EPISODE · Jun 6, 2026 · 1 MIN
June 6 - Mine Owners Riot at Cripple Creek
from Labor History in 2:00 · host The Rick Smith Show
On this day in Labor History the year was 1894. That was the day that the Colorado state militia troops came to Cripple Creek to intervene in a mining strike. But unlike every other time in US mining history that a state militia was called out, the state troops did not have their guns pointed at the miners.
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