| Mary Harris Jones, nicknamed Mother Jones, was a
prominent elderly American labor organizer who helped
coordinate major strikes and co-founded the Industrial
Workers of the World. The strike near Trinidad,
Colorado, gained national attention and tensions
kept rising. Mother Jones went to Trinidad to offer
support to the miners and their families but was
arrested and held in jail. After the "Ludlow Massacre" she
met with John D. Rockefeller Jr. of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company. Her visit may have been one of the
reasons that prompted Rockefeller to visit the massacre
site and introduce long sought reforms. John P. White was president of
the United Mine Workers Association from 1911-1917 and
sent this telegram to Governor Ammons chastising him for
having her arrested. |
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