 Blankenhorn, who was a writer for the magazine "The Nation", relayed the adventure of one young student and union organizer from Pittsburgh, named Viscosky, who convinced Hillman to hire him as a guard just prior to the strike.Blackenhorn wrote, Viscosky "used his very special opportunity to line them [the miners] up for a strike.The only man whom he reported to the company was one who refused to have anything to do with the 'union,' the company faithfully discharged that one."