Please answer the following question: What type of details about franklin b. gowen can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: franklin benjamin gowen -lrb- february 9 , 1836 -- december 13 , 1889 -rrb- served as president of the philadelphia and reading railroad -lrb- commonly referred to as the reading railroad -rrb- in the 1870s/80s . he is identified with the undercover infiltration and subsequent court prosecutions of molly maguires , mine workers , saloonkeepers and low-level local political figures arraigned and tried for multiple acts of violence , including murders and attempted murders of coal mine operators , foremen and workers , and peace officers . other aspects of gowen 's presidency that merit consideration include : under gowen 's leadership , the reading railroad went from being legally prohibited by its corporate charter against owning or operating coal mines , to owning 142 square miles -lrb- 368 km -rrb- of coal lands -- with that legal prohibition still in place , but deemed by the state of pennsylvania to be unenforceable -- and running numerous mining operations upon them . he was a central figure in negotiating both the first written labor agreement between mine workers and operators in the u.s. , and the first industry-wide price-fixing agreement in the u.s. . he played a signal role in the great railroad strike of 1877 , including the reading railroad massacre . under his leadership the reading railroad twice fell into bankruptcy . in the wake of the second one , gowen was finally blocked from further direct involvement in the railroad 's affairs when a syndicate led by j.p. morgan obtained control of the corporation .
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