The strikers in the Colorado coalfields were well-armed and well-trained. Many had fought in the Balkan Wars, the Spanish-American War, or other local conflicts. Armed strikers like those pictured here exchanged gunfire with the militia on numerous occasions. Were it not for the Ludlow Massacre, more militiamen would have died than strikers or their families. | Source: Survey Associates, Inc., from Wikimedia Commons. “Armed Strikers Ludlow Strike Trinidad,” available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armed_strikers_ludlow_strike_trinidad.jpg.Download Original File
