Apr 20, 2019

Today's Today

105 years ago - April 14, 1914. Ludlow CO



National Guard troopers - reportedly being paid by John D Rockefeller - opened fire on a camp filled with striking coal miners and their families.


Results: 
  • A large part of the Ludlow tent colony site was destroyed by fire
  • UMWA organizer Louis Tikas was assaulted and then, along with two other men, executed by gunshot - Tikas was shot in the back
  • five other men were killed by gunshot
  • 2 women and 11 children were killed by suffocation and/or fires set by militiamen 
News of the events caused worldwide protest and condemnation.


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