The Ludlow Massacre A lot more than 2, 000 miles separated the Rockefeller estate from Southern Colorado when on Monday April 20, 1914, the first shot was fired at Ludlow. One of history's most dramatic confrontations between capital and labor the so-called Ludlow massacre took place at the mines of the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I). The face-off raged for fourteen ...

Stephen Millies, The Ludlow Massacre and the Birth of Company Unions ...

Links *UMWA History *A People's History of the United States - by Howard Zinn Exerpt * We're Coming Colorado *The Ludlow Massacre and the Birth of CompanyUnions Labor History Page Home click here The Ludlow Massacre April 20, 1914 The date April 20, 1914 will forever be a day of infamy for American workers. On that day, 20 innocent men, women and children were killed in the Ludlow Massacre. The ...

Vol.64/No.47 July 10, 2000 Unionists mark Ludlow massacre, today's battles BY LESLIE DORK AND JACK PARKER LUDLOW, Colorado--About 200 unionists and supporters gathered June 25 at the site of the 1914 Ludlow mine massacre. The commemoration is held annually to remember those who were martyred during battles to organize the Western coalfields. At least half the participants came from Pueblo, ...