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	The Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902
		The main contributor to the strike of 1902 was the anthracite coal strike of 1900 that occurred in the same region (Williams 1904).
		The main bargaining point for the coal miners was for an increase in wages because wages in the anthracite fields had been stagnant for over a year and a half.
		Because of the coal operators' refusal to bargain, John Mitchell called a strike of the anthracite miners in September of 1900.
	www.stfrancis.edu /ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/btopics/works/anthracitestrike.htm (1327 words)

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		In a general way it may be said that the strike was precipitated by the leaders of the mine workers' union because they saw a chance in the face of a rising market and an enormous demand for coal to win the battle, and, if successful, greatly to strengthen their union.
		It is at this point that the "docker" stands beside a flboard bearing the number of each miner, and as the coal is passed from the car upon the big slides the "docker" watches it closely and charges against each man the amount he considers fair in accordance with the impurities in the coal.
		It is one thing to vote for a strike when the exciting words of a labor leader arc being poured into one's ears, and it is frequently a very difterent thing to stick to the resolution such action means that the family larder must go unfilled.
	www.cs.uofs.edu /~shg5/Strike.htm (5398 words)

	Coal Strike of 1902 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania.
		The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities (homes and apartments were heated with anthracite or "hard" coal because it had higher heat value and less smoke than "soft" or bituminous coal.).
		This strike was successfully mediated through the intervention of the federal government, which strove to provide a "Square Deal"—which Roosevelt took as the motto for his administration—to both sides.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coal_Strike_of_1902 (2079 words)

	Pennsylvania Coal Mine History
		Anthracite Coal was already discovered in parts of Wyoming County (which at that time was a part of the large Northampton County.) To get a better idea of when and where the first coal mines were, I will try to give a break down through the years about the finding and use of coal.
		The coal companies knew were the veins of coal were located but when it came to inclines, rolls or pitches this was something that was found out when the tunnels and chutes were driven.
		Coal and iron Policeman Harris, in getting off a trolley car while on the way to his home, was surrounded by a mob and accompanied as far as the door of his home.
	www.tccweb.org /penncoal.htm (21487 words)

	U.S. Department of Labor -- History -- The Coal Strike of 1902; Turning Point in U.S. Policy
		The groundwork for the 1900 anthracite coal strike was laid by the unexpected results of strikes in the bituminous or soft coalfields in 1897.
		Unlike soft coal, anthracite was a natural monopoly heavily concentrated in a few hundred square miles in five counties in Pennsylvania.
		The Anthracite Coal Commission, toward the end of its report, summarized in a cautious way the responsibility of the National Government in "cases where great public interests are at stake." The people had "the right.
	www.dol.gov /oasam/programs/history/coalstrike.htm (5321 words)

	Ammanford Anthracite Strike 1925
		For beneath the rugged mountains there was coal in abundance - steam coal for the navy, coking coal for the furnaces and anthracite coal for the hearth.
		The coal that was torn out of the ground by the men - and the women and children - may have kept the coal owner and his family in a standard of comfort and prosperity unknown to his miners but he was generally content with his lot.
		The fall in the price and demand of coal internationally had to be paid for somehow, and the Conservative government and the mine owners were moving heaven and earth to ensure that the miners and their families paid for it.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /grumps/strike.html (6243 words)

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		The country relied on coal to power commerce and industry and anthracite or "hard coal" was essential for domestic heating.
		Presenting himself as a representative of the millions of people affected by the strike, he urged both parties to resolve their differences and return the miners to work.
		Labor unrest returned to the region in the 1930s complicated by decreased demand for anthracite coal and discord between competing unions.
	www.dc47afscme.org /rebuild/calendar/2006/october/oct.htm (1260 words)

	IALHI News Service: The Great Strike
		The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 is among the most significant events in American labor and industrial history.
		At a time when Pennsylvania's anthracite coal commanded a significant share of the American energy market one hundred and fifty thousand mineworkers struck in May 1902 demanding higher wages, union recognition, shorter workdays and other concessions from coal operators.
		President Theodore Roosevelt established the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission to adjudicate a settlement.
	www.iisg.nl /~ialhi/news/i0203_21.php (305 words)

	Lackawanna County Courthouse and John Mitchell Monument -- National Register of Historic Places Delaware and Lehigh ...
		The Lackawanna County Courthouse is historically significant as the site of the first session of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt in the fall of 1902 to end the "Great Strike" of the anthracite coal workers.
		The most celebrated witness to testify in the hearings was the legendary labor leader John Mitchell, organizer and leader of the anthracite coal workers and President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW).
		Mitchell's role in the "Great Strike" and other endeavors gained him hero status in the anthracite region, and in 1924 the UMW erected a posthumous memorial to Mitchell in the courthouse square.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/delaware/crt.htm (399 words)

	Anthracite Coal Strike
		Strikes were broken in a railroad dispute in 1877 during the Hayes administration and in 1894 in the Pullman Strike during Cleveland’s second term.
		In the spring of 1902, the United Mine Workers called a strike among its membership in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania.¹ The public largely sided with the workers, who demanded safer working conditions, higher pay and recognition of their union.
		The strike dragged on through the summer and into the fall; business and schools were forced to close their doors because of a lack of coal for heating.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h927.html (542 words)

	Coal Strike of 1902
		A consequence that the strike made was that when the miners stopped digging up the coal, the coal ran out and most of the coal was used to heat houses.
		So the people pushed for an end to the strike, so they could heat their houses again and be comfortable.
		The Coal Industry was success full in staying operational even though they had to increase the wages of the workers.
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		And Pennsylvania anthracite at that time was the principal source of home heating on the eastern seaboard of the United States.
		An influx of Southern and Eastern European peasants had shifted the dominant ethnic composition of the hard coal counties of central-eastern Pennsylvania from the English-Welsh-Irish configuration of the Molly Maguire days to a feisty brew of Slavs, Italians, Hungarians, and Poles.
		And yet the exploitation of immigrant labor remains as great a blemish on the body politic as ever it was at the turn of the last century.
	www.populist.com /03.03.castagnera.html (886 words)

	Today in History: October 3
		In 1913, the United Mine Workers of America attempted to organize the coal miners of John D. Rockefeller’s Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation at Ludlow, Colorado.
		Unidentified Coal Miner During UMW Strike Against CAandI, in Ludlow, Colorado.
		In "The Ethics of the Labor Problem," African-American speaker Jesse Lawson outlines his understanding of the relationship between workers, management, and the government in 1887.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/oct03.html (1886 words)

	The Anthracite Board of Conciliation, 1902-1962
		The Anthracite Board of Conciliation, 1902-1962This finding aid is part of the Special Collections and University Archives of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
		The Anthracite Coal Strike Commission established the Board of Conciliation under its fourth award on March 18, 1903.
		The Commission called for a “permanent joint committee, to be called a Board of Conciliation” that would mediate grievances or disputes “arising under this award, either as to its interpretation or application” and which could not be settled at the mine.
	www.lib.iup.edu /depts/speccol/mg108.html (1093 words)

	Museum Galleries
		“Anthracite People” is the story of immigration and ethnicity in the Anthracite Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
		Photographs depicting the men, women and children of the Anthracite region as they went about their daily activities.
		A tour through the galleries of the Anthracite Heritage Museum provide an insider’s view and understanding of the daily lives of the region’s coal, mill and railroad families.
	www.anthracitemuseum.org /galleries.htm (279 words)

	anthracite - OneLook Dictionary Search
		ANTHRACITE : LANL Clean Coal Technology Compendium [home, info]
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	Technology, Invention, and Innovation collections
		The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. was organized in order to ensure its parent company, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, a dominant position in the transportation of anthracite coal from the Schuylkill fields of eastern Pennsylvania.
		However, since it was illegal for railroads to directly own coal fields or operate mines in Pennsylvania, the company had to organize a separate company for the purpose.
		Originally, the company did not intend to mine coal itself; rather, it would rent the collieries it had acquired to independent operators, with the stipulation that the end product must be shipped over the Philadelphia and Reading railroad's lines.
	americanhistory.si.edu /archives/d8282.htm (1783 words)

	2002 Commemorative Events September 24 6
		Students from four counties of NEPA will learn about the Anthracite Strike through live performances, hands-on learning, mentor based programs, and interactive discussions.
		Commemorating the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt
		Commemorating a coal miners march during the Strike of 1902 led by Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
	www.visitnepa.org /2002_commemorative_events.htm (246 words)

	List of strikes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lawrence textile strike, often known as the Bread and Roses strike (1912, Lawrence, Massachusetts)
		Youngstown State University classified employees and faculty strike 2005 (Youngstown, Ohio)
		Kinshasa general strike of 1997, Democratic Republic of the Congo
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_strikes (178 words)

	States of the United States: Pennsylvania
		The state has several caves but the complicated geology prevented really extraordinary caves.
		On the other hand there are numerous valuable deposits, most important are the anthracite coal fields at the eastern border of the state.
		A Coal Miner's Bride, a book about coal miners in Pennsylvania.
	www.showcaves.com /english/usa/region/pa.html (127 words)

	Economics and Political Economy
		Report to the President on the Anthracite Coal Strike of May-October, 1902.
		Report and Bill Relating to the Coal Mines of the State.
		Also contains a technical report on the possibility of Anthracite Coal in Massachusetts.
	www.significantbooks.com /econ.htm (582 words)

	Amazon.com: The fire down below: The great Anthracite Strike of 1902 and the people who made the decisions: Books: Jack ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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		The fire down below: The great Anthracite Strike of 1902 and the people who made the decisions (Unknown Binding)
	www.amazon.com /fire-down-below-Anthracite-decisions/dp/B0006S0ZD8 (573 words)

	PA State Archives - MG-322 - Scope and Content Note - Anthracite Coal Strike Commission Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Anthracite Coal Strike Commission was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt on Oct. 16, 1902, as an investigative commission dealing with labor relations.
		Records include partial proceedings of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, 1902-1903, appointed to inquire into, consider, and pass judgment upon questions in connection with the Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902.
		The container listings for this Manuscript Group are available for viewing and word-searching in PDF format: [Holdings]
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/mg/mg322.htm (87 words)

	1900's
		Great Anthracite Coal Strike, miners walk off the job for 164 days
		Department of Commerce and Labor created by Congress
		"Uprising of the 20,000" Garment Strike in New York
	members.tripod.com /Norrit1/afl-cio/1900.htm (136 words)

	Museum Galleries - Coal Strike of 1902
		Special Exhibit — The Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902.
		The strike took place during a period of American History in which progressive-minded reformers sought social reform and improvement for the laboring masses.
		The strike settlement was only a partial victory for the mineworkers as the coal operators and railroad presidents did not recognize the United Mine Workers of America Union.
	www.anthracitemuseum.org /galleriescoalstrike.htm (122 words)

	United Mine Workers of America. Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902. Waiting to Hear Whether Coal Strike Would be Called Off ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Waiting to Hear Whether Coal Strike Would be Called Off (PHOTO59)
		Waiting to Hear Whether Coal Strike Would be Called Off." Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1902.
		For an enlarged view of the photograph, right click on the image and select "view image."
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