Review of 1902 coal miners strike narrative at Shamokin
A decade of labor conflict summary traces key events from March 1902 when miners in ShamokinPennsylvania organized to win union recognition through the United Mine Workers. It covers executive actions, strikes involving thousands, Roosevelt mediation attempts, operators rejection, state troop deployments, the strike’s evolution, and its eventual end with a commissions process and settlement talks. It notes wage disputes, arbitration offers, and political involvement including Taft era era figures in a broad chronicle of the era’s labor unrest.
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United Mine Workers Executive Committee
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American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
White House
Arbitration Commission
John M. Wilson
Uray
Mt Duce
A, Watkins
Carroll D. Wright
Wilkesbarre
Judewirdy
United Mine Workers of America
M.pres. Mitchell
Ohio Supreme Court
Indianapolii
Norfolk
Connerations
Ind. Supreme Court
U. S. Court
Chicago
Chicago Packers
New York State
Allis-Chalmers
Paterson
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International Order of Machine
Western
Teamsters
International Typographical Union
Cincinnati
Golden Justlce
Kanawha
New River Fields
W. Va
Firemen's Brotherhood
Chattanoosa
Hanrahan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
St. Paul
New York
New York City appointee and national policy milestones
A chronology of inaugurations and nominations in early 1900s politics. Seth Low becomes mayor of New York, Gov. W Murray Crane inaugurated in Massachusetts, and Roosevelt weighs Schley inquiry findings. Nominations include Shaw for secretary of the treasury and others amid tariff, canal, and foreign affairs debates.
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New York
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Pittsburg
Josh Wright
Scott County
Hog Mountain
Tenn
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Jane Toppan
Cataumet
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Olin Castle
Eldorado
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Oregon
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Wash
Joseph Anderson
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Wm. Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Riceville
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Ala
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Katharine Adams
C. J. Horton
Runnels County
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Horton
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Barry Johnstone
Kate Hassett
Philadelphia
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Sampson
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Washington
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McLaurin
S.C
William McKinley
Congress
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Tillman and McLaurin
U. S. Senate
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Commission General of Immigration
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