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Labor leader John Mitchell addresses delegates of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America and United Mine Workers of America at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905
President Roosevelt, Cardinal James Gibbons, Philadelphia Mayor John Weaver, and labor leader John Mitchell sit in the speakers stand surrounded by crowds in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905
![Reception by Bishop Hoben [i.e. Hoban], to Ex President Roosevelt](https://theodorerooseveltcenter.s3.amazonaws.com/TRC/LCPP/thumbnails/Roosevelt%20Presidential%20File/36200/36221u.jpg)
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt in a group portrait with Bishop Michael J. Hoban, John Mitchell, and others.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-08-02
![Theodore Roosevelt, Rev. M.J. Hoben [i.e. Hoban], and John Mitchell, posed, seated in front of porch](https://theodorerooseveltcenter.s3.amazonaws.com/TRC/LCPP/thumbnails/Roosevelt%20Presidential%20File/36200/36225u.jpg)
Photograph showing from left to right, Theodore Roosevelt, Bishop Michael J. Hoban, and John Mitchell seated in chairs in front of a porch.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
An article in The American Review of Reviews reflects on the current political situation in Congress, especially lamenting that both houses are controlled by powerful cliques who work in their own interests, often at the expense of legislation that would benefit the people. In particular, tariffs and appropriations for the construction of battleships are discussed. The author also speculates about the outcomes of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions and the upcoming presidential campaign, as well as the necessity of a good man to run the Republican convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-21
A restraining order between the plaintiff Hitchman Coal and Coke Company and the defendants John Mitchell and other representatives of the United Mine Workers of America gives the details of the allegations that the defendants are planning a union and violating their contract. The parameters of the order are outlined by District Court Judge Alston G. Dayton, and an injunction in the suit is set to be heard on January 14, 1908.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-24
A court summons for several leading members of the United Coal Workers of America to come before the Circuit Court of the Northern District of West Virginia in response to a claim made by the Hitchman Coal & Coke Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-24
The Conciliation Committee of San Francisco has called for an industrial peace conference with the encouragement of President Roosevelt. The gathering will propose to organize a branch of the National Civic Federation, led by Benjamin Ide Wheeler. Many labor leaders and some cabinet members are expected to attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-20
George B. Cortelyou updates Senator Lodge on the situation regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike. On October 6, Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, went to Philadelphia with a message from President Roosevelt for John Mitchell. If Mitchell will direct the miners to return to work in the mines, Roosevelt will appoint a commission to investigate all issues between the mine operators and miners, and will try to obtain a settlement in accordance with the findings of the commission. There has not been a reply to this proposal yet.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-10-07
President Roosevelt and 80,000 miners listen to Union President John Mitchell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905
William Jennings Bryan as Orpheus, singing and playing a lyre labeled “Harmony,” attracts a motley group of wild animals identified as: G. Gray, Kern, Folk, Gompers, McCarren, Mitchell, Hearst, Guffey, Watterson, Stone, Eliot, Williams, T. Johnson, Belmont, Sullivan, Pulitzer, Conners, Ryan, Parker, Murphy, and Johnson. One unidentified animal, similar to Williams, sits in a large tree, crawling through the branches above Bryan. Caption: Orpheus Bryan and the Democratic beasts.
Orpheus was not in the underworld, but cartoonist Udo J. Keppler made the dismal swamp seem almost as pleasant in this loosely constructed allegory. The portly and unheroic-looking William Jennings Bryan had a heroic task, nonetheless, to tame the various and potentially deadly creatures.
Collection of responses from coal companies to the conference requested by John Mitchell and the United Mine Workers of America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
President Roosevelt discusses the requests for him to send troops into Pennsylvania, referring to the requests caused by the Anthracite Coal Strike. He believes that John Mitchell will refuse his suggestion. Roosevelt argues that Oswald Garrison Villard has demanded in his editorials that Roosevelt exercise more power than he is able to or than is proper in these conditions.
1902-10-09
Commissioner of Labor Wright feels that President Roosevelt’s offer to John Mitchell regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike should be made public.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-07
Albert Shaw wanted Walter Wellman informed that he approved of the message sent to John Mitchell and hopes Wellman has the same view. Wellman called shortly afterward and was given the message.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-07
The Anthracite Coal Strike has reached the crisis point and William F. King predicts bloodshed if the strike continues. He asks President Roosevelt to meet with Mr. Corwine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-08
David T. Day reports that John Mitchell is in New York, New York, and asks whether he should initiate negotiations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-09
Charles Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, has offered to join the United Mine Workers of America by ceasing operations of western coal mines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-10
The Churchman reviews President Roosevelt’s actions with regard to the Anthracite Coal Strike.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-11
Commissioner of Labor Wright summarizes the events of the 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-19