This political cartoon depicts President Theodore Roosevelt acting as a compromiser between the strikers and the coal mine owners. The coal mine strike was when the miners went on strike to demand for an increase in pay by 20% and reduction in work hours from 10 hours to 9 hours. Uncle Sam (who is referenced as "the nation") in the cartoon looks angry at the coal mine owners, which was a reference to how the Americans felt about the coal strike because they felt the effects of the coal shortage. TR was against the coal mine owners and threatened to use federal troops to operate the mines if the owners did not want to compromise. The coal mine owners and miners reached a compromised which resulted in a 10% pay raise and reduced work hours.
This cartoon depicts TR ready to take down his first "bad trust," which turned out to be the Northern Securities Company organized by J.P. Morgan and James J. Hill. In 1904, the Supreme Court upheld TR's antitrust suit and ordered Northern Securities to dissolve. Also, Congress was able to pass the Elkins Act, which fined railroads that gave rebates and the shippers that accepted them, and the Hepburn Act, which restricted the free passes of railroads.
This picture shows Theodore Roosevelt beside a tree, probably in a forest that he is preserving. TR during his presidency wanted to preserve the amount of forests and trees in America which were shrinking due to the timber industry. By 1900, only 1/4 of the nation's timberland trees still stood. In effort to conserve the amount of trees, he set aside 125 million acres of forest land. In 1891, Congress was able to pass the Forest Reserve Act, which allowed the president to set aside some 46 million acres of forest as preserves.