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Commissioner of Labor Neill does not expect a strike in amongst the railroad workers in Chicago, but still worries that things may escalate soon. He advises no one within the Interstate Commerce Commission to coax President Roosevelt into action unless the situation reaches an “extremely critical” point.
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1907-03-29
President Roosevelt congratulates Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp and Commissioner of Labor Neill, saying he is pleased. (Knapp and Neill mediated a settlement between forty-three railroads and two railroad unions, increasing employee wages and averting a strike.)
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1907-04-04
President Roosevelt thanks William Grant Edens for the editorial published in the Tribune. He wonders if it is possible to investigate the matter and receive a report. Roosevelt has no power to interfere in the Colorado, Chicago, or New York strikes, but he is watching the situation through the Department of Labor and Bureau of Corporations.
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1904-08-10
United States Attorney Rourke explains that the railroad operators’ strike in North Dakota is disrupting interstate communication. He believes it to be only a few of the operators who are tampering with messages and equipment.
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1905-08-06
Due to the railroad strike, unknown people, probably strike sympathizers, are interrupting transmissions of messages.
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1905-08-07
Attorney General Moody sends two letters regarding the strike by telegraph operators.
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1905-08-07
Charles S. Mellen, a railroad executive, has requested that Timothy Brynes travel to Washington, D.C., to speak with President Roosevelt concerning important matters. Mellen fears that due to the railroad strikes, it would be be unwise to travel himself as his purpose could be misconstrued and cause the president some embarrassment in the press. Mellen also expresses that he is anxious to learn the president’s wishes regarding the chairman of the Republican National Committee and the vice president.
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1904-05-29
Trainmen for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company have threatened to strike within 48 hours if their wage demands are not granted. They do not expect the demands to be granted.
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1903-09-10
Striking railroad workers in Panama refuse to let workers report to their jobs. James R. Shaler, Superintendent of the Panama Railroad Company, requests protection from the U.S. military for workers during the strike.
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1904-04-04
Secretary of the Navy Moody instructs that the U.S. Navy should not interfere in the railroad strike in Panama, adding that “nothing beyond the preservation of peace and property should be permitted.”
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1904-04-05
Secretary of the Navy Moody instructs that the United States Navy should not interfere in the railroad strike in Panama, adding that “nothing beyond the preservation of peace and property should be permitted.”
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1904-04-05
Associate Justice Hughes and President Roosevelt walk along a railroad track dressed in rags. Roosevelt plays a banjo and sings, “I love the cows and chickens.” A nonplussed local resident says, “Might fix ’em up a mess of bread an’ lassas Ma.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1916
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-10