COLLECTION NAME:
Colorado Coal Project
Record
Collection Name:
Colorado Coal Project
Title:
A miner in Aguilar recalls the Ludlow Massacre
Creator:
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
Creator:
McMahan, Ronald L.
Creator:
Beshoar, Barron B., 1907-1987
Subject:
Coal mines and mining
Subject:
Coal Strike (Colorado : 1913-1914)
Subject:
Coal Strike (Colorado : 1913-1914)
Subject:
Coal mine accidents--Colorado--History
Subject:
Child labor--United States--History--20th century
Subject:
Coal miners--Personal narratives
Subject:
Interviews
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
Description:
Mr. Bisulco interviewed by Beshoar; 10:00 -- Mine guards who preceded the militia, violence leading up to the Ludlow Massacre (pg. 10 of pdf transcript); 20:00 -- His memories of Mother Jones, burning of the tent colony and Ludlow Massacre, ethnic relations in the camps (pg. 17 of pdf transcript); 30:00 -- His early mining experiences and the dangerous conditions then (pg. 24 of pdf transcript); 40:00 -- His miner's pension and black lung disease (pg. 29 of pdf transcript); Transcript ends, McMahon interviews Mr. Bisulco; 50:00 -- His odd jobs throughout life, bootlegging that occurred in Aguilar; 60:00 -- Early mine conditions improving due to federal and union actions, the role of women in the mining camps.
Description Type:
Segment Sequence
Publisher:
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
Contributor:
Bisulco, Alex, 1902-1978
Date:
1977
Type:
Moving image
Format:
video/mov
Identifier:
198-Bisulco.mov
Language:
English
Relation:
Title: A miner in Aguilar recalls the Ludlow Massacre
Relation Type:
isFormatOf
Relation:
Title: A mine fire chief shows his collection of coal mining equipment
Relation Type:
isPartOf
Relation:
Title: A miner's wife remembers
Relation Type:
isPartOf
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)
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