Question

Roosevelt’s action to end the coal miners’ strike in Pennsylvania was the first time the government mediated a labor dispute and the first time it threatened force against the owners rather than the workers.

True
False

Answer 1

True.

In the 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike Roosevelt called both sides to the White House, helped arrange a commission to settle it, and threatened to use federal troops to seize and operate the mines if the owners refused to negotiate — a notable shift from the usual practice of using force against striking workers.