Event
Ludlow, 20 April 1914
Armed conflict at the Ludlow tent colony of striking Colorado coal miners between the Colorado National Guard and strikers, ending in the burning of the colony.
- Dates
- 20 Apr 1914
- Also known as
- Ludlow Massacre, Battle of Ludlow
- Wikidata
- Q1018743
Connections 5
involved
- Louis Tikas colony leader, taken prisoner and killed Primary record 1
- K. E. Linderfelt Guard lieutenant who struck Tikas with his rifle Primary record 1
- Colorado National Guard soldiers and others who spread the fire, in the board's finding Primary record 1
- Colorado National Guard detachment on duty at Ludlow Primary record 1
located in
- Ludlow, Colorado Primary record 2
Timeline 1 date
- 20 Apr 1914 Ludlow, 20 April 1914
Proof 2 sources
-
Ludlow: report of the special board of officers appointed by the Governor of Colorado to investigate the armed conflict at Ludlow, April 20, 1914, Adjutant General’s Office, State of Colorado (scan via Internet Archive), 1914.
Primary record
Shortly afterwards all three prisoners were killed by gunshot wounds.
Tikas, after running a few feet, fell, shot three times in the back.
Linderfelt swung his rifle over Louis' head, breaking the stock of the gun.
Men and soldiers swarmed into the colony and deliberately assisted the conflagration by spreading the fire from tent to tent
cans of oil found in the tents were poured upon them
Four days later the country was startled by the happening of a deadly conflict between this detachment and the inhabitants of the strikers' tent colony at Ludlow.
-
Report on the Colorado Strike Investigation made under House Resolution 387, Sixty-third Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Mines and Mining (scan via Internet Archive), 2 Mar 1915.
Primary record
Ludlow was the place near which the families of the miners lived in tents after they left the coal camps when the strike began.
Page history 1 change
- Add 55 stories, each checked against its sources96e92fe6
Something wrong or missing? Tell us, with a source, or edit this page.