Tom Frazee typed:

 

I visited Ludlow, Colorado, in 1979, and drove to the monument, the man at the Gas Station on Highway I-25 directed me to.  [...]  I remember a different statue than I saw in the photos of Ludlow.  I understand that the statue was damaged, but, I remember a shockingly vivid sculpture of National Guardsman on horseback, trampling women and children.  The statue I saw in the photo was quite tame.  I was really moved when I looked at it. [...]    Can you shed any light on my claim that their was a different statue, than the one, their is today?  Thank you, Sincerely, tom frazee

 

Tom, you may be remembering a particular incident from that strike, commemorated (as far as i know) only by a series of poor quality photos, and a few brief accounts on the web. Here is one of those accounts:

 

The winter of 1913-1914 was one of the worst in recorded Colorado history. Food was scarce and the tents were cold and wet. In January 1914, Mother Jones (that's her on the left) arrived in Trinidad. Even though she was over 80 years old, the coal owners had her arrested immediately and confined in a psychiatric ward at Mt. San Rafael Hospital (she must have been crazy, she opposed John D. Rockefeller). On January 21, 1914, miners' wives and children organized a parade to protest her arrest. Adjutant General Chase, commander of the Colorado Militia, was so furious he confronted the women and, in the excitement, fell off his horse. The women laughed and humiliated him with derogatory remarks about his prowess as a horseman. Embarrassed, he gave orders to "ride down the women!" His troops then attacked the women and children with their sabers drawn and injured quite a few.

 

http://www.huerfanocounty.org/heritage/coalfieldwar01.htm

 

Here is a photo of General Chase in Trinidad:

 

http://courses.ed.asu.edu/margolis/life/homepage_files/image014a.gif

 

It comes from this page, written by Professor Eric Margolis, who is an expert on Ludlow:

 

http://courses.ed.asu.edu/margolis/life/homepageexp.htm

 

I have a website with info about the Ludlow Monument, including photos from the vandalism:

 

http://www.rebelgraphics.org/ludlow.html

 

...with some photos of the repaired statues here:

 

http://www.rebelgraphics.org/ludlow_second_century.html

 

The original statue was modeled after the Costas, one of the families that were killed in the massacre.

 

Note that the "ride down the women" incident happened in nearby Trinidad. The first few photos of a monument on this page (last link above) were taken in Trinidad.

 

If there is a monument anywhere in Colorado to General Chase, i'm not aware of it. But it couldn't possibly survive in those mining communities where he was despised, in my opinion -- it would have to be at the statehouse, or Colorado National Guard headquarters, or somewhere like that...

 

Here is another Yahoo newsgroup about the Ludlow Monument (and the massacre), which you may be interested in (and which i also moderate):

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ludlowmassacre

 

That would be a GREAT place to ask your question, since there are a number of Ludlow historians on the list.

 

 

best wishes,

richard myers