Time Line
1913
Union coal miners in Ludlow issue seven demands to the mining company
for better working conditions.
September 23, 1913
A general strike is called and the tent colony is established.
October 1, 1913
Violence erupted in another tent colony
October 28, 1913
Colorado Governor Ammons calls the Colorado National Guard to Ludlow
January 19, 1914
Mother Jones arrives in Trinidad, Colorado
Spring 1914
Governor Ammons withdraws all troops from Ludlow except two Companies
of troops
April 20, 1914
3 bombs explode in the tent colony beginning a confrontation. Two
children, eleven women, and a disputed number of men were killed.
April 22, 1914
Union men issue a call to arms to the entire state of Colorado.
“The Colorado Coalfield War, 1913-1914.” Sangres.com
2005. http://sangres.com/history/coalfieldwar01.html.
Fink, Walter H. The Ludlow Massacre. 1914, 7-21. Reprinted in Leon
Stein and Philip Taft, eds., Massacre at Ludlow: Four Reports. New
York: Arno Press 1971.
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