New Straitsville
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Search complete. 2 mentions across 2 episodes found for "New Straitsville".
Oct 13, 2026
Uncle JoeyHOST
This area is very rich in history, that's for sure.
Big EasyHOST
Well, you know, Capone used to run his liquor up through New Straitsville.
Big EasyHOST
And and then like if you were if you were to ever go to downtown Ohio, you go into their their their business districts.
Big EasyHOST
If you go in the basements as me and Phil Bailey, we had a computer store on Third Street in downtown Dayton.
speaker_0HOST
On this day in working class history, the 11th of October.
speaker_0HOST
On the 11th of October, 1884, one of the longest burning fires in the world began when striking miners set fire to the new Straitsville mine in Ohio.
speaker_0HOST
Miners employed by the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company had walked out on strike in June, and mine bosses hired scab replacement workers in their place.
speaker_0HOST
To prevent the mines from operating, a group of unknown people set fire to mine cars and pushed them into six mines in the area, setting them ablaze.