George Frederick Baer

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George Frederick Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
SpouseEmily Kimmel
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George Frederick Baer (September 26, 1842 – April 26, 1914) was an American

Coal Strike of 1902
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Biography

George Baer was born in Lavansville,

Franklin and Marshall College. He and his brother acquired the Democrat in 1861, and in 1862 he raised a company of volunteers for the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1] In the 133rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, Baer served as a captain at the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.[2]

Baer studied law and was

admitted to the bar in 1864. He moved to Reading, Pennsylvania in 1868 and established a law practice. He was later hired by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad as their counsel.[1]

Bear was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1898.[3]

In 1901, Baer was installed by financier

Social Darwinist ideas.[1] Baer's attitude was released into the papers and became an example of arrogance and superiority. Finally, President Theodore Roosevelt intervened and settled the strike in favor of the striking workers.[4]

Baer's statements on workers and labor relations became rallying cries for the unions. Most famously he wrote in a letter, later leaked to the press, "The rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and cared for -- not by the labor agitators, but by the Christian men of property to whom God has given control of the property rights of the country, and upon the successful management of which so much depends."

Anthracite Coal Commission he stated, on the subject of working conditions, "These men don't suffer. Why, hell, half of them don't even speak English."[6]

Baer was also named the president of Franklin and Marshall College in 1894 and retained the post until he died in 1914. He married Emily Kimmel in 1866 and had five daughters.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780313239076
    . George Frederick Baer.
  2. ^ Notable Names Database (NNDB). "George Frederick Baer." Accessed 2013-07-09.
  3. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  4. ^ Ohio State University."Chronology of the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902." eHistory at OSU. Department of History, Multimedia Histories Section. Accessed 2013-07-09.
  5. ISBN 0-9620844-3-3
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  6. ^ Holton, pp. 32-34.

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