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| Terror of the Tug | |
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| Written by | Jean Battlo |
| Date premiered | 2000 |
| Place premiered | McDowell County, West Virginia |
| Genre | Historical drama |
Terror of the Tug is a play written by Jean Battlo and based on events in the life of Police Chief Sid Hatfield just after the Matewan Massacre, a notable event in the history of West Virginia and its Pocahontas Coalfield, and the history of mining labor relations in the United States. [1]
The events in the play Terror of the Tug took place after the historical events of the Coal Wars battle, depicted in the 1987 movie Matewan .
The Tug of the title is the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River that flows through the coal-mining region of West Virginia and Kentucky.