aug 19, 1903 - Anthracite Coal Strike

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The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 was a significant labor action by the United Mine Workers of America in the eastern Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields, which lasted from May to October and involved around 147,000 miners. The strike threatened to cause an energy crisis requiring heating coal for the upcoming winter, prompting President Theodore Roosevelt to intervene and set a precedent for federal arbitration in labor disputes; this intervention led to a compromise that granted the miners a wage increase and shorter workdays.

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