In the early twentieth century, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Ludlow, Colorado was owned and controlled by John D. Rockefeller Jr., who lived 2,000 miles away from his tormented miners. The coal strike of 1913-1914 began when, exhausted from years of anguish and to assert their rights, the workers banded together and left their picks and shovels for a better life. In September of 1913, the coal miners have had enough. They bonded together and demanded fair treatment and decent pay from their oppressors. They demanded the enforcement of the 8-hour work day and the right to live outside of
In the early twentieth century, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Ludlow, Colorado was owned and controlled by John D. Rockefeller Jr., who lived 2,000 miles away from his tormented miners. The coal strike of 1913-1914 began when, exhausted from years of anguish and to assert their rights, the workers banded together and left their picks and shovels for a better life. In September of 1913, the coal miners have had enough. They bonded together and demanded fair treatment and decent pay from their oppressors. They demanded the enforcement of the 8-hour work day and the right to live outside of