Ludlow Massacre Research Paper

The Massacre in Ludlow, Colorado In the early 1900s, labor issues in the United States were becoming more of a problem that people acknowledged and began to respond against. During this time, the western part of America was flowing with business; including many labor intensive jobs such as mining and laying railroad tracks. Although these jobs were often dangerous and exhausting, desperate men were willing to work under poor conditions just to care for their families. Eventually workers began to stand against their companies and protest, which eventually led up to one of the biggest massacres in mining history. On April 20th 1914, the national guard was called to shoot upon a tent city of miners in Ludlow, Colorado which killed a total of nineteen people; including two women and eleven children. Could the bloodshed and unjust killing of innocent women and children could have been avoided if not for the treatment of the corrupt government and business executives? By standing up for what they believed to be their rights, the miners of Ludlow, Colorado were unjustly treated and eventually slaughtered by their own government whom they trusted to …show more content…
“On May 4, 1886, a labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day” (History.com). Similar to that of Ludlow, the riot in Chicago was caused by violence; it was in response to the murder and violence against industrial workers only the day before. Although the police didn 't make the first move in Chicago, there was still a lot of unnecessary violence and death that occurred at something that was meant to be peaceful and bring up equality and labor issues. It is sad that to promote equality, people believe there must be government involvement and