The strike soon produces threats of violence…
June 1902 CE
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.
Roosevelt chooses not to release the report, for fear of appearing to side with the union.