Theodore Roosevelt teaches the Coal Barons a lesson.
This cartoon sums up the conflict of the miners and Roosevelt very well. The students, who represent J.P. Morgan, Baer, and other billionaire/millionaire company heads, have halos on their heads showing that they were believed to be good children, or businesses, who would help the people in their time of need. Roosevelt's big stick is teh threat he gave of using federal troops to occupy the coal mines with in order to get people their coal. The book on the floor says "History: Fate of People who Thought They Owned the Earth". This book is most likely a lesson that Roosevelt the teacher is going to "teach" to the naughty kids, or corporations, that thought they owned Pennsylvania, or as the world map in the background defines Pennsylvania, the world. The entire affair ended with Roosevelt giving his "Square Deal", meaning both parties got what they wanted in a compromise between workers and owners.
This cartoon sums up the conflict of the miners and Roosevelt very well. The students, who represent J.P. Morgan, Baer, and other billionaire/millionaire company heads, have halos on their heads showing that they were believed to be good children, or businesses, who would help the people in their time of need. Roosevelt's big stick is teh threat he gave of using federal troops to occupy the coal mines with in order to get people their coal. The book on the floor says "History: Fate of People who Thought They Owned the Earth". This book is most likely a lesson that Roosevelt the teacher is going to "teach" to the naughty kids, or corporations, that thought they owned Pennsylvania, or as the world map in the background defines Pennsylvania, the world. The entire affair ended with Roosevelt giving his "Square Deal", meaning both parties got what they wanted in a compromise between workers and owners.