Podcast
Criminal
The book discussed the Ludlow Massacre and class war in the American West, focusing on the event and the individuals involved in it, particularly Lamont Bowers, the man in charge of the Colorado mines, and his role in the tragic events.
He was a hard driver of men, a racist, hopefully disdainful of the miners who are working for them.
— Episode: The Strike
Episode: The Strike
The book discussed the Ludlow Massacre and class war in the American West, focusing on the event and the individuals involved in it, particularly Lamont Bowers, the man in charge of the Colorado mines, and his role in the tragic events.
He was a hard driver of men, a racist, hopefully disdainful of the miners who are working for them.
He was in a large way responsible, if not for making conditions bad, for not doing anything to make conditions better.
So he knew full what life was like on those coal mines and on those coal camps, and that was perfectly fine with him.
Scott Martell describes it as an underground bunker, which was meant to be a safe place for the camp's pregnant women to give birth.
The sheriff expressed a quote, growing sense of helplessness in maintaining the peace.