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                                           Don Nicholai Hermosillo

On this date the following tragic events took place in the U.S.A
                                                                                                                                                            

COLORADO 1913-1914:   In English    |   En Español


The miners of Colorado were treated like personal slaves by the owners , especially at the Colorado Fuel and Iron company owned by John D. Rockafeller. they were of different national groups including chicanos, but they united. One of the main organizers was mother Jones.

In 1913, 12,000 miners went on strike. They were evicted from their (company owned) homes and forced to live in tents set up by the union. Company guards attacked them. at 10 am, 

On April 20,1914 state militiamen and company guards began shooting directly at the tents and setting them on fire. of the 18 people killed, half were chicanos and many were children who had been burned to death.

The cold blooded ludlow masacare was directed by a veteran from the "Wounded Knee" slaughter.

Miners emerged from other places came and killed company guards. Finally the U.S. Army was sent to bring "peace".

The mine owners, their hands coverded with blood, still refused the workers' demands, even after President Woodrow Wilson appealed to them.

here are some of the victims:

Elvira Valdez-3 months old
Mary Valdez- age 7 years
Eulala Valdez- age 8 years
Rudolph Valdez- age 9 years
Patricia Valdez-
Lucy Costa- age 4 years
Onafaio Costa- age 6 years
Cedilano Costa-
Charles Costa-
Roderlo Pedregon- age 6 years
Gloria Pedregon- age 4 years


                
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