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