On December 25, 1908, a 38-year-old White male named John C. Mullins, a Deputy U.S. Marshal, was killed in the line of duty during a violent confrontation in the coal mining town of Stearns, Kentucky. The incident occurred amidst a tense labor dispute between the Stearns Coal Company and the United Mine Workers, who were attempting to organize miners in the region. Tensions had escalated after a federal judge issued an injunction prohibiting union men from interfering with mine operations. While
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