Pennsylvania state legislator and former coal miner Michael Musmanno acted to ban the private Coal and Iron Police after the murder of miner John Barkoski in Imperial, Pennsylvania, in 1929. Later he wrote a short story about the incident changing the name of the miner to "Jan Volkanik."
Pennsylvania state legislator and former coal miner Michael Musmanno initiated measures to abolish the private Coal and Iron Police following the 1929 killing of miner John Barkoski in Imperial, Pennsylvania. He then wrote a short story about the incident, altering the name of the miner to "Jan Volkanik."