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Report of Cripple Creek investigation

Colonel Crowder reports that Colorado state authorities can maintain control over the disturbances in the Cripple Creek district at their current level. If sympathetic strikes occur across the state, the federal government will likely need to intervene. Crowder reviews the history of the strike and summarizes the conditions during his inquiry. He includes several appendices with further information about the Cripple Creek Strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-14

Letter from Stephen S. Wise to Theodore Roosevelt

Rabbi Wise lists examples of times throughout history when leaders of the United States have intervened and spoken out against persecution of Jewish people around the world. He asks President Roosevelt to publicly denounce the “Kishineff” Massacre in order to prevent further violence against Jews in Russia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-22

Letter from Grenville M. Dodge

Grenville Mellen Dodge suggests that John McAllister Schofield could help end the Anthracite Coal Strike. Schofield has experience with government intervention in similar situations at Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Chicago, Illinois.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-11

Letter from Charles E. W. Smith to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-10

Telegram from William Cotter Maybury to George B. Cortelyou

A convention on the coal situation has appointed a committee, chaired by Mayor Maybury, that would like to meet with President Roosevelt. The convention approved of Roosevelt’s efforts to end the strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-10

Letter from Philander C. Knox to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Knox provides his opinion on the legality of various proposed means of federal intervention in the Anthracite Coal Strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-10

Resolutions adopted at a conference of representatives of fifty cities and eleven states

The Anthracite Coal Conference that was held in Detroit, Michigan, calls for an end to the Anthracite Coal Strike through government intervention, prosecution of the coal operators, and special legislation to temporarily operate the mines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-09

Letter from John James Jenkins to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Jenkins believes that public opinion is shifting decisively against the coal operators. He supports government intervention in the Anthracite Coal Strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-08

Memorandum from David Willcox and the Delaware and Hudson Company

Vice President Willcox of the Delaware and Hudson Company submits a memorandum claiming that the United Mine Workers of America is an unlawful association and is acting illegally during the Anthracite Coal Strike. He implores the federal government to intervene in the strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-03

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-05

Letter from John Markle to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-03