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In May 1914, Major Edward J. Boughton, Judge Advocate of the Military District of Colorado, was subpoenaed to appear in New York City before the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations, before a committee investigating the Ludlow Massacre. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre Vancise, Boughton, and Danks coauthored the official report on the massacre, made to the Governor of Colorado.

Know as the "The Ludlow Massacre"

I think the date written is 4/29/14

Is the woman at right here the same as at the right in this other photo?

Woody Guthrie's song Ludlow Massacre . This video has more photos.

Thanks mik.maine, for the link to the great video. Woody's song adds so much by telling the story of the coal miners' strike in Colorado, and the Ludlow Massacre. Swanq: the woman in this photograph appears to be dressed the same as the woman talking to the reporters. It's just hard to tell for sure. We'll fill in more information the next time we update the record.

Another of the witnesses called before the Commission on Industrial Relations (Walsh Commission) for their January, 1915 hearings at New York's City Hall. Lawson was a member of the international executive committee of the United Mine Workers Union. He was a leader of the labor actions in Ludlow, Colorado at the time of the Ludlow Massacre. As he expected to be charged with crimes for his activies at Ludlow, he declined to testify in detail, but submitted a statement to the Commission. His testimony is at www.archive.org/stream/industrialrelati08unitrich#page/71... Later in 1915, he was convicted of a murder ocurring during the labor unrest, but his conviction was overturned 2 years later. Biographical sketch at: eadsrv.denverlibrary.org/sdx/pl/doc-tdm.xsp?id=WH215_d0e3...

Less than 100 years ago (and less than 60 miles from my house), Ludlow is a bit of our history that should be taught. Anybody traveling I-25 north of Trinidad, Colorado can visit the memorial, which is only 2 minutes or so west of the interstate. I'd recommend reading the guestbook, which has never failed to move and surprise me. I'd never seen an image of John Lawson; thanks for sharing. -- Found in a search. (?)

Artlog: Thanks for the information about John Lawson and his role as witness before the Commission on Industrial Relations. We will add more information to the image description.

A cropped version of this photo was printed in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 14, 1915, SECTION FIVE, Image 65 oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1915-02-14/ed-1/se...

B-59: Thanks for linking this to the published photo. We'll make a note of this in our next update to the description.