 Indeed, a July 25, 1922, article in the "Johnstown Tribune" noted that additional Coal and Iron Police were hired during the national coal miner's strike in 1922.Michael Musmanno, in 1929 a Pennsylvania state legislator, fought to banish the Coal and Iron Police after they had beaten worker John Barkoski to death.The final disbandment was helped along by Musmanno's writing a short story based on the case, which was adapted into the 1935 film "Black Fury".