cell ors ville . ▁ ▁Ba er ▁studied ▁law ▁and ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁bar ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 4 . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁Reading , ▁Pennsylvania ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 ▁and ▁established ▁a ▁law ▁practice . ▁He ▁was ▁later ▁h ired ▁by ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁and ▁Reading ▁Rail road ▁as ▁their ▁coun sel . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁Ba er ▁was ▁installed ▁by ▁financi er ▁J . ▁P . ▁Morgan ▁as ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Reading ▁Rail road ▁after ▁the ▁ret irement ▁of ▁his ▁prede cess or , ▁Joseph ▁Smith ▁Harris . ▁So on ▁there after , ▁Ba er ▁was ▁confront ed ▁with ▁the ▁Co al ▁St rike ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁in ▁the ▁anth rac ite ▁coal ▁fields ▁of ▁eastern ▁Pennsylvania , ▁the ▁largest ▁un ited ▁strike ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Mine ▁Work ers . ▁The ▁Reading ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁employ er ▁in ▁the ▁region , ▁and ▁Ba er ▁refused ▁to ▁put ▁down ▁the ▁strike ▁or ▁speak ▁to ▁the ▁strik ers , ▁cit ing ▁Social ▁Dar win ist ▁ideas . ▁Ba er ' s ▁attitude ▁was ▁released ▁into ▁the ▁papers ▁and ▁became ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁ar rog ance ▁and ▁superior ity . ▁Finally , ▁President ▁The odore ▁Ro ose vel t ▁interven ed ▁and ▁settled ▁the ▁strike ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁striking ▁workers . ▁ ▁Ba er ' s ▁statements ▁on ▁workers ▁and ▁labor ▁relations ▁became ▁r ally ing ▁c ries ▁for ▁the ▁un ions . ▁Most ▁fam ously ▁he ▁wrote ▁in ▁a ▁letter