Today in labor history, October 18, 1927: 8,400 coal miners across Colorado go on strike, shutting down the majority of mines in the state. Five weeks into the strike, Columbine – one of the few towns with a mine still open using scab labor – became the scene of a massacre when police and militia opened fire on miners attempting to enter the town. Six people were killed and over sixty injured, many severely.
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