THE LUDLOW MASSACRE
Rockefellers convince Colorado governor to send in the militia to break strike
A Rocky Mountain PBS video summary
On this day in 1914, the Colorado National Guard killed dozens of men, women and children who had assembled to support a strike against Colorado Fuel & Iron Company in Ludlow, Colorado. The company was owned by John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil. The murders ended a strike by 11,000 miners who failed in their efforts to obtain better wages and working conditions. Sixty-six men, women, and children died during the strike, but not a single militiaman or private detective was charged with any crime.
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