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Louis Tikas, a 28-year-old Greek man, met his end on April 20, 1914, a day that would become infamous as the Ludlow Massacre. Born Elias Anastasios Spantidakis in Crete, Greece, he had emerged as a key organizer for the United Mine Workers of America, leading a community of roughly 1,200 striking coal miners and their families living in a tent colony in Ludlow, Colorado. The strike against the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, owned by John D. Rockefeller Jr., was a desperate plea for better pay a ...Read More
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Louis Tikas
Male
White / Caucasian
Ludlow
CO
1914-04-20
29
Louis
Tikas
11/14/2025
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I recently read about the role of Lieutenant Karl Linderfelt in the brutal events of the Ludlow Mass... ...Read More
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I've been reading about the tragic events of the Ludlow Massacre, and it's so disheartening to see h... ...Read More
01/26/2023
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I've been reading a lot about the events of the Ludlow Massacre, and one detail that's been haunting... ...Read More
01/10/2023
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