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Labor history post recalls Roosevelt's 1902 coal strike threat
Original: Today in Labor History October 13, 1902: Teddy Roosevelt threatened to send in federal troops as strikebreakers to crush
On October 13, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to send federal troops to break the anthracite coal strike in eastern Pennsylvania, led by the United Mine Workers of America. Anniversary posts are recalling the episode, in which dozens of miners had already died in the region's dangerous mining conditions, as a landmark moment in US labor history.
Why now: It is the anniversary of the 1902 anthracite coal strike episode, which labor history accounts mark each year.
Theodore RooseveltUnited Mine Workers of AmericaPennsylvania
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- Today in Labor History October 13, 1902: Teddy Roosevelt threatened to send in federal troops as strikebreakers to crush a coal strike. The strike by anthracite coal miners in eastern Pennsylvania was led by the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA). The region had had dozens of… · MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social · 14
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