"This paper was originally presented as 'The Governor, The Secretary of War, and the Colorado Coal Strike of 1914' at the 1976 Western History Association Annual Conference, [in] Denver, Colorado." It gives an account of the time after the Ludlow Massacre when the Governor of Colorado was unable to restore peace to mining towns and he reluctantly asked federal troops for help. The deployment was managed directly by the Secretary of War, Lindley Garrison, and handled locally by Major Williard Holbrook. Soldiers closed saloons and gun shops, disarmed both the striking miners and some of the police, and guarded mining towns. They remained entirely neutral, President Wilson stressing that Colorado needed to resolve the actual labor issues itself. The occupation, which lasted until January 1915, is portrayed as a rare but necessary means to quell "domestic violence."
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"This paper was originally presented as 'The Governor, The Secretary of War, and the Colorado Coal Strike of 1914' at the 1976 Western History Association Annual Conference, [in] Denver, Colorado." It gives an account of the time after the Ludlow Massacre when the Governor of Colorado was unable to restore peace to mining towns and he reluctantly asked federal troops for help. The deployment was managed directly by the Secretary of War, Lindley Garrison, and handled locally by Major Williard Holbrook. Soldiers closed saloons and gun shops, disarmed both the striking miners and some of the police, and guarded mining towns. They remained entirely neutral, President Wilson stressing that Colorado needed to resolve the actual labor issues itself. The occupation, which lasted until January 1915, is portrayed as a rare but necessary means to quell "domestic violence."
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