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The Ludlow Massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War.Soldiers from the Colorado National Guard and private guards employed by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) attacked a tent colony of roughly 1,200 striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado, on April 20, 1914.
Ludlow is a ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. It was the site of the Ludlow Massacre –part of the Colorado Coalfield War –in 1914. The town site is located at the entrance to a canyon in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains .
Louis Tikas (Greek: Λούης Τίκας), born Elias Anastasios Spantidakis (Greek: Ηλίας Αναστάσιος Σπαντιδάκης; 13 March, 1886 – 20 April, 1914), was the main labor union organizer at the Ludlow camp during the 14-month strike known as the Colorado Coalfield War in southern Colorado, between September 1913 and December 1914; described as "the bloodiest civil ...
The Colorado Coalfield War [c] was a major labor uprising in the southern and central Colorado Front Range between September 1913 and December 1914. Striking began in late summer 1913, organized by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) against the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I) after years of deadly working conditions and low pay.
John Chase (December 10, 1856 – May 3, 1918) was an American medical doctor and commander of the Colorado National Guard.He was the commander of the Colorado National Guard in several of the most significant confrontations between American military forces and organized labor — the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903–1904, Colorado Coalfield War, and the Ludlow Massacre of April 1914.
Patrick J. Hamrock (1860-1939) was an Irish-born American soldier who served in multiple conflicts as part of the U.S. Army and Colorado National Guard.He led a portion of the militia that participated in the Ludlow Massacre, part of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coalfield War.
Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, a 15-year-old student, killed two people, injured six others, and took her own life during a shooting in Wisconsin, USA, on Monday (December 16). Court records ...
Karl E. Linderfelt (November 7, 1876 – June 3, 1957) was a soldier, mine worker, soldier of fortune, and officer in the Colorado National Guard.He was reported to have been responsible for an attack upon, and the ultimate death of, strike leader Louis Tikas during the Ludlow Massacre.