Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902

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This paper looks at the two main characters in the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902: John Mitchell, President of the United Mine Workers and Teddy Roosevelt, President of the United States. The paper explores how the strike they settled had implications for labor relations and the growth of unions forever after.

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"The union president, Mitchell, was only 28 when he became president of the United Mine Workers of America. Born in Braidwood, Illinois, in 1870, he was an orphan by age seven and, six years later, was working in the Illinois coal mines. The age of 13 was not, at the time, particularly young for a mineworker. At age 15, he joined the Knights of Labor, and in 1896, at age 16, was elected secretary-treasurer of the northern Illinois district. In 1897, he was elected a member of the Illinois district executive board, and later that year, was appointed national organizer. (Lynch and McDonald, 49)"

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