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On Friday, October 3, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt called a precedent-shattering meeting. . . . A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine. The President feared “untold misery . . . with the certainty of riots which might develop into social war.” Although he had no legal right to intervene, he sent telegrams to both sides summoning them to Washington to discuss the problem. . . .
- Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Department of Labor, October 1975
How did President Roosevelt’s reaction to the strike change the relationship between the federal government and business?
It led to government approval for the use of replacement laborers.
It set an example for issuing injunctions to regulate work stoppages.
It increased the influence of the government on private businesses.
It began to grant businesses the right to negotiate with labor.
On Friday, October 3, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt called a precedent-shattering meeting. . . . A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine. The President feared “untold misery . . . with the certainty of riots which might develop into social war.” Although he had no legal right to intervene, he sent telegrams to both sides summoning them to Washington to discuss the problem. . . .
- Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Department of Labor, October 1975
How did President Roosevelt’s reaction to the strike change the relationship between the federal government and business?
It led to government approval for the use of replacement laborers.
It set an example for issuing injunctions to regulate work stoppages.
It increased the influence of the government on private businesses.
It began to grant businesses the right to negotiate with labor.
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It increased the influence of the government on private businesses.
Roosevelt’s decision to summon both sides and intervene in the anthracite strike—even without legal authority—set a precedent for federal involvement in private labor disputes and expanded the government’s role in regulating business-labor relations.
Roosevelt’s decision to summon both sides and intervene in the anthracite strike—even without legal authority—set a precedent for federal involvement in private labor disputes and expanded the government’s role in regulating business-labor relations.
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