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"The Washington Schoolmaster." An editorial cartoon about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_strike_of_1902" class="extiw" title="w:Coal strike of 1902">Coal strike of 1902</a>, a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. In the cartoon a sign on the wall states, "Primary Classroom for Coal Barons," and a world map shows a disproportionately large state of Pennsylvania. President Theodore Roosevelt intervened in the strike, and the cartoon depicts him as poised to dole out punishment to industry; he is holding a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch_(corporal_punishment)" class="extiw" title="w:Switch (corporal punishment)">switch</a> labeled "Federal Authority." Shown on the bench are industry leaders: financier J. P. Morgan; George F. Baer, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; and two coal company executives, John Markle (G.B. Markle & Co.) and T.P. Fowler (Scranton Coal Co. & Elk Hill Coal & Iron Co.).
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| current | 16:00, 8 January 2017 | | 744 × 1,012 (163 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | "The Washington Schoolmaster." An editorial cartoon about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_strike_of_1902" class="extiw" title="w:Coal strike of 1902">Coal strike of 1902</a>, a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. In the cartoon a sign on the wall states, "Primary Classroom for Coal Barons," and a world map shows a disproportionately large state of Pennsylvania. President Theodore Roosevelt intervened in the strike, and the cartoon depicts him as poised to dole out punishment to industry; he is holding a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch_(corporal_punishment)" class="extiw" title="w:Switch (corporal punishment)">switch</a> labeled "Federal Authority." Shown on the bench are industry leaders: financier J. P. Morgan; George F. Baer, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; and two coal company executives, John Markle (G.B. Markle & Co.) and T.P. Fowler (Scranton Coal Co. & Elk Hill Coal & Iron Co.). |
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