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Cartoon depicts Republicans barricaded behind a fence marked prosperity with President Roosevelt atop the Republican elephant aiming a gun labeled arbitration as various groups rush the fence. Item is regarding whether coal mines should be privately or publicly owned.
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1902-10-26
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt in Roman dress wrangling two horses representing the coal miners and operators, as Uncle Sam tosses a wreath of laurels his way. A note at the bottom says the sender of the cartoon did not want Roosevelt to miss seeing it.
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1902
Series of three cartoons covering the settlement of the Anthracite Coal Strike, from the Pittsburgh Dispatch, the Boston Herald, and the Minneapolis Journal. In the first, the “G.O.P.” elephant, with bandages on its head and leg, sits in a chair, smoking a cigar and drinking wine. Caption: Able to sit up and take a little light nourishment since the end of the coal strike. In the second, the “G.O.P.” elephant and team face “The 1904 National Campaign” with “Pres. Roosevelt’s Success in Coal Strike Settlement” in the background. Caption: Prospects not so gloomy. In the final cartoon, George F. “Baer” sits with John “Mitchell,” smoking the “Arbitration” pipe. Behind them are posters proclaiming “Coal to burn – the strike is over” and “Use the President’s arbitration brand.” Caption: His first smoke.
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1902-10-26
Cartoon depicts several scenes of the coal strike as if they were played out on the football field.
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1902-10-19
President Roosevelt is seen leaving a stage carrying a wreath of flowers given to him from the American People for settling the coal strike. A bouquet of flowers from the coal miners is waiting for him backstage. A shadowy figure, David B. Hill, lurks behind the curtain holding a hat labeled Socialistic Coal Mine Plank. Caption: Tragedian Hill – “Hang it; he’s winning all the applause and getting all the bouquets.”
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1902-10-20
President Roosevelt is shown holding a dove with an olive branch in its beak as well as a salt shaker labeled Arbitration. A coal operator and a coal miner walk towards him holding a birdcage between them.
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1902-10-17
President Roosevelt is shown banging a gong labeled Coal Strike with a hammer labeled Settlement of Arbitration. A reporter looks startled in the building labeled Political Theater.
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1902-10-14
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt signing the coal strike settlement. He is crowned with laurel just like the statues of Washington and Lincoln in the background. A quote from the Foreign Press is included: The American people are clearly going to trust Roosevelt as they trusted Washington and Lincoln and their trust will not be misplaced.
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1902-10-19
President Roosevelt is pictured as a hunter hunched next to a large, dead animal labeled “The Coal Strike.”
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1902-10-15
Cartoon depicts George F. Baer, representing the coal trust, as a giant bear trampling over the people and the miners as President Roosevelt stands against him.
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1902-10-14
Cartoon depicts a large dancing coal pail as Uncle Sam tosses his hat next to President Roosevelt.
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1902-10-16
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt pouring in oil of mediation to the turbulent waters of the coal strikers and operators. Item is regarding the presidential conference on the coal strike. Label: Strike Passion.
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1902-10-06
Uncle Sam speaks to a destitute miner’s family as President Roosevelt can be seen lecturing John Mitchell and mine operators through the window.
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1902-10-03
President Roosevelt is shown dragging out representatives of the coal miners and operators onto a board between two cliffs.
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1902-10-02
President Roosevelt asks a well-dressed gentleman, “Baer,” to leave his case labeled “Divine Right” outside on his way to the “Conference.” Cartoon is regarding the presidential conference on the 1902 Pennsylvania coal strike.
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1902-10-03
George B. Cortelyou relays President Roosevelt’s call for a meeting of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission for Friday, October 24, to Edward W. Parker.
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1902-10-21
President Roosevelt reviews the goals of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. This appears to be a draft of his letter.
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1902-10-23
President Roosevelt lists for John Mitchell the names of the commissioners who have been accepted by the operators and urges the miners to accept the commission.
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1902-10-16
President Roosevelt writes to J. Pierpont Morgan to discuss the appointment of commissioners based on the operators’ approval. Roosevelt has consulted with John Mitchell and is thinking of appointing Grover Cleveland.
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1902-10-15
President Roosevelt informs Grover Cleveland that his actions regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike have been influenced by Cleveland’s action during the Pullman Car Strike. Roosevelt currently plans to offer to create an investigatory commission if the miners will go back to work so that a solution can be agreed upon.
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1902-10-05