Horning, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Horning, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania
Pushpin Label:Horning
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Allegheny
Subdivision Type3:Borough
Subdivision Name3:Baldwin
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:1037
Coordinates:40.3375°N -79.9914°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1177432

Horning is a neighborhood in the borough of Baldwin in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the residence of miners of the Pittsburgh Terminal Railroad and Coal Company #4 Mine, which had a racially integrated workforce, unusual in that era.[1]

"D" Mine (Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company #4)

Horning was founded at the opening of a coal mine along the West Side Belt Railroad by the Pittsburg Terminal Coal Company around 1903. In 1905, Philip Murray was elected president of the United Mine Workers of America local in Horning.On February 3, 1926, 20 miners were killed in an explosion in this mine.[2] It was the scene of armed labor unrest in 1928.[3] [4] The mine was closed October 5, 1939.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Smith Brown, Eliza . African American Historic Sites Survey of Allegheny County . 2007 . DIANE Publishing Inc. . 9781422314906 . 178–179 .
  2. News: Pictures Rescue work in Burning Mine . . 6 Feb 1926. 19 December 2010.
  3. 1928 . Labor: Horror in Pennsylvania . . Feb. 13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106160038/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,731535-1,00.html . dead . November 6, 2012 . 26 December 2010 .
  4. 1928 . (Letters) Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp. . . Feb. 27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121031308/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846704,00.html . dead . November 21, 2010 . 26 December 2010 .
  5. Web site: Allegheny County Pennsylvania Coal Mine Index . Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania . 26 December 2010.