People/labour leader, victim
Louis Tikas
Louis Tikas, labour leader, victim, from Greece. Linked to coal.
The downfall
Shot three times in the back on 20 April 1914 while under a flag of truce, according to the Colorado Encyclopedia.1,2
Legacy
Named among the victims of the Ludlow Massacre, in which at least 19 people died, including 13 women and children. He led the striking miners at Ludlow, Colorado, as a Greek-American.1,2
Story cards
Timeline
- 20 April 1914Ludlow Massacre3
- Ludlow Massacre1914
Where next
Sources
- Ludlow Massacre Colorado Encyclopedia
- File pages and licence metadata for portraits (via the Commons imageinfo/extmetadata API) Wikimedia Commons
- War in the Coalfields: the Ludlow Massacre and its impact on the eight-hour workday US National Park Service
Pictures on this page: Louis Tikas smiling for photograph - DPLA - 740c83a8dd26f0e77bfb2b485dd30204.jpg, not recorded on the file page (Public domain).
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