Roosevelt convenes a conference of representatives of…
October 1902 CE
The union considers the mere holding of a meeting to be tantamount to union recognition and takes a conciliatory tone.
The owners tell Roosevelt that strikers have killed over twenty men and that he should use the power of government "to protect the man who wants to work, and his wife and children when at work."
With proper protection, the owners say that they will produce enough coal to end the fuel shortage; they refuse to enter into any negotiations with the union.
The governor now sends in the National Guard, who protect the mines and the minority of men still working.
Roosevelt attempts to persuade the union to end the strike with a promise that he will create a commission to study the causes of the strike and propose a solution, which Roosevelt promises to support with all of the authority of his office.
Mitchell refuses and his membership endorses his decision by a nearly unanimous vote.
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