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1927 Columbine Mine massacre... Colorado...
1927 Columbine Mine massacre... Colorado...
Item # 723926
November 21, 1927
THE DETROIT NEWS Nov. 21, 1927
* Columbine Mine massacre
* Serene, Colorado - ghost town
* Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
* 1927-1928 Colorado Coal Strike
The front page has a one column heading: "I. W .W BATTLE POLICE AT MINE" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 22 pages, some small binding holes along the spine, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally good.
AI notes: The Columbine Mine massacre occurred on November 21, 1927, near Serene, Colorado, during a bitter coal miners’ strike against the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. Tensions had been simmering for months as striking miners—many of them immigrants—protested wage cuts, harsh working conditions, and company control over housing and stores. When several hundred unarmed strikers marched to the Columbine Mine to picket and persuade replacement workers not to enter, they were met by armed guards and Colorado Rangers. A confrontation escalated rapidly, and the guards opened fire with rifles and machine guns into the crowd. Six miners were killed (including a 16-year-old boy) and dozens were wounded, making it one of the deadliest episodes of labor violence in Colorado history. The massacre shocked the nation, intensified criticism of corporate power and private security forces, and ultimately strengthened public support for labor reforms, contributing to growing momentum for workers’ rights and union protections in the years that followed.
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