Anthracite Coal Strike
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Economics, Natural Resources
- Subcategories: Industry, Manufacturing, Factories, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Strikes, Boycotts, Lockouts
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania
- Date: May 12-October 23, 1902
Article abstract: Presidential intervention to end the strike sets a precedent for future White House involvement in labor disputes.
Summary of Event
On May 12, 1902, 147,000 members of the United Mine Workers, led by their president, John Mitchell, walked out of the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania. Their walkout precipitated one of the most important confrontations between labor and capital in U.S. history. Before the strike ended in October, 1902, the nation had reached the verge of panic, the president nearly had ordered federal troops into the...
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