Ludlow national landmark status sought ("The history of the Ludlow Massacre 20 dead)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/24/salazar-pushes-landmark-status-ludlow-massacre-sit/

Salazar to introduce bill recognizing site of labor conflict
Rocky Mountain News
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Democratic U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar said Wednesday he plans to introduce legislation to make the Ludlow Tent Colony in southern Colorado - site of one of the most violent labor conflicts in history - a National Historic Landmark.

If approved, the designation would give the National Park Service a bigger role in protecting the site.

"The history of the Ludlow Massacre, and the site that holds the archaeological remains of the conflict, are central to our nation's story," Salazar wrote in a letter last week to the chief of the National Historic Landmark Program.


Photo by Ludlow Massacre Commemoration

Colorado coal miners went on strike Sept. 15, 1913. In April 1914, 20 people were killed in a gunbattle between strikers and the Colorado National Guard and a fire in their tent camp at Ludlow.


In September 1913, tens of thousands of coal miners in the area went on strike and began protesting for higher wages, union recognition and state mining law enforcement.

In April 1914, during a gunbattle between strikers and the Colorado National Guard, a fire broke out in the tent colony. Two women and 11 children, hiding in one of the tents, died in the blaze. Seven other people also were killed.

The United Mine Workers built a memorial at the site in 1917, which still stands today north of Trinidad.

Woody Guthrie later wrote a song about the incident, and Remember Ludlow became a rallying cry for mine workers.

[niyad]

1. about damnded time. rockefeller and his goons have a LOT to answer for

[aquart]

3. In Hell, I hope.

[aquart]

2. I never heard a word about it.

They don't teach labor history in school.

[niyad]

4. google it--wiki has a decent article.

several years ago, the monument was vandalized. the outcry was incredible, and the outpouring of support was wonderful.