View looking down into the cellar coffin of the Death Pit, The Ludlow Massacre Memorial, April 20th, 1914, Colorado Massacre on Striking Coal Miners
View looking down the stairs into the cellar coffin, The Ludlow Massacre Memorial, April 20th, 1914, Colorado Massacre on Coal Miners
As I am about to descend into the pit of death, a wind mill near by lets out ghostly screams from the sudden burst of wind that blew up. The noise echoed the screaming sounds of dying children. This caused me to stop dead in my tracks, rethinking my decision to descend. I continue down.
"With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men." -- Clarence Darrow.
The following individuals died in the massacre and are listed on the Ludlow Monument:
John Bartolotti, 45
Charlie Costa, 31
Fedelina Costa, 27
Lucy Costa, 4
Onofrio Costa, 6
James Fyler, 43
Cloriva Pedregon, 4
Rodgerlo Pedregon, 6
Frank Petrucci, 4 mo.
Joe Petrucci, 4
Lucy Petrucci, 2
Frank Rubino, 23
William Snyder Jr., 11
Louis Tikas, 30
Eulala Valdez, 8
Elvira Valdez, 3 mo.
Mary Valdez, 7
Patria Valdez, 37
George Ullman, 56
A Memorial Desecrated, A Massacre Remembered
LUDLOW MASSACRE
(Woody Guthrie)