming larger than life, you know, doubled over, coughing, scarcely able to walk, work or breathe. NOGUCHI: Today ...