Lt. Linderfelt (center) near the Ludlow Colony, 1914.
Birth name
Karl Edward Linderfelt
Born
(1876-11-07)7 November 1876 Janesville, Wisconsin
Died
3 June 1957(1957-06-03) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California
Buried
Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, California[1]
Allegiance
United States, Mexico
Service/branch
United States Army
Mexican Army
United States Army National Guard
Rank
Colonel (Colorado National Guard)
Unit
Colorado National Guard
Battles/wars
Spanish–American War
Philippine–American War
Boxer Rebellion[note]
Colorado Coalfield War
Ludlow Massacre
Spouse(s)
Ora Smith
(m. 1905)
Other work
Miner
v
t
e
Colorado Coalfield War 1913–1914
Strikers
United Mine Workers of America
Louis Tikas
John R. Lawson
Mother Jones
Frank Hayes
Mary Thomas O'Neal
Company
Colorado Fuel and Iron
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency (Charles Lively)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Ivy Lee
John C. Osgood
Victor-American Fuel Company
Government
Elias M. Ammons
Stephen R. Fitzgarrald
Alma V. Lafferty
Helen Ring Robinson
Woodrow Wilson
National Guard
John Chase
Karl Linderfelt
Patrick J. Hamrock
Hildreth Frost
Events
Ludlow Massacre
10-Day War
Locations
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Las Animas County
Ludlow
Walsenburg
Trinidad
Aguilar
Delagua
La Veta
Cañon City
Segundo
Pueblo
Primero
Berwind
Commemorations
Ludlow Monument
"We're Coming, Colorado"
"Ludlow Massacre" (song)
Karl E. Linderfelt (November 7, 1876 – June 3, 1957) was a soldier, mine worker, soldier of fortune, and officer in the Colorado National Guard. He was reported to have been responsible for an attack upon, and the ultimate death of, strike leader Louis Tikas during the Ludlow Massacre. He was the son of librarian Klas August Linderfelt.
Most of what is known from Linderfelt's life is from a congressional testimony after the events at Ludlow.
^Dobson, G. B. "Ludlow Massacre". Wyoming Tales and Trails. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
Karl E. Linderfelt (November 7, 1876 – June 3, 1957) was a soldier, mine worker, soldier of fortune, and officer in the Colorado National Guard. He was...
Ludlow 1914. KarlLinderfelt, center. Photo caption reads: "Officers of the Colorado National Guard. From left to right: Captain R. J. Linderfelt, Lieut. T...
strike began by recruiting of new sheriffs and deputies, including KarlLinderfelt, who later led the militia. Many of those deputized, and at least 66...
camp the entire day and was there when the fire started. Lieutenant KarlLinderfelt, a rival of Tikas' during much of the strike, broke the butt of his...
Klas August Linderfelt (1847 – March 18, 1900) was an American librarian. A native of Sweden, he emigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and became a teacher...
Lafferty Helen Ring Robinson Woodrow Wilson National Guard John Chase KarlLinderfelt Patrick J. Hamrock Hildreth Frost Events Ludlow Massacre 10-Day War...
conflict, several members of the Colorado National Guard, including Lt. KarlLinderfelt and Major Patrick J. Hamrock were court-martialed in relation to the...
shootout in Berwind Canyon, Las Animas County. The militia was led by KarlLinderfelt, a lieutenant in the National Guard. A National Guardsman from Denver...
Buchwesens" (1900). The publication of 1886 is said to be the basis of K. A. Linderfelt's "Eclectic Card Catalog Rules" (Boston, 1890). De prologis Plautinis et...
Censorship in the Sixties. New York: R.R. Bowker Company. Moon, Eric & Nyren, Karl, eds. 1970. Library Issue: the Sixties. New York: R.R. Bowker Company. Kister...
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