Ludlow strike

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The Ludlow strike was a major 1913–1914 coal miners’ labor conflict in Colorado, marked by violent clashes between striking workers and company-hired forces, that became a pivotal event in U.S. labor history.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ludlow Massacre 4
Ludlow strike canonical 1
Ludlow tent colony 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coal miners' strike ⓘ
labor conflict ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
cause demands for better wages ⓘ
demands for safer working conditions ⓘ
demands for union recognition ⓘ
opposition to company towns and scrip pay ⓘ
chronologyWithin Colorado Coalfield War ⓘ
commemoratedBy Ludlow Monument ⓘ
conflict Colorado Coalfield War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedAs pivotal event in U.S. labor history ⓘ
endTime 1914-12 ⓘ
field labor history ⓘ
hasEffect influence on later U.S. labor legislation ⓘ
symbol of labor struggle in U.S. history ⓘ
hasMemorial Ludlow Monument ⓘ
hasPart Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike
hasTopic industrial relations in early 20th-century America ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ
industry coal mining ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Ludlow, Colorado ⓘ
locationOf Ludlow tent colony ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike
mainEvent Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike
notableFor killing of women and children in tent colony ⓘ
use of state militia against striking workers ⓘ
violent clashes between strikers and company forces ⓘ
numberOfCasualties dozens of people killed ⓘ
opponent Colorado Fuel and Iron Company ⓘ
John D. Rockefeller Jr. ⓘ
organizedBy United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
participant Colorado Fuel and Iron Company ⓘ
Colorado National Guard ⓘ
United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
coal miners ⓘ
company-hired guards ⓘ
strikebreakers ⓘ
result Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike

congressional investigations into labor conditions in Colorado ⓘ
increased scrutiny of Rockefeller interests ⓘ
national public outcry ⓘ
strengthening of U.S. labor reform movements ⓘ
significantEvent Ludlow tent colony attack ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike
startTime 1913-09 ⓘ
timePeriod 1913–1914 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ludlow strike → hasPart → Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike
Ludlow strike → mainEvent → Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike
Ludlow strike → significantEvent → Ludlow tent colony attack ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike
Ludlow strike → result → Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike
Ludlow strike → locationOf → Ludlow tent colony ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike
American labor movement → hasKeyEvent → Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike