The Ludlow Massacre: The History of the National Guards Attack on Striking Miners during the Colorado Coalfield War Audiobook Libro.fm

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As labor unions and movements began to form and coalesce in the 19th century the tensions between workers and companies led to demonstrations encounters and even conflicts that descended into violence Among those few were as notorious as the fight that took place on April 20 1914 at Ludlow in the southern Colorado coalfields during which two units of the Colorado National Guard had a firefight with striking miners who lived in a United Mine Workers UMW camp The Guardsmen had at least one machine gun and the strikers were also armed The gunfire lasted most of the day and at the days end the miners were routed and fled the camp with their families