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Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday April 22, 1914
Ludlow Tent Colony, Colorado – Mothers and Babies Slain; Battle Continues
From The Rocky Mountain News of April 22, 1914:
Editorial from Rocky Mountain News of April 22, 1914
“The Massacre of the Innocents”
From The Rocky Mountain News of April 21, 1914:
Some of the leading figures in the fourteen-hour battle at Ludlow yesterday. Above-Tent colony of strikers at Ludlow which was burned last night. Center, left to right-Lieutenant Chase, who is hurrying with troops at Walsenburg to the scene of the fighting; and John R. Lawson. Below, left to right-Louis Tikas, leader of the tent colony, who was killed last night; and Maj. P. J. Hamrock, in command of the troops at Ludlow.
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SOURCES & IMAGES
The Rocky Mountain News
(Denver, Colorado)
-Apr 21, 1914
https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2:12C601A5C4B97518@GB3NEWS-1479669B331EC2F0@2420244-1477B8E74A412328@0-1477B8E74A412328
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-Apr 22, 1914
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See also:
Apr 22, 1914, New York Times
-Women and Children Roasted in Pitts of Ludlow Tent Colony, Set Aflame
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-apr-22-1914-new-yor/145994221/
April 22, 1914, New York Sun
-Ludlow Tent Colony: “Women and Children…Burned in Pits”
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1914-04-22/ed-1/seq-7/
April 22, 1914, New York Tribune
Ludlow Tent Colony: “Twelve Dead in One Pit”
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-04-22/ed-1/seq-18/
Hellraisers Journal – Tuesday April 21, 1914
Ludlow Tent Colony, Colorado – Thirteen Dead in Fight Between Militia and Strikers
Tag: Ludlow Massacre
https://weneverforget.org/tag/ludlow-massacre/
Tag: Colorado Coalfield Strike of 1913-1914
https://weneverforget.org/tag/colorado-coalfield-strike-of-1913-1914/
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The Women and Children of Ludlow – Tom Breiding