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EVB2938007: Anthracite Coal Strike Commission was appointed by President Roosevelt to study the economics of the coal industry and propose a settlement of the long United Mine Works strike of 1902. It was the first time a U.S. President approached a labor dispute with neutrality, acknowledging the legitimacy of organized labor. Carroll D. Wright, Roosevelt's Commissioner of Labor is seated in center / Bridgeman Images
EVB2938029: Founders of the Knights of Labor in 1886. Front Row: James S. Wright, portrait of Uriah S. Stevens, Robert W. Keen. Back row, L to R.: William Cook, R.C. Macaukey, James M. Hilsee, Joseph S. Kennedy. Seated left is James S. Wright, seated right is Robert W. Keen. 1886 by H.J. Skeffington / Bridgeman Images
EVB2938080: Terence Vincent Powderly (1849-1924) portrait is surrounded by 32 smaller portraits of the Leaders of the Knights of Labor and scenes of labor. The Labor Union had over 600,000 members at its height in the 1886. The Knights demanded an eight hour work day and campaigned against child and convict labor / Bridgeman Images