My America

"Gorn? Is that the original leader of the coal cartel?" Sheffield said with her hands in her arms, very interested. "It seems that like your father, Morgan is also dead at his feet, and later he committed suicide?"

"In fact, this time the strike, we can first focus on Roosevelt's eyes on the coal industry, so that we can see how Morgan responds. If he can withstand the pressure of Roosevelt, then with his example, we are not difficult to fight." Rockefeller Jr. put down the newspaper about the reconciliation between the two sides of the coal, and said with regret, "It's a pity that Morgan doesn't seem to be prepared to try the power of Roosevelt for us."

"No one wants to be the first bad luck! Understandable!" Sheffield smiled bitterly, "But even if there is the first bad luck sooner or later, your current penetration of the financial industry, Morgan should still compare with Your family feels more threatened. There are too many industries that he intervenes. Although the control is not high, there are not many shares. But in terms of probability, the first blow should be greater than standard oil, but this is not It ’s safe to represent the Rockefeller family. If Roosevelt tastes the sweetness, he will definitely start with Standard Oil and this trust benchmark at the right time. "

Standard Oil is a representative of trust companies. Without defeating Standard Oil, Roosevelt's crackdown on trust companies will eventually be just a little bit of trouble, and it is impossible to obtain huge public support. This is obviously not in line with the idea of ​​the first president who wants to break the unspoken rules of reelection.

Standard oil is a strong presence among trust companies. If it is not dismantled, how can it be considered as a victory over trust?

Rockefeller Jr. nodded his approval of Sheffield's analysis. He also felt that Roosevelt should be easy first and then difficult. After successfully killing a few small trusts, he accumulated public opinion before he came to trouble with sufficient preparation.

"Since Roosevelt is going to be in trouble sooner or later, we are ready to confront him. We must bring the lawsuit to the Supreme Court. Among the nine ** officials, I don't know how many are inclined to us?" Rockefeller Jr. said a pause. "As long as you can handle both, there is a way to make a ruling in our favor."

"Yes, according to the case law, once we can get a judgment in favor of us in the first judgment, the following things are easy to handle, but I still say that, it is better not to help the trust of Morgan. Our relationship with Morgan is like this. Roosevelt has a tenure. Who knows how many years Morgan can live? He threatens us for a long time, and I will not help Morgan. "Sheffield still remembered the ethics The heretics can talk, heretics must die. He would rather face Roosevelt's troubles, rather than seek a union with Morgan.

The basic idea of ​​case law is to recognize that the law itself is impossible to complete. The legislator can only focus on the principle clauses of a law. When a judge encounters a specific case, he should make specific recommendations based on the specific circumstances and the substance of the legal clauses. Explanation and decision. The basic principle is to "follow the precedent", that is, when a court hears a case, it must use the precedent of the previous court as the legal basis for the trial and ruling; for the issues dealt with by the court and the higher court's judgment that has entered into force.

If you encounter another case that is the same or similar to it, you cannot make a judgment that is contrary to or inconsistent with the previous judgment when there is no new situation and no more adequate reason can be given, until the Supreme Court in another similar case in the future Until a different decision is made.

So once, the joint company and Standard Oil, after Roosevelt used the antitrust law, took the lawsuit to the Supreme Court and won the majority of the nine ** officials. At least for a few years, if Roosevelt wanted to make trouble, it is necessary to collect evidence. However, because of the short-term difficulty, if the cases are similar, it is likely that the case law will affect the outcome.

"But this matter, I still want to attract Roosevelt's attention." Sheffield pondered for a moment, "We have to prepare for the worst, but until then, it is better not to go to the Supreme Court, because At that time, many things could not be concealed. Now the coal cartel chooses to reconcile. It needs to find a way to make them unable to reconcile and let people pay attention to this matter. "

It is different now than it was 20 years ago. At that time, the coal cartel was able to scream and catch thieves. Not only did it dismantle the miners' union, but it also hanged the workers who participated in the strike. But the United States is so big that anyone can cover the sky with one hand. After crushing the miners' union many times, there is still a strong absentee union in the United States.

"What do you do?" Rockefeller Jr. froze and reacted. "With the power of the union? Learn Carnegie?"

"Well, but I will do it secretly. If it fails, it will be humiliating. I will not buy it if I don't believe in the union. Besides, this is also for the life of the miners." Sheffield simply nodded, preparing to follow Carnegie and use the union. Stimulate stimulate cartel.

Because Gao En led the coal cartel, strangling the miners who had struck, a brilliant record, there was no union in the coal field for a long time, and even if it appeared, it was quickly disintegrated.

However, there is always a negligence in coal cartel, which is closely related to the development of the coal industry, because in the era of coal cartel, anthracite was the focus of everyone's attention, and the amount of coal required by industry and individuals was not large. But in the past two decades, things have changed. The coal needed by the United States is very large, and the coal cartel built on anthracite is a step slower.

Bituminous coal consumed by the country is now four times that of anthracite. One of the reasons is that bituminous coal is more widely distributed. In addition to the rich coal seams along the Appalachian Mountains from Pittsburgh to Alabama, there are also concentrated bituminous coal fields in Illinois and Indiana. Unlike the anthracite industry, the bituminous coal industry was relatively fragmented and was not initially favored by the coal cartel that controlled the anthracite.

In the bituminous coal mining area, there appeared a coal miners union that was not disintegrated by the coal cartel, and a miners union successfully won formal recognition. This is the first miner's union that can exist for a long time in two decades, and its official name is the absentee union.

Sheffield was about to talk to the miners ’union and said to Rockefeller Jr.,“ I ’m going to do this. It ’s all about working for the treatment of the workers. I believe they will thank us. ”

The shareholders of Rockefeller Jr. and Standard Oil left after clarifying their attitudes, and Sheffield continued to stay in St. Louis, because the location here is good, and the most suitable place is as a neutral negotiation place. Not far from anywhere, the province has gone back and forth.

The leader of the Miners ’Union is a young man named John Mitchell. Mitchell began working in the mine at the age of twelve, and she fell permanently. A few years later, he left the mine and began to rush to promote the union of the workers, with footprints in various coal fields in Illinois.

When John Mitchell was found by the people in Sheffield, he was shocked and almost straightened his waist. But after knowing the purpose of the person coming, he agreed to go to St. Louis.

A few days later, Sheffield met the leader of the miner. After all, this person ’s physical characteristics were too obvious. He would never admit that he was wrong, and he begged to sit down. The slave owner explained his intention, "I hope you can Help the miners of anthracite coal to get their due rights. "

"Why are you doing this!" John Mitchell only knew that he was facing a big boss, but he didn't know the real identity of Sheffield, but he still knew that there was no pie in the sky. This person found himself, must Has his purpose.

"You can understand me as a competitor of coal cartel, in fact, our businessmen are not all interested in profits, and sometimes there is also anger, coal cartel and my company conflict, so I want to find They are in trouble, so I thought of your union. "Sheffield smiled and said his purpose in a nonchalant manner." I know you are puzzled and even despised me, but it doesn't matter, you can Think of this as a dog-to-dog competition within the capitalists to achieve your own goals. If you want money, I can buy you, if you want to benefit more miners, I need my help more. "

"I need your help, where is this help?" John Mitchell sneered, "I didn't find it."

"I have several newspapers!" Sheffield said with triumph. This triumph is true. Now he is more and more proud of his move to lay out the media. "I can help you with public opinion by then."

John Mitchell was silent. Workers in anthracite coal fields worked longer hours and were subject to stricter supervision, so the situation was worse than that of anthracite coal miners in the Midwestern United States. Miners usually live in the company's dormitory. In this way, they are not only far from the care of the coalition of miners, but also more exposed to the surveillance of the company's agents. Child labor here is even more rampant.

This is exactly where John Mitchell wants to go. He will bring the influence of the Miners ’Union into the coal cartels that have always crushed the establishment of the Miners’ Union to fight against these ugly capitalists and fight for legal rights for the miners.

Although the capitalist in front of him is also not a good thing, it is not shameful if he can use the contradictions within the capitalist to achieve his goal! Although your dog bites the dog, John Mitchell finally agreed to work with other capitalists for the benefit of the miners.

"I will let those anthracite bosses know their sins!" John Mitchell said righteously.