On #ThisDayInHistory in 1927, 15 #IWW members were arrested at a restaurant in #Walsenburg. This occurred during the 1927-1928 #ColoradoCoalStrike, in which Wobblies were careful to follow CO law to the letter, but were still beaten, arrested, and killed by #police and the #KKK.

Funeral of Nick Spanudakhis and an unidentified miner

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