The Union Miners Cemetery is a cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois. The cemetery is the burial site of labor leader

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She h ...

, who is memorialized with a granite monument. The monument and surrounding plaques also commemorate "General" Alexander Bradley, four victims of the

Battle of Virden The Battle of Virden, also known as the Virden Mine Riot and Virden Massacre, was a labor union conflict and a racial conflict in central Illinois that occurred on October 12, 1898. After a United Mine Workers of America local struck a mine in Vi ...

, and twenty-one other miners who died in labor struggles.

Miners Day A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, bla ...

has been celebrated on October 12 at the cemetery since 1899. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1972.

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{{Authority control Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois History of labor relations in the United States Buildings and structures in Macoupin County, Illinois 1899 establishments in Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Macoupin County, Illinois Mining in Illinois Miners' labor movement