You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Sunday November 29, 1903
From The Anaconda Standard: "Will Resume Work in Northern Colorado"
Sadly, the English'speaking miners of the northern coalfields have not long heeded the the words of Mother Jones that they should stand in Solidarity with their (mostly) Italian brothers in the southern coalfields:
Louisville, Col., Nov. 28.-The miners of the Northern Colorado coal fields to-night voted to return to work on the terms granted by the operators, which embrace compliance with every demand made by the unions. This is the third vote taken on the proposition. The first vote rejected the proposition by a majority of four. The second vote was heavily against it on account of the opposition of District President Howells and "Mother" Jones although representatives of President Mitchell urged the acceptance of the proposition.
To-day, it is said telegrams were received from President Howells withdrawing his opposition and the men voted strongly in favor of resuming work. The mines have all been kept in good condition and work will be started Monday. It is estimated that 1,270 men will go to work and that the mines will produce 10,000 tons a day.
SOURCE
The Anaconda Standard
(Anaconda, Montana)
-of Nov 29, 1903
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Saturday November 29, 1913
Trinidad, Colorado - Louie Tikas, Mike Livoda, and Tom Perrett Arrested
Louie Tikas
Last evening, near Trinidad, three striking miners were arrested and taken to the Las Animas County jail. The three men are: Louie Tikas, a leader of the Ludlow Colony, Mike Livoda, an organizer for the U. M. W., and Tom Perrett, striking miner. They are being held in a cold, freezing, unheated jail cell without charges being lodged against them. There are no covers for the bunks, and the cells are infested with bed bugs. They are allowed two meals a day: a breakfast of half a cup of coffee, three half-dollar biscuits with a teaspoon of molasses, and a thin strip of bacon; and a dinner of three slivers of bread, a tablespoon of beans with a little salt port and molasses, topped off by another half cup of coffee. Nevertheless, the men remain in good spirits, and pass the time singing union songs, telling stories, and reading.
It is unknown whether the men are in the custody of the sheriff, the militia, or both. Martial law has never been formally declared, yet General Chase makes a practice of having striking miners arrested without warrants and held indefinitely without charges.
Buried Unsung
Louis Tikas and the Ludlow Massacre
-by Zeese Papanikolas
U of Utah Press, 1982
Photo: Greek USA Reporter
http://usa.greekreporter.com/...
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Friday November 29, 2013
Oral History from Mike Livoda from Heritage West:
Mike Livoda came to the United states from Yugoslavia in 1904 when he was sixteen. He worked in a Montana coal mine in 1907, and then came to Denver, Colorado in 1910 as a union man. Livoda worked in Denver until 1912, when he began organizing miners in Walsenburg, as a part of the United Mine Workers of America. He was severely beat up in Ravenwood, Colorado, three miles out of Walsenburg, for his union role.
Heritage West, Interview with Mike Livoda
http://heritagewest.coalliance.org/...
Mike Livoda is buried at the Ludlow Monument
http://www.findagrave.com/...
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We Gotta Get Out of This Place-The Animals