Anthracite

Labor has gone a long way in American history. They’ve helped create a stable and productive workforce, in which the management respects the employee’s right as a whole. The labor movement in the United States grew out of the need to protect the common interest of the worker. They protested for better pay, reasonable working hours, and putting a stop to child labor. It pushed for the need to protect the common interests of the workers, especially those who worked in the industrial unit by…

A Union Report In the belly of the country lies the United Mine Workers of America. This union currently has over 800,000 members and has been representing miners for over 125 years. The United Mine Workers of America was created as a way to protect miners, specifically in the coal mining field. However, today the United Mine Workers of America has blossomed from representing the mining industry to manufacturing, health care and the Navajo Nation (United Mine Workers of America, 2017). While…

Fossil fuels are a critical component in the functioning of our society. These resources are staples in maintaining the energized life styles that people have become used to. Fossil fuels are sources of energy derived from animal and plant remains from more than 300 million years ago (U.S. Department of Energy 2013). These remains were then coated with combinations of clay and rock called sediment (Energy Quest 2012). Sedimentary rock effectively protected the hydrocarbons in fossil fuels…

For roughly the past 100 years the presidential elections have been a very sensitive subject, and it begs the question of what makes a good president. Although there are generally a few presidents who rank at the top, to name someone the best president is very subjective. Opinions can change due to many reasons; the main being the political party one associates their self with. One way to gauge a president is by how many terms they served. Teddy Roosevelt had served two terms and, although he…

Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt shared many of the same political ideas, although they came from different political parties. Both answered to the same Progressive calling, and used their time in office to expand both the power of the executive as well as the overall size of the Federal Government. It can be said that Teddy Roosevelt (TR) laid the groundwork for the advent of Progressive Politics, while FDR expanded these ideas. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR), admired his older cousin, and followed his…

of age during the Great Depression, and was an infantryman during the Second World War, having seen combat in the Pacific Theater. Prior to the country 's—and his—entry into the war he married the daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, her father an anthracite miner from Pennsylvania. Together they had seen the productivity and prosperity of factory workers, like themselves, grow steadily after World War II. He had also seen the growth in the amount of leisure time that hourly workers were enjoying…

low volatile bituminous (Rooper et al., 2006). Coal petrology indicates a vitrinite reflectance values of 0.57 to 1.58 percent reflectance with the maximum values located in the central part of the basin (Johnson and Finn, 2001). Coal ranks of anthracite occur locally near the Tertiary intrusions, where there was an influx of heat from igneous sills and dikes (Johnson and Finn,…

Theodore Roosevelt made a great impact while in office at the White House. He also abuse his power as the President during his years. Most of his legacy included; Act, Act, Ac, Act. Now even though he won the noble peace prize in 1906 for creating a peace movement. Therefore developing countless “Acts” that help America evolved in what it is today. Whereas, he still made some unforgettable decision, such as, Brownsville and imperialism. However, his time in the White House was quite memorable,…

natural resources. Roosevelt became known as a trust-buster, but nevertheless, he was more concerned with increasing the power of the presidency rather than tearing down monopolies. Roosevelt later continued to weaken the power of businesses with the Anthracite Coal Strike. This represented the first time in history where the government decided to side with the labor force, threatening to seize and operate corporations. Also, the Committee of Commerce developed, which settled disputes between…

restrain the “good” trusts. With this in mind, he vehemently enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act. Under his presidency, there was a large increase in government regulation. He was the first president to truly negotiate between labor and management. The Anthracite Coal Miner’s Strike of 1902, was a strike where miners were asking for higher wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their union. Theodore Roosevelt became involved and ended the strike as the miners received a ten percent wage…