Long Labor Strife Across 1902 Anthracite Region
A chronological review notes major events from March to December 1902 including the Shamokin convention to press union recognition, the May strike involving 147,000 miners, nationwide and regional labor actions, presidential arbitration efforts under Roosevelt, court rulings, and key organizational moves by the United Mine Workers and Amalgamated associations. Major milestones include the 1902 strike escalation, Roosevelt mediated arbitration, mill and railway labor actions, and the culminating formation of arbitration commissions and industry responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
United Mine Workers Executive Committee
J Mlitchell
American Federation of Labor
Pres
Roosevelt
Pres. Mitchell
White House
Mitchell
New York
Gov
Odell
U. S
Platt
Quay
Penrose
J. P. Morgan
Pres. Roosevelt
Arbitration Commission
Gem John M. Wilson
Gee
United Mine Workers of America
Commission
Ohio Supreme Court
Indianapolis
Norfolk
Knox
St. Paul
Northwestern Railroad
Northern Securities Co
Dubois
Mass
Great Lakes
Amalgamated Association
Wheeling
W. Va
Theodore Shaffer
Ind
Supreme Court
U.S. Court
Chicago
Tribe
Chicago Packers
New York State
Allis-Chalmers
Paterson
N. J
International Order
Cincinnati
Wep
Kanawha
New River Fields
Firemen’s Brotherhood
Chattanooga
Comine
Nepers
Trenton
Nea2
New Orleans Street Railway
Minneapolis
U. 8. Packing Co
Et Combine
Ill
Castro
Caracas
Guaiaipuro
Mullah
Uribe-Uribe
Leopold
Belgium
Friedrich A. Krupp
Germany
Fet Dong Ei Parker
London
Great Britain
Venezuela
England
la Guayra
Nile
Assouam
Egypt
Italy
Puerto Cabello
U.S
Legation
Frederick Temple
Canterbury
All
Frederick Schoff
Congress of Mothers
Washington
Cinccinnati
E. A. Meysenburg
St. Louis
Archbishop Falconier
Canada
Pope
Nicholas M. Butler
Columbia University
Federation of Women's Clubs
Los Angeles
Dimies Denison
N. Y
E. Gross
Harvard
Denver
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank of
Detroit
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Pittsfield
Craig
R. M. Snyder
Nat. Congress
Macon
Lillian M. Stevens
Portland
University of Chicago
Edward Williams
Luke Wheeler
Northwest
Nat
Grange
Lansing
Mich
Navy
Caribbean Sea
Chas. J. Denny
St. Louis Brewer
Civil Service Reform League
Philadelphia
Daniel E Gilman
Riots and Shootings Mark Crime Chronology Across States
A compiled list details numerous violent incidents from January to December across the U S including killings in North Carolina Pennsylvania Georgia Louisiana Alabama and Illinois. Notable events include killings by posse confrontations mass murders and suicides tied to escapes and feuds.
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Jan 15 George Bothner of New York defeats Jack Harvey of New Haven in a lightweight world championship wrestling match. Also Fred Strong of Chicago wins the U S bowling championship in Buffalo. Other notes include Voss of Haverstraw winning an American billiards title and Brewer setting 600 and 1000 yd marks in Chicago.
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Manchester
N. H
Renard
Norfolk
Atlantic
Waterbury
Conn
Paterson
N. J
Onc. O
New York
Park
Cnue
Tex
Phoenix Steamship Line
Hoboken
Atlantic Ci Sese
Iekr
Pennsylvania
Marienville
Bradbury Plano
Chicago
Swift & Co
Albany
N. Y
Ashington
Opera House
Cascade Mountains
Columbia
Beaumont
Marinette
Wis
New East River Bridge
Sioux de Sa
Armour & Co
Montongahela City
Atlanta
Canal Dover
Am. Sheet Steel Co
Capt. Grossman
Jerome Magee
University of Chicago
H. C. Hirschy
Kansas City
America
Buriington
J. E. Wing
Long Island
G. P. Meier
Edward Clancy
A. J. Krause
W. Gefeke
West Point
Wabash Road
Montpelier
Detroit
Mich
Wyeth
Lucian Appieby
Alladin
Paris
Vienna
Marcel Renault
Holly Springs
Miss
Mishawaka
Southwestern
Washington
Ind
East St. Louis
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
Syracuse
Lake Shore
E. R. Parsons
Jas. Wallace
Carlisle D. Graham
Niagara Falls
Lewiston
Chas
A. Percy
Niagara
Dan Patch
Reading
Mass
Bullock Workman
Himalaya
Loongma Glacier
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Ith
Sth
Sir Thos. Lipton
Harvard
Michigan University
Minn
Ann Arbor
Army
Navy
Annapolis
Leander
Edwin J. Godkin
N. Y. Post
Brixham
Eng
Lord Pauncetote
U. S
John H. Barrows
Oberlin College
Oberlin
B. F. Jacobs
John W. Mackay
Cor Wim. Hn. D
Horace Gray
Supreme Court
Nahant
J. W. Powell
Smithsonian “Institute Bureau of Ethnology
Haven
Oot
J. B. Neil
Idaho
Columbus
John L.enerpere
Eureka Springs
Ark
Thos. A. Beureee
Waverly
Chas. A. Russell
Danielson
Frank Norris
Elizabeth Cady
Japan
Tokio
Thos. B. Reed
Congress
Thos. Nast
Guayaquil
Equador
Julia Dent Grant
Grant
Geo. Bothner
Jack Harvey
New Haven
Fred Strong
Buffalo
W. P. Voss
Haverstraw
H. F. Brewer
H. J. Avery
Long Government Roll Call Through Early 1900s Inaugurations
A dense summary lists U S political events from January to December including inaugurations of Seth Low in New York and Gov W Murray Crane, Roosevelt’s Schley decision, cabinet nominees Shaw and Payne, and multiple U S Senate elections. It notes canal treaties, tariff acts, and Cuba relations with Taft, Pal ma, and Wood among others. The record tracks appointments, resignations, and legal actions across administrations and world regions.
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W. Murray Jay Crane
Mass
Roosevelt
Schley Court of Inquiry
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of Treasury
Henry C. Payne
Wis
Gev. K. Nash
M—Joseph Foraker
Rep
A. P. Gorman
Dem
Jas. B. McCreary
U. S
Cummins
Isthmian Canal Commission
Pres
Panama Canal
Franklin Murphy
N. J
Allison and Dolliver
John F. Dryden
Sec
Treas
Shaw
Schley
Sampson
Batangas
P. I
Washington
Tillman and McLaurin
S. C
William McKinley
Congress
Lec'y Hay
U. S. Senate
Frank P. Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Commission General of Immigration
Crowninshield
Sam
Louisville
E. F. Ware
Kan
Maj
Waller
Malvar
House of Representatives
Navy Moody
Alex. O. Brodie
Gov
Arizona Territory
Havana
Gen
Palma
Estevez
Lord Pauncefote
Gonzales
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Joan Micchall
Robbins
N. C
Edward
John Biddle
Soffel
Butler
Biddle
Middlesboro
Earl
Welsh
Jos
Wright
Scott County
Mountain
Cataumet
Saris
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
Eldorado
Een Tracy
Oregon
Creston Wash
Oseph Anderson
Salina
Wm. Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Riceville
el Dorado
Homestead
Littleton
Ala
Benjamin Hill
Blossom
Roland B. Molineaux
Katharine Adams
C. J. Horton
Runnels County
Earl Moore
Horton
Self
Barry Johnstone
Kate Hassett
Jim Mays
Springfield
John Yellow Wolf
Deadwood
Tom Brown
Nicholasville
Euless Whittaker
Lynchburg
Tenn
Mar. Foreman
John Woodward
Vidalia
Madrid
W. H. Wallace
la Junta
James Walker
Washington, N. C
David T. Taylor
C. F. Woodward
Caspar
Wyo
Richard Young
Savannah
Walter Allen
Rome
Tuscumbia
Ernest Dewley
Guston
Jim" Underwood
Decatur
Dudley Morgan
Abe Withrop
Jim Black
Ravenal
8. C
Jas
Harrison Gillespie
Salisbury
Horace Shipman
Jefferson
Swearingens
Wm. Ody
Clayton
Womelsdorf
Wilmoth
John Wise
Pembroke
Arthur McCauley
Chipley
Harry Benton
Homer
Chas. Salyers
Harry Gates
Lexington
Hog Wilson
Stephens
Besum
Wm. Mobley
Wenona
Alonzo Tucker
Libby
Ore
Tom Clark
Will Gibson
Corinth
Garfield Burley
Curtis Brown
Newbern
Estabutthie
Chas. Young
Forest City
Jim Wesley
Reddick Barton
Hempstead
Darling
Sam Harris
Salem
John Davis
Lewisburg
Harlan Buckles
Elizabethtown
Lige Wells
Wayne
Jas. Dillard
Sullivan
Cleveland
Euclid Trust & Savings Co
Painesville
People’s Bank
Geo. H. Phillips
Corn King
Commercial Bank
Bellwood
Neb
Platte Valley State
City Savings Bank
Belmont (O.) National Bank
Burnett
W. H. Westfall & Co
Mar
Elkhart
State Bank
Wanatah
Julius Conitz
Americus
Gaa Ee
Street Saving & Loan
Argonac
Brocka
Malcolm Brewing
Elgin
Obadiah Sands Butter Corporation
Forward Reduction Co
Texas Oil
Elnora (Ind.) Bank
American Bicycle Trust
Oto
Bank of
Lord Sailsbury
Peking
Pres. Rceval
Hector Carvallo
Chilpancingo
Mexico
Eie Setal
Ing Uh Siang
Dower
Santos-Dumont
Mediterranean
Monte Carlo
J. Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Kaiser
Bret Harte
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mit
Pelee
Jiminez
San Domingo
Vasquez
Island of
St. Vincent
Alphonso
Chi Li
Albert
Saxony
Dresden
Alexandra
Westminster Abbey
Cumana
Turkey
Morne Rouge
Mt Pelee
Algoa Bay
Cape Town
Marie Henriette
Spa
Russia
Manchurcia
Emile Zola
Pitchee Walla Walla
Mendocino
Cal
Negaunee
New York City
Alaskan
Pean I. T
Wolsenburg
Col
Fairmount
Oskaloosa
New York Rapid Transit Co
Newport News
Bowlder
Little Rock
Liberty Bell
Telluride
New Jersey
Silverton
Ences Hes Pa
Southern Pacific
Fae ownOpals
Kosciusko
Unson
Dayton
Cairo
Glen Rose
Naoine
Toledo
First Baptist
Sheridan
Petwenn
Coal Creek
Nork Harbor
Gale
Etaples
Gloversville
Johnstown
Cambria
Long Beach
Chicago and Vicinity
Park City
Utah
Wollongong
Victoria
Rhodes
Trinidad
San Angelo
Oa Ae del
Gehring
Illinois Station
J. T
Berry
Williamsburg
Ace Station
Princeton
Iil
Rocky Hills
Black Diamond
Wash
Cornwallis
Ashtabula
Lebanon
Fridley
Bucklin
Fort Lee
Byron
Massachusetts Bay
New England
Owiingsville
Houston
Rosenberg
Tyler
New Boston
Copiah
Lincoln
Louisiana
Mississippi
Black Hills
Tennessee
Bayard
Adazan
van Wert
Weldon
Foss
O. T
Texas
Goliad
Brandon
Covington
Miami River Valley
Union
la Crosse
Tis
Joliet
City
Becker
Gray Counties
Illinois
Bloomington
Champaign
Peoria
Urbana
Racine County
Evanston
Woodbury County
Des Moines
N. D
Plattsmouth
Mississippi Valley
Keokuk
Ila
Baltimore
San Marcos Valley
Los Alamos
Raton
N. M
Cloudurst
Atlantic Coast
Viljoen
Lydenburg
Britain
Holland
Methuen
Delaney
Kitchener
Cecil Rhodes
Pretoria
Africa
Lewis A. Kimberly
West Newport
Robert B. Lindsay
Alabama
Sheffield
F. W. Parker
Pass Christian
John P. Altgeld
J. S. Fowler
Wade Hampton
U. Ss
T. Dewitt Talmage
Frank R. Stockton
J. Sterling Morton
Sec'y of Agriculture
Ake Forest
Sol Smith Russell
Amos J. Cummings
Michael Augustine Corrigan
Salmon
Boonton
Camberley
W. T. Sampson
NEW Records
Schalk Burger
Botha
Lord Milner
Transvaal
Gen. Cronje
King Edward
St. Helena
Royal Yacht
Cowes
National University
Carnegie
Inea
Carnegie Institution
E. J. James
Northwestern University
Bulgaria
Miss Stone
Carrie Chapman Catt
Woman's Suffrage Ass’n
Prince Henry
Government and Politics
Seth Low
Gen. Wood
Herbert C. Squires
McKinley
Denmark
Danish West Indies
Virginia
Bailey
Senate
Chaffee
Philippines
Merriam
Jacob H. Smith
Manila
Cuba
France
Spain
Switzerland
Costa Rica
Guatemala
White
O. W. Holmes
U. S. Supreme Court
Gray
Higginson
Pillsbury
M. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ehen
Henderson
G. H. Durand
R. A. Alger
Jos. M. Terrill
Circuit Court
Kw—Hague Arbitration Court
U. S S
Oscar
Sweden
Ohio
Wu Ting Fang
China
N. J, Penn
Del
Ilk
New
A Clay
Republican Party of
Porto Rico
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Enesuelay
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