JP Morgan used "the equilibrium of empty stomachs" to ensure that the poor immigrants working in the mines would not marginalize profits.
		Companies tried to paint miners as terrorists, un-american anarchists who would cause the collapse of the production of food and power, causing suffering for the entire nation through their strikes. Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to meet with industry and labor to negotiate in an even-handed way. Clarence Darrow was enlisted on the side of the miners to state their case.
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