Ludlow Massacre took lives of miners, family members amid strike for fair wages and conditions

By: Robert Forrant

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 1,524

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a machine-gun-equipped armored car called the Death Special.

The miners waged a pitched battle with the National Guard for 10 days before President Woodrow Wilson ordered federal soldiers to intervene. An estimated 69 to 199 people were killed. It was the end of one …

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