The miners of windber the struggles of new immigrants for unionization 1890s 1930s in 1897 the berwind white coal mining company founded windber as a company town for its miners in the bituminous coal country of pennsylvania the miners of windber chronicles the coming of unionization to windber from the 1890s when thousands of new immigrants . The miners of windber chronicles the coming of unionization to windber from the 1890s when thousands of new immigrants flooded pennsylvania in search of work through the new deal era of the 1930s when the miners rights to organize join the united mine workers of america and bargain collectively were recognized after years of bitter strugglemildred allen beik a windber native whose father entered the coal mines at age eleven in 1914 explores the struggle of miners and their families . The miners of windber the struggles of new immigrants for unionization 1890s 1930s beik mildred amazoncomau books. The miners of windber chronicles the coming of unionization to windber from the 1890s when thousands of new immigrants flooded pennsylvania in search of work through the new deal era of the