Intervention (Federal government)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George C. Perkins

President Roosevelt asks for Senator Perkins’s opinion on a recent telegram from Union Pacific Railroad Chairman Edward Henry Harriman, which he has enclosed. Roosevelt feels the government “should help in the matter,” and notes that the Director of the Geological Survey Charles D. Walcott feels the matter is of great importance for thousands of residents in Southern California.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank P. Flint

President Roosevelt asks for Senator Flint’s opinion a recent telegram from Union Pacific Railroad Chairman Edward Henry Harriman, which he has enclosed. Roosevelt feels the government “should help in the matter,” and notes that the Director of the Geological Survey Charles D. Walcott feels the matter is of great importance for thousands of residents in Southern California.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his telegram. He writes that he is anxious about the outcome of the Pennsylvania Coal Strike, but hopes that recent actions have put them closer to a resolution. Roosevelt also gives his opinion on the appointment of the commission.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1902-10-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his telegram and editorial. Roosevelt discusses the commission created to look into the Pennsylvania Coal Strike and mentions John Mitchell’s acceptance as a positive action. 

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1902-10-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop about the Pennsylvania Coal Strike. He criticizes the mine operators as lawless, but is also wary of the disorder that can come about from a large number of idle workers. Roosevelt also comments on the press’s attacks on himself and on the role of government intervention.  

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1902-10-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop about a statute left over from Reconstruction. Roosevelt notes that it was repealed in 1878. He also discusses sending troops to intervene in the Pennsylvania Coal Strike.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1902-10-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop about negotiations between the miners and operators in the Pennsylvania coal strike. He describes his plan to get the miners back to work and to set up a commission of inquiry. Roosevelt told John Mitchell to stop the violence, or he would do so. He encloses for Bishop a letter from former President Grover Cleveland.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1902-10-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Carroll D. Wright

In this edited draft of a letter, President Roosevelt lays out the events of the Anthracite Coal Strike, the operators’ demands, the miners’ demands, and his efforts to arbitrate the dispute. Currently, the strike is under the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania and the federal government has no warrant to interfere. Commissioner of Labor Wright and two other gentlemen will serve on a commission working with President Roosevelt to prepare Wright’s investigation for submission to Congress.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Grover Cleveland

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Seth Low

President Roosevelt writes to Seth Low to inform him that no result came out of the meeting between the coal operators and miners. If Pennsylvania is unable to maintain law and order, Roosevelt is willing to allow the federal government to intervene at the request of Pennsylvania.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Dennis M. Reilly

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Roosevelt’s apologies to Reverend Reilly for not being able to help Mr. Kane. If Roosevelt made an appeal to any officials for Kane, it would place him in a false position and he is prohibited from doing what is necessary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-29

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Root that in accordance with the request of the Nevada Governor John Sparks, the Nevada senators and representative, and the War Department, he is sending troops to Nevada on standby. Root should obtain the War Department papers on the subject and speak with Sparks about any steps he needs to take for further action on the part of the federal government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to John Sparks

President Roosevelt has received the telegram from Nevada Governor Sparks requesting troops in accordance with the constitution and laws of the United States, and will send a sufficient number to Nevada.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to John Sparks

President Roosevelt has received Nevada Governor Sparks’ telegram and is prepared to send a detachment of soldiers to Nevada upon Sparks’ request. To warrant action by the president, the request must include a description of the situation that meets the requirements in Article 4, Section 4 of United States Constitution. Roosevelt will send no more than two companies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt sends Attorney General Moody a report written by Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright on the labor disturbance in Colorado. The report is not complete but Roosevelt believes it contains enough information to make a determination on whether the federal government should intervene. Roosevelt asks that Moody consider the report along with another being prepared by Colorado District Attorney Earl M. Cranston and report back to him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Warfield

The Maryland General Assembly sent a resolution to President Roosevelt requesting that federal troops be sent to Baltimore, Maryland, to maintain order after a large fire. The resolution was accompanied by a statement from Governor Warfield that the situation no longer required troops. With this statement and Elihu Root’s interpretation of the relevant statutes limiting federal troops to “a disturbance amounting to an insurrection,” Roosevelt declines to comply with the assembly’s request.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt will send Judge Emory Speer’s letter to Senator George Frisbie Hoar. Secretary of War William H. Taft is performing admirably and they have had an experience with a call for troops from the Maryland General Assembly and Governor Edwin Warfield.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart

President Roosevelt wanted to discuss the labor troubles more at length with Philip Battell Stewart. Roosevelt would like Stewart to hint to Governor Peabody that he should not call on the President unless he is powerless to restore order, as it would reflect badly on the military of Colorado.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Campbell Greenway

President Roosevelt was pleased to hear Mr. Gayley’s opinion because the “Wall Street people” have been bitter over Roosevelt’s action, most likely referring to the intervention in the Anthracite Coal Strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James R. Sheffield

President Roosevelt is pleased to have played a part in the settlement of the Anthracite Coal Strike and had not heard of the incidents of cheering in the French Chamber of Deputies and British House of Commons. Roosevelt found some of the “Wall Street men” to be “insane in their opposition” to his actions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919