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A Toronto, Ontario, based opinion column on current events, including the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, free trade, a government without political parties, European immigration, American influence in the Northwest Territories, novel writing, and lynching in the American South.
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1902-10-31
John J. McCook recommends Charles J. Devlin for appointment to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. McCook explains that Devlin began his career as a “practical miner” and gradually achieved higher levels of power and authority. Devlin now operates mines in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and New Mexico. McCook assures Roosevelt that Devlin is a fair man with a great deal of knowledge about the situation.
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1902-10-16
John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, will recommend the acceptance of the proposed Anthracite Coal Strike settlement.
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1902-10-16
John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, will be releasing a statement recommending the acceptance of the Anthracite Coal Strike settlement.
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1902-10-16
President Mitchell formally accepts the members of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission pending the results of a convention by the United Mine Workers of America. Mitchell justifies the strike and labor’s position.
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1902-10-16
Walter Wellman agrees to Secretary Cortelyou’s recommendation about not presenting John Mitchell’s propositions regarding the board of arbitration to President Roosevelt. Wellman will continue to discuss the matter with Mitchell.
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1902-10-16
Henry C. Smith recommends Henry C. Adams for appointment to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
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1902-10-16
The Strachey family will be visiting the United States and expects to hear from the White House. Nicholas Murray Butler congratulates President Roosevelt on the conclusion of the Anthracite Coal Strike and is pleased that his friend, Bishop Spalding, is a member of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
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1902-10-17
Bishop O’Gorman is pleased that President Roosevelt is recovering from the accident that happened in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He congratulates Roosevelt on the settlement of the Anthracite Coal Strike and the appointment of Bishop Spaulding to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. Pope Leo XIII has had kind things to say about the American administration of the Philippines and hopes the nomination of Monsignor Giovanni Battista Guidi as apostolic delegate to the Philippines is pleasing to Roosevelt and Governor Taft.
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1902-10-17
Daniel Edgar Sickles is glad that General Wilson has been appointed to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. He believes the primary issue for the commission to consider is the right of every man to work for wages acceptable to him.
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1902-10-17
The Anthracite Coal Strike Commission needs to lay a “broad and durable” foundation for the reconstruction of the anthracite industry. Arbitration will bring the strike to an end but a major concern is now the protection of miners that continued to work outside of the strike. Employees that remained loyal are at the mercies of local sentiment.
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1902-10-17
Bishop Spalding thanks President Roosevelt for the honor of being appointed to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. Spalding indicates that he was intending to be in Dallas, Texas, until October 26, 1902, but he can cancel the engagement and travel to Washington, D.C., if Roosevelt requires him.
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1902-10-18
Secretary of War Root encloses an article from the Scranton Tribune regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. He has marked some sections regarding the condition of non-union workers.
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1902-10-20
Grover Cleveland agrees to join the commission at President Roosevelt’s request as long as Cleveland can keep the engagements he has already made. Original and typewritten copy.
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1902-10-12
Nicholas Murray Butler can so far only recommend President Eliot of Harvard University for the Anthracite Coal Strike investigatory committee. He suggests that one member of the committee should be from the Midwest and should be wholly unconnected with either side of the conflict.
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1902-10-13
Charles E. W. Smith submits the names of several men whom he believes would be respected as members of a commission to investigate the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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1902-10-13
Walter Wellman called from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and reported the situation does not look favorable. He suggested an announcement to the effect that President Roosevelt will add two members, of his own choosing, to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. Wellman believes that a great deal depends on Roosevelt’s upcoming meeting with John Mitchell.
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1902-10-14
Clarence Winthrop Bowen recommends the appointment of Franklin Henry Giddings as the sociologist for the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
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1902-10-14
Senator Burton recommends Charles J. Devlin for appointment to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
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1902-10-14
Nicholas Murray Butler recommends Henry S. Munroe for appointment to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
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1902-10-14