Wage negotiation
Further wage concessions are offered to end the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-08
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Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining
By long-distance telephone from Dr. Day at New York
David T. Day reports that John Mitchell is in New York, New York, and asks whether he should initiate negotiations.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-09
Compulsory arbitration declared unjust by Carroll D. Wright of Washington
Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright opposes compulsory arbitration to end the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-09
Summary of letter from Charles E. W. Smith
Charles E. W. Smith suggests that a commission of men familiar with the actual mining of anthracite coal be created to investigate the Anthracite Coal Strike and inform the public.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-10
Western soft coal miners ready to join their striking brothers in Pennsylvania
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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-10
Chronicle and comment
The Churchman reviews President Roosevelt’s actions with regard to the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-11
Newspaper article on the Anthracite Coal Strike
An analysis of President Roosevelt’s dealings with the Anthracite Coal Strike in Pennsylvania.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-02
Letters from Philander C. Knox to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Knox expects that the possible coal mining strike in several states will be averted.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-02
Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph Bucklin Bishop asks if Grover Cleveland’s withdrawal changes President Roosevelt’s opinion regarding his article about the coal strike. Bishop seeks Roosevelt’s consent to write an article and encloses four remarks.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-01
Memorandum from Carroll D. Wright to Theodore Roosevelt
Commissioner of Labor Wright summarizes the events of the 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-19
Letter from Beecher B. Ray to William Loeb
Major Ray encloses two clippings from the morning’s newspapers regarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. As he helped settle the coal miners’ strike in Illinois in 1897, Ray believes he can do some good in Baltimore. Many of the railroad conductors are known to him and since he has no “ax to grind,” Ray is certain that he could be useful.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-09-10
Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Francis B. Loomis
Freiherr Sternburg writes to Assistant Secretary of State Loomis to inform Loomis that anarchist leaders Abraham Isaac and Terry Carreen intend to visit Pittsburgh to renew agitation over a strike in the coal mines.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-23
Statement from the managers of the anthracite coal fields
The managers of the anthracite coal fields claim the strike led by the United Mine Workers of America is violent in nature and refuse to enter into arbitration with the union. The managers are willing to follow the decisions of a Presidential commission should one be appointed but insist that the miners return to work during the commission’s investigation. The owners argue that they have small profits and that the non-union miners have the right to work in spite of opposition by the union. The owners claim they want to start back before winter and they recommend the type of men on the commission. Two copies.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-11-01
Basis of proposition for settlement of coal strike
Brief proposition for settling the 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike. There is a call for a new union instead of the United Mine Workers of America. There is a call for a six-month trial period of a 9 or 9.5 hour workday to see its impact on production. There is also a call for two men, one from the company and one from the union, to check the weight of coal where men are paid by weight.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902
Offer to create a coal strike commission
President Roosevelt offers to create a commission to investigate the Anthracite Coal Strike if United Mine Workers President John Mitchell can get the miners to return to work. He also promises to do all in his power to act in accordance with the commission’s recommendations.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902
Report on coal company statement
As a matter of courtesy, J. Pierpont Morgan presented the coal companies’ statement to President Roosevelt before making it public. It is now being made public.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902
Letter from Winthrop Murray Crane to Henry C. Lodge
The coal supply in Massachusetts is low due to strikes and Governor Crane suggests that the duty on coal be removed to facilitate shipment of foreign coal. He encourages Senator Lodge to back this suggestion. Crane points out that the bituminous coal field of West Virginia is operating at 28% of capacity and that the Pennsylvania Railroad could end the strike if they chose to do so.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-24
Letter from Dwight Braman to Theodore Roosevelt
Dwight Braman sends his thoughts on how to end the Anthracite Coal Strike. He proposes the Reading Co. be put into receivership, a situation with which he has some experience, having served as Receiver for the Bay State Gas Co. and the St. Louis Kansas South Western Railway Co. Braman believes the Reading Co. situation warrants action in the federal courts. He also suggests that President Roosevelt consult with William H. Baldwin, Jr.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-05
Evils disclosed by the coal strike
Text of a speech by Felix Adler reflecting on the Anthracite Coal Strike and the threats to the nation the strike displayed. Adler suggests that “combinations of wealth and combinations of men” are threatening the sovereignty of the country.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-19
Letter from James Jeffrey Roche to Theodore Roosevelt
James Jeffrey Roche congratulates President Roosevelt on the settlement of the Anthracite Coal Strike and his selection of Edward A. Moseley for the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-11-03