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Miners in the Rockefeller-owned Colorado coal fields clashed with the state militia and dozens of men, women and children were killed. 

It was a classic battle between workers who wanted a say in their workplace, and corporations that didn't want to yield power.


History professor Andrew Thomas of the University of Colorado tells the story of the battle in his book, "Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War." He spoke Feb. 20 at the Minnesota Historical Society's "History Forum."

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In 1914, miners in the Rockefeller-owned Colorado coal fields clashed with the state militia and dozens of men, women and children were killed.

'Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War'

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