Prologue

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Prologue 1
5. Fuel King of the West 12
6. Industrial Betterment 32
7. Rockefeller-Gould Takeover of Colorado Fuel and Iron 55
8. The 1903 – 1904 Strike 82
9. Company Coal Towns and Camps in Southern Colorado 102
10. Conditions in Southern Colorado Coalmines 122
11. The 1913 – 1914 Strike 140
12. Tents, Arms, and a Tumult Threatened 161
13. The Editors’ and Governor’s Conferences 187
14. Congressional Investigation 210
15. The Ludlow Massacre 232
16. The Ten Days’ War 256
17. Federal Intervention 277
18. The Strike Ends 299
19. King’s Verdict 320
20. The Rockefeller Plan 342
21. Epilogue 361
22. Bibliography 371
23. Index 379