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Ludlow Massacre.

1914

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Colorado miners are murdered by the state militia for striking. John D. Rockefeller, part owner of the coal company where the miners work, is often blamed for the massacre because of the social controls against "delinquency" he put into place, as he sees strikes as threats to the "social order."