COLORADO
LABOR WARS
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COLORADO STATE MILITIA
COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD
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WESTERN FEDERATION OF MINERS
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF
AMERICA
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THE PINKERTON LABOR SPY
by Morris Friedman. Published by Wilshire Book Company.
200 William Street, New York. 1907. First edition. Original illustrated green cloth covers; 229 pages; several
illustrations; plus advertisements. Pages are near fine; covers are in very good condition; spine
is sunned with some chipping on head and foot. Many chapters about the Cripple Creek labor strike of 1903 -
1904, with an insight into the industrial war seen from a special perspective.
Also, facts and events of the strike in Telluride, Colorado.
Price: $650.00
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THE
MINERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION card
THE
MINERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION card. Membership Card issued 1912. Victor,
Colorado, Cripple Creek Gold Mining District. Printed on card, "For
the Protection of Holder, Not Transferable. This card is the exclusive
property of THE MINERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, WHO MAY RECOVER AND TAKE
POSSESSION OF IT AT NY TIME .... " This is the type of card the Mine
Owners' Association of Cripple Creek issued to miners wishing to work in the
District. When this card was issued, it had been about seven years since
the Western Federation of Miners Union had lost its power in Cripple Creek;
however, the mine owners were still concerned about a resurgence of
unionism. So, miners were issued cards such as these to exercise control
of their labor affiliations. Card is in good plus to very good
condition. SOLD
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THE
MILITARY OCCUPATION OF THE COAL STRIKE ZONE OF COLORADO BY THE COLORADO NATIONAL
GUARD, 1913 - 1914. Report of the Commanding General to the Governor
for the Use of the Congressional Committee, exhibiting an Account of the
Military Occupation to the Time of the First Withdrawal of the Troops in April,
1914. Press of The Smith-Brooks Printing Company, Denver, Colorado,
1914. Report to Governor Elias M. Ammons. Book in its original gray
printed wrappers; square-bound; 119 pages; no illustrations. Condition:
good plus; covers chipped and tears repaired; title page has some missing paper
in the lower left-hand corner, but no print or information missing; old ink
stains along edges of pages, but these stains did not bleed into pages.
Very scarce original printed report concerning the Ludlow Massacre and coal
bearing areas of Las Animas County, Colorado. $350.00
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Western Federation of Miners
broadside:
"Is Colorado in
America?"
Telluride miner chained to
post during 1903 - 1904 labor strike!
"Facsimile of the
so-called 'Desecrated Flag,' published and distributed by the W.F. of M., which
was the supposed cause of President Moyer's imprisonment."
Dimensions: 21-1/2 inches by 16
inches. Facsimile signatures of Charles Moyer
and William D. Haywood. Condition of broadside: very good
plus to near fine; some professional mending on reserve.
Also, THE
CRIPPLE CREEK STRIKE: A HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL WARS IN COLORADO, 1903-4-5,
being a Complete and Concise History of the Efforts of Organized Capital to
Crush Unionism. Copyrighted 1904-05. Published by The Great Western
Publishing Co., Denver, Colorado, 1905. This is the second edition of this
historically significant book.
Book in original burgundy cloth
binding; 463 pages; illustrated; very good condition with fading of gilt
lettering on front cover and spine; also, end-papers have been replaced.
From the introduction: "The
state of Colorado ceased under the administration of James H. Peabody, to be
republican in its form of government, and became a military oligarchy. The
expressed will of the people was ignored by their chosen representatives; thus
brining upon the state a series of calamities, the magnitude of which may no
readily be seen ...."
Book is a vehement diatribe against
government, capitalists, and mine owners in Cripple Creek and Telluride,
Colorado. The WFM broadside is exceedingly
scarce: it is the first one we have seen in 25 years.
Price: $4,500.00
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Inscribed copy!
THE CRIPPLE CREEK STRIKE,
1903 - 1904.
Written by Mrs. Emma F.
Langdon. First edition, published by the Press of the Victor Daily Record,
Victor, Colorado. Typographical Union Victor No. 275. Original brown
cloth with gold print on front cover; 248 pages; complete with all
illustrations. Inscribed and signed by Langdon on
inner front end-paper. The first edition of this book is
centered mostly on the Western Federation of Miners' labor strike in Colorado
City and Cripple Creek. The two subsequent editions of this book added
details on the WFM's strike in Telluride and Denver.
Three different cloth bindings have
been noted for the first edition: a) green cloth; b) brown cloth; and, c) blue
cloth. No preferential state has been determined for these various
bindings. Emma Langdon wrote this book after
her husband, Charles G. Langdon, a linotype operator, was arrested and placed,
along with the rest of the Victor Daily Record staff, in the Goldfield bull
pen. The idea and actuality that the staff of a newspaper could be
arrested for what it printed so enraged Emma Langdon that she became an ardent
spokesperson for the Western Federation of Miners. Few copies have been noted to be
signed or inscribed by Langdon.
Condition: very good plus; a few
light stain marks on back cover; otherwise, pages are bright and clean.
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THE COLORADO MINE WAR
By The Reverend A.A. Berle, D.D. Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1914; reprinted from
Bibliotheca Sacra. Original printed wrappers; pages 548 - 572. Reverend Berle's observations concerning the United Mine
Workers of America Strike in the coals fields of Colorado; the conditions at The
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company; and the actions of the Colorado State
Militia. Ludlow Massacre and more. Condition: very good, with chip in lower right-hand corner of
original wrapppers.
Price:
$200.00
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FACTS CONCERNING THE
STRUGGLE IN COLORADO FOR INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM
Series I. Issued by the Coal Mine Managers. J.F. Wellborn, President, Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.; John C.
Osgood, Chairman, Victor-American Fuel Co.; D.W. Brown, President, Rocky
Mountain Fuel Co. Original tan printed wrappers; 72 pages; no illustrations.
This is the CFI version of events surrounding the United Mine
Workers of America strike against the Company. Condition: very good plus to near fine.
Price:
$150.00
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UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: REPORT ON THE COLORADO STRIKE
By George P. West. Washington, D.C., 1915; Barnard &
Miller Print, Chicago. Original printed wrappers;
square-bound; 189 pages; no illustrations. Publication is concerned with the
United Mine Workers strike in the Colorado coal fields. Table of contents
includes: "Causes of the Strike," "The Refusal of a
Conference," "Violence and Policing," "The Colorado Militia
and the Strike," "The Ultimate Responsibility," and "The
Situation in Colroado After the Strike." Condition: very good.
Price:
$255.00
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CRIMINAL RECORD OF THE WESTERN FEDERATION OF
MINERS
Coeur D'Alene to Cripple Creek, 1894 - 1904. Compiled by The Colorado Mine Operators' Association, Colorado
Springs, Colorado. The Smith-Brooks Printing Co., Denver, Colorado. Original printed gray wrappers; 32 pages; no illustrations.
Good plus condition.
Price:
$250.00
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THE LABOR HISTORY OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK
DISTRICT: A Study in Industrial Evolution
By Benjamin McKie Rastall. A Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy,
University of Wisconsin, 1905. Published February, 1908; Madison, Wisconsin.
Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, No. 198, Economic and
Political Science Series, Vol. 3, No. 1, pages 1- 166. Original printed wrappers; square-bound; illustrated.
Publication concerns both Cripple Creek, Colorado labor
strikes in the Colorado gold fields. Condition: good plus; later cloth reinforcement of spine; some
chipping to wrappers; interior contents are near fine.
Price:
$200.00
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THE CRIPPLE CREEK STRIKE OF 1893
by B.M. Rastall, With an Introduction by T.K. Urdahl. Colorado College Studies, General Series No. 17.
Social Science Series No. 5, Volume II, Pages 1 - 48. Colorado Springs, Colorado; June 1905.
Original printed gray wrappers; 48 pages; no illustrations. Condition: very good plus
Price:
$125.00
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