Louis Tikas

Louis Tikas
Born
Elias Anastasios Spantidakis

13 March, 1886
Died20 April 1914(1914-04-20) (aged 28)
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
NationalityAmerican, Greek
Occupation(s)Miner, union leader
Known forInvolvement in Ludlow mine strike

Louis Tikas (Greek: Λούης Τίκας), born Elias Anastasios Spantidakis (Greek: Ηλίας Αναστάσιος Σπαντιδάκης; 13 March, 1886 – 20 April, 1914), was the main labor union organizer at the Ludlow camp during the 14-month strike known as the Colorado Coalfield War in southern Colorado, between September 1913 and December 1914; described as "the bloodiest civil insurrection in American history since the Civil War".[1] He was shot and killed during the Ludlow Massacre, the bloodiest event of the strike, on 20 April, 1914.

  1. ^ Smith, Martin J. (12 September 2019). "He made this town the world's 'sex-change capital,' but he's not honored here". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 January 2022.