sentences:  Farming was still family based.Macoupin County was often at the center of major labor disputes between mine owners and miners, and was a hotbed of union activity.The county had previously played a major role in violent 1890s disputes that brought unwanted national attention, was at center stage when the United Mine Workers rose to power, and was again prominent during the internecine war between the UMW and the Progressive Miners of America of the 1930s.