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Charles E. W. Smith commends President Roosevelt protecting the interests of the common man during the Anthracite Coal Strike and suggests that a commission be appointed to investigate the strike.
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1902-10-10
President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad declines to attend the Anthracite Coal Strike conference. The Pennsylvania Railroad has not taken any part in previous anthracite negotiations and has limited interests in the anthracite region. Cassatt believes that the strike is unwarranted and that the operators should not yield.
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1902-10-02
Philip C. Garrett encloses a copy of a letter he sent to Governor Stone. He recommends strict enforcement of the law and severe punishments for miners who are using intimidation to prevent the mines from opening.
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1902-10-03
John Markle requests that President Roosevelt use the military to stop the “anarchistic condition of affairs” in the anthracite coal fields. He reports widespread lawlessness and twenty one murders committed by the striking miners. Markle claims that a majority of miners are still trying to work and that John Mitchell’s organization is a small minority which is holding fellow workers and the nation hostage through violence.
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1902-10-03
Henry V. Boynton commends President Roosevelt’s handling of the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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1902-10-04
John Byrne does not believe that arbitration will settle the Anthracite Coal Strike, but a truce is possible. He suggests that President Roosevelt appeal to the miners to return to work in the interests of the public. This would address the immediate threat and provide time to call together a committee of sensible business men to settle the larger questions underlying the strike.
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1902-10-04
Grover Cleveland has been following the arbitration of the Anthracite Coal Strike and believes both parties are in the wrong. He suggests that limited coal production be instituted so consumers can be satisfied while the two parties continue to work out their differences.
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1902-10-04
Work disputes between the employer and miners can be settled at the Court of Common Pleas in the district where the mine is located.
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1902-10-04
John Carl Dueber claims to have experience settling strikes and would like to present President Roosevelt with his plan to end the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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1902-10-04
William F. King commends President Roosevelt for his actions regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike and suggests that the best way to settle the dispute is the creation of a commission of experts to examine the problem.
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1902-10-04
Reverend Lansing claims that the coal presidents are telling the truth about the acts of violence committed by the striking miners.
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1902-10-04
Henry Van Dyke supports government arbitration of the Anthracite Coal Strike and suggests it may be necessary to use military force at the mines.
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1902-10-04
Richard Young will be attending a conference in Buffalo, New York, to try and help settle the Anthracite Coal Strike. He would like to meet with President Roosevelt beforehand and would appreciate some confidential suggestions.
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1902-10-04
Lyman Abbott provides his thoughts on how to settle the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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1902-10-05
Joseph Bucklin Bishop is concerned about the Anthracite Coal Strike and many people he has spoken with feel that President Roosevelt’s intervention has been too favorable towards the striking miners.
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1902-10-05
William F. King encloses a plan to end the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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1902-10-05
Senator Lodge is relieved to hear that President Roosevelt’s leg is getting better. Lodge is disappointed by the lack of action from the conference held between coal operators and laborers. Roosevelt’s work has been commended and most feel the operators are to blame.
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1902-10-05
Don H. Bacon submits a statement on the pending labor troubles of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company in Alabama.
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1902-10-06
Representative Cooper is concerned about the Anthracite Coal Strike and worries that a settlement against the miners will hurt the Republican Party at the polls. Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright is very unpopular with labor leaders.
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1902-10-06
Representative Jenkins believes that the Anthracite Coal Strike is damaging the Republicans because the public associates the party with the wealthier part of society. He is confident that Congress has sufficient power to end the strike.
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1902-10-06