the coal strike during what year was one of the largest in the nation’s history?

One of the largest coal strikes in the nation's history was the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902. This strike involved 147,000 miners in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania who struck for higher wages, shorter workdays, and union recognition. It lasted from May 12 to October 23, 1902, and was significant because it threatened the winter fuel supply to major American cities. The strike ended with miners receiving a 10 percent wage increase and a reduction in work hours from ten to nine per day. Notably, it was the first major labor dispute in which the U.S. federal government, under President Theodore Roosevelt, intervened as a neutral arbitrator