Patrick Gilday

Patrick Gilday (March 25, 1862 – September 14, 1917) was a United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) President of District Number 2, representing the Central Pennsylvania district, from 1902-1915, most famous for helping to settle the Danbury Hatters Case.

Early life

Gilday was born Patrick Augusta Kilday on March 25, 1862 in Paisley, Scotland, On July 16, 1915, he was named by then Pennsylvania governor Martin Grove Brumbaugh as Chief of the Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, part of the Pennsylvania department of Labor and Industry, working to settle many wage disputes between miners and their employers throughout the state of Pennsylvania.

Death In 1917 Patrick became ill and lingered for about six months before dying on September 14, leaving behind a widow (his second wife), 5 children from his first marriage and 8 from his second.