Upload
lynn-carroll
View
216
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Ludlow Massacre
April 20,
1914
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
Organized 14-month coal strike in Southern Colorado
Ludlow – 12 miles north of Trinidad, CO
Tent City set up by striking workers
Famous organizer “Mother” Jones encouraged miners
Seven Demands of UMWA Recognition of the union as bargaining agent An increase in tonnage rates (equivalent to a 10% wage
increase) Enforcement of the eight-hour work day law Payment for "dead work" (laying track, timbering, handling
impurities, etc.) Weight-checkmen elected by the workers (to keep company
weightmen honest) The right to use any store, and choose their boarding houses
and doctors Strict enforcement of Colorado's laws (such as mine safety rules,
abolition of scrip), and an end to the dreaded company guard system
Map of Area
Results of UMWA Strike
Guardsmen and Company Militia Confronted Miners’ leader, Louis Tikas, beginning April 20, 1914
Several Killed Two women, eleven children Four miners (including Tikas) Three company guards & one militiaman
UMWA ran out of money & called off strike Led to improved safety, working conditions, health
and recreation See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre
for details