Junior Camp, Red Jacket, WV (Matewan) courtesy of Yvonne DeHart. The Red Jacket Coal Company was established just east of Matewan along the Norfolk & Western Railway in 1909. With 11,000 acres of coal land Red Jacket was the largest coal company in the Williamson Coal Field. In the spring of 1920, Red Jacket introduced the infamous "yellow dog contract" which led to litigation that eventually reached the US Supreme Court which upheld its validity. Outdoor, Towns, Village, House, House Styles, Gallery