June 6 - Mine Owners Riot at Cripple Creek

Labor History in 2:00 · Jun 6, 2026 · 1m

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.