"The Ludlow tent Colony, by far the largest of all such colonies, housed a heterogeneous population of striking miners. The colony numbered hundreds of people, of whom only a few families were Americans. The rest were for the most part Greeks, Montenegrins, Bulgars, Servians, Italians, Mexicans, Tyroleans, Croatians, Austrians, Savoyards, and other aliens from the southern countries of Europe. These people had little in common either with the few Americans resident among them, or with one another. Each nationality had its own leader, customs and mode of life. We are credibly informed that within the colony twenty-two different tongues were spoken, unintelligible one to another. The percentage of American Citizens, even naturalized citizens, was small. It will readily be seen that these people did not possess much means of interchanging information or social ideas. This fact is important, as explaining conduct upon their part that otherwise might seem unaccountably strange.”

Ludlow: Being the Report of the Special Board of Officers. Appointed by the Governor of Colorado to Investigate and determine the Facts with Reference to the Armed Conflict Between the Colorado National Guard and Certain Persons Engaged in the Coal Mining Strike At Ludlow, Colo., April 20, 1914.