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Historic Hotel Stilwell in Pittsburg, Kansas, with vintage cars in front.

Was the Brother of the Company President Poisoned?

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By Lindsey Light In December of 1902, A. B. “Bert” Marston arrived at the Stilwell Hotel in Pittsburg, Kansas, to gather African American workers to go with him to Thurber, Texas, to mine coal. Marston was the assistant storekeeper of the Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company (TPM&M). TPM&M was...