Today we are discussing the Ludlow Massacre that happened in Southern Colorado in 1914. We discuss the massacre and conditions for miners at the turn of the century. Fight for your right to listen to this episode of Under the Pendulum.
Sources:
Walker, M. (2003). The Ludlow Massacre: Class, Warfare, and Historical Memory in Southern Colorado. Historical Archaeology, 37(3), 66–80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25617081
https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/hastings-mine-explosion
McGuire, R. H., & Reckner, P. (2002). The Unromantic West: Labor, Capital, and Struggle. Historical Archaeology, 36(3), 44–58. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25617011
Rosenbloom, J. L. (1998). Strikebreaking and the Labor Market in the United States, 1881-1894. The Journal of Economic History, 58(1), 183–205. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2566258
https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-ludlow-massacre
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/msha/msha20210113
https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5737/
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