Great Anthracite Coal Strike (may 3, 1902 – oct 19, 1902)
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United mine workers began to strike wanting better wages and conditions. As the winter of 1903 approached President Theodore Roosevelt became concerned that a heating crisis could develop and attempted to intervene – unsuccessfully. Industrialist and financier J.P. Morgan believed the strike could threaten his businesses and made a deal with the union. The UMWA’s initial demands were for a 20% wage increase. They wound up with a 10% raise.
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