Colorado National Guard organization
also: anti-striker militia, guardsmen, Guardsmen, Guard troops, Militiamen, National Guard, the Guard
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Elias M. Ammons ordered
Colorado National Guard documented
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“On October 26, 1913, Elias M. Ammons, the democratic governor of Colorado, responded to the widespread violence by ordering out the Colorado National Guard.…”
source: url — Colorado Fuel and Iron · p.1
Colorado National Guard carried_out_attack
United Mine Workers of America documented
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“On April 20, 1914, a general fire-fight occurred between strikers and troops.…”
source: url — Colorado Fuel and Iron · p.1
Colorado National Guard testified
Commission on Industrial Relations documented
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“Militiamen testify in front of US Commission on Industrial Relations and defend and downplay their actions.…”
source: url — Introduction - Ludlow Massacre: Topics in Chronicling America - Research Guides at Library of Congress · p.1
Colorado National Guard carried_out_attack
Ludlow, Colorado documented
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“Tensions climaxed at the Ludlow Colony... in the Ludlow Massacre on 20 April 1914 when the Colorado National Guard attacked.…”
source: url — Colorado Coalfield War · p.1
John Chase headed
Colorado National Guard documented
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“Chase, in his position at the head of the Colorado National Guard, embraced an aggressive stance against the strikers.…”
source: url — Colorado Coalfield War · p.1
Colorado National Guard carried_out_attack
Ludlow Massacre documented
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“Soldiers from the Colorado National Guard and private guards employed by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) attacked a tent colony of roughly 1,200 striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado, on April 20, 1914.…”
source: url — Ludlow Massacre · p.1
Elias M. Ammons headed
Colorado National Guard documented
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“Colorado governor Elias M. Ammons called in the Colorado National Guard on October 28.…”
source: url — Ludlow Massacre · p.1
John Chase member_of
Colorado National Guard documented
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“Guard Adjutant-General John Chase, who had served during the violent Cripple Creek strike 10 years earlier, imposed a harsh regime.…”
source: url — Ludlow Massacre · p.1
Paul Martin member_of
Colorado National Guard reported
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“However, modern historians assert that only one of the militia's number, a private named Martin of the National Guard, was killed.…”
source: url — Ludlow Massacre · p.1