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Line 1: + − − The '''Coal Strike of 1902''' was a strike by the [[United Mine Workers of America]] in the [[anthracite coal]] fields of eastern Pennsylvania. It played a role in the history of the coal industry, marking the first federal intervention in the business. 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.). President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] became involved and set up a fact-finding commission that suspended the strike. The strike never resumed, as the miners received more pay for fewer hours; the owners got a higher price for coal, and did not recognize the union as a bargaining agent. It was the first labor episode in which the federal government intervened as a neutral arbitrator and it made Roosevelt's reputation as a peacemaker.
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The '''Coal Strike of 1902''' was a strike by the [[United Mine Workers of America]] in the [[anthracite coal]] fields of eastern Pennsylvania. It played a role in the history of the coal industry, marking the first federal intervention in the business. 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.). President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] became involved and set up a fact-finding commission that suspended the strike. The strike never resumed, as the miners received more pay for fewer hours; the owners got a higher price for coal, and did not recognize the union as a bargaining agent. It was the first labor episode in which the federal government intervened as a neutral arbitrator and it made Roosevelt's reputation as a peacemaker.
[[Image:1900a.jpg|thumb|350px|coal miners in [[Hazleton]] PA 1900]]
[[Image:1900a.jpg|thumb|350px|coal miners in [[Hazleton]] PA 1900]]
==The 1899 and 1900 strikes==
==The 1899 and 1900 strikes==