The strike soon produces threats of violence…

June 1902 CE

The strike soon produces threats of violence between the strikers on one side and strikebreakers, the Pennsylvania National Guard, local police, and hired detective agencies on the other.

On June 8, President Theodore Roosevelt asks his Commissioner of Labor, Carroll D. Wright, to investigate the strike. Wright investigates and proposed reforms that acknowledge each side's position, recommending a nine-hour day on an experimental basis and limited collective bargaining.

Roosevelt chooses not to release the report, for fear of appearing to side with the union.
 
 

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Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → United Mine Workers of America View →

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Industrial Revolution, Second View → Coal strike of 1902 View →

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