Detail View: Colorado Coal Project: A miner in Aguilar recalls the Ludlow Massacre

Collection Name: 
Colorado Coal Project
Title: 
A miner in Aguilar recalls the Ludlow Massacre
Creator: 
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
Creator URI: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00101170
Creator: 
McMahan, Ronald L.
Creator URI: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94033808
Creator: 
Beshoar, Barron B., 1907-1987
Subject: 
Coal mines and mining
Subject URI: 
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/865355
Subject: 
Coal Strike (Colorado : 1913-1914)
Subject URI: 
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1404237
Subject: 
Coal Strike (Colorado : 1913-1914)
Subject URI: 
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1404237
Subject: 
Coal mine accidents--Colorado--History
Subject: 
Child labor--United States--History--20th century
Subject: 
Coal miners--Personal narratives
Subject: 
Interviews
Subject URI: 
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423832
Description: 
Barron Beshoar interviews a former miner, who reminisces about his life. At 15 he worked 9-10 hours in the mine for $1.50 per day. He describes his job, working conditions, and accidents he witnessed. He visited other mining camps and notes that ethnic groups got along fine and stuck together. When asked about the time around the Ludlow Massacre, he recalls Mother Jones speaking in a packed union hall and later seeing the blazing fire of the Ludlow camp. Survivors of the massacre came to Aguilar, where a soup kitchen was set up. They got free groceries and stayed with other mining families. He talks about the ensuing violence. His family fled to a friend's goat farm because the militia continued burning mine camps.
Description Type: 
summary
Publisher: 
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
Contributor: 
Bisulco, Alex, 1902-1978
Date: 
1977
Type: 
Text
Format: 
application/pdf
Identifier: 
narv_coloradoCoal_transBisulco.pdf
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/022m8b3245jr
Language: 
English
Relation: 
Title: A mine fire chief shows his collection of coal mining equipment
Relation Type: 
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Relation href: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/1n6x6j42m36g
Relation: 
Title: A miner's wife remembers
Relation Type: 
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Relation href: 
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Relation: 
Title: A miner in Aguilar recalls the Ludlow Massacre
Relation Type: 
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Relation href: 
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Coverage (Spatial): 
Colorado (United States, North America) (first order administrative divisions)
Coverage (Temporal): 
1902/1977
Coverage (Spatial): 
Ludlow (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
Coverage (Spatial): 
Rugby (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)