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The Coal strike of 1902 (also known as the anthracite coal strike) [1] [2] was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to major American cities.
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[6] p. 205 Although the union had no issue with mine owners, the WFM hoped that a larger strike would put more pressure on mill owners to settle. [ 10 ] p. 76 The Cripple Creek district had been a union stronghold for the Western Federation of Miners since its success in the strike of 1894, and it seemed a safe base from which to expand union ...
Industrial Structure, Union Strategy and Strike Activity in Bituminous Coal Mining, 1881 - 1894 Social Science History 26 (2002): 1 - 32. Roy, Andrew. A history of the coal miners of the United States, from the development of the mines to the close of the anthracite strike of 1902, including a brief sketch of early British miners (1907) online
The Brooks Mine, a model mine in Nay Aug Park in Scranton dating to 1902 but closed for nearly half a century, reopens to the public Saturday. The mine will open for tours on Saturdays, from 10 a ...
The Fraterville Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion that occurred on May 19, 1902 near the community of Fraterville in the U.S. state of Tennessee.Official records state that 216 miners died as a result of the explosion, from either its initial blast or from the after-effects, making it the worst mining disaster in the United States' history, and remains the worst disaster in the history ...
The coal strike of 1902 of Pennsylvania's anthracite miners ended after 163 days, following an agreement to have arbitration of the dispute. [ 13 ] [ 12 ] General Rafael Uribe Uribe and his remaining 1,500 Colombian rebels surrendered to government forces at La Ciénaga .
The Battle of Stanaford (February 25, 1903) was an armed raid against striking miners in the village of Stanaford, West Virginia, United States. It was the final episode of the 1902 New River coal strike. [1]