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.

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Ludlow Massacre 4
Ludlow strike canonical 1
Ludlow tent colony 1

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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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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