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1916 Rockefeller. Labor & Capitol, Employes. Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company
The
Colorado Industrial Plan. Including a Copy of the Plan of
Representation and Agreement Adopted at the Coal and Iron Mines of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. By John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (no publisher) 1916. (4)7-94(1)pp
+ original printed wrappers. 1916. [April 20th,
1914] 17-1/2 x 11 cm. (6.9 x 4.3 inches). Contemporary name at the top of the front cover: "J. B. Magill." Small tear to back cover o/w very good.
- - - "LUDLOW MASSACRE" BLOODY 1914 LABOR BATTLE. - - - The Ludlow Massacre was an attack by the
Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Company camp guards on a
tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow,
Colorado, on April 20, 1914. Some two dozen people, including women and
children, were killed. The chief owner of the mine, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
was widely criticized for the incident.
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