| Coal mine strikes became more
common in 1913 as the United Mine Workers of America
encouraged strikes in the northern and southern Colorado
coal fields. One such strike at the Moffat Mine caused
tension in Oak Creek in Routt County in October of 1913. As
this correspondence to Governor Ammons illustrates, some
people believed that miners drinking liquor would make
things more volatile between the union miners and the strike
breakers in the town. This event was a precursor to the
trouble that took place at Ludlow 6 months later. |
