... From: Miner's Day To: Richard Myers Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:04 PM Subject: Letter to US Senate concerning National Miner's Day Dear friend and...
Sunday, June 28, is the Ludlow dedication. Colorado Governor Bill Ritter is expected. Governor Ritter has recently angered and disappointed union workers by...
Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to get there, but I hope all who go enjoy a long-overdue moment. And congratulations to all who made this happen. :-) ...
My congratulations to all who worked hard for this day. I wish I could be there. In my absence: www.scottmartelle.com The Ludlow Massacre gets its historic due...
http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2009/06/28/news/local/doc4a48436d08877736939346.txt In truth, there weren't that many people doing it all. I was sitting...
... Subject: [ludlowmassacre] Turned backs at Ludlow Thank you for posting the URL to that article... Like several others, I just couldn't get away. There...
Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but I would like to make a plea for early notification for ceremony next year. I think it would be great to organize some...
Karen L Campbell
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Jun 29, 2009 3:55 pm
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Hi Scott, I agree with this assessment for the most part, but I think there is a reason this is remembered as a massacre, and why it should be. Yes, the miners...
Ritter may indeed be shown the door next year. He has lost support among other constituencies, besides labor.  I recently attended a health care summit. ...
Hi, Rosemary -- good to hear from you, and hope the summer in Illinois isn't too sweltering yet. :-) I understand your points but disagree, obviously. You...
Hi Rosemary and Scott, I have to say that I've never understood the argument against seeing the events of April 20, 1914 as a massacre. It's true that there ...
Scott, I'd like to hear from others as well. I think Destefanis's article in Mining Womenshows that the men in guard uniform were pretty much intentioned like...
by the time of the massacre/not massacre, hadn't the makeup of the Guard shifted significantly from young, many professionals, citizen soldiers to mining...
There are several facts involved in the historic events at Ludlow that indeed make it a massacre. First, when the National Guard of a state is employed by a...
When the CF&I sends armored automobiles and railroad cars and privately funded soldiers (for lack of a better word) equipped with machine guns firing explosive...
Hi all. I've been somewhat out of touch due to job responsibilities -- trying to help Colorado grocery workers get a fair contract. ... Richard Regnier local...
... From: Anthony DeStefanis To: rtmyers@... Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:30 AM Subject: Ludlow Massacre list Hi Richard, I've tried to post the below...
Monument to fallen miners dedicated at Cumberland in Harlan County Forwarded from the United States Mine Rescue Association... Monument to fallen miners...
In the past i've found websites like this one tending toward the shallow and frivolous, and a bit of browsing shows that to still be the case. However, it...
The related question, which I think is much more interesting, is how many people died during the Ludlow Massacre? Scott has gone a long way towards answering...
Yeah, a lot of it is terminology. The Ludlow Massacre as an event was that one day, to my reading of it. But it occurred within a sweep of violence before and...
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/region-story.asp?ID=11842 Publish Date: 10/2/2009 Students probe Ludlow Massacre as part of Roads Scholar class Carie...
... Subject: [ludlowmassacre] The 1927 coal strike massacre on Channel Nine News http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=124951&catid=509 Very...
The state police who killed the miners were celebrated as heroes. Villification of working people as foreigners and undesireables found its regular place in...
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