# Jim Moylan — King Coal character guide

> Jim Moylan in King Coal by Upton Sinclair.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jim, James Moylan, Moylan

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A miner and union sympathizer.

## In the story

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xvii)

Secretary of the district organization, arrived from Western City.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xviii)

District secretary of the union, explains the impossibility of supporting the strike and the need for secret organization.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xix)

Mentions the 97 organizers working secretly for the union.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xx)

Union leader who defends the union's strategy against accusations of betrayal, explaining the need to avoid a hopeless strike.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xxi)

Argues that defeats can educate workers and urges the committee to keep the union alive.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xxii)

Intervenes to warn Hal about detectives and helps coordinate the escape.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/king_coal_se/chapters/xxvi)

Moylan plans to return to Western City and discusses future union organizing strategies.

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