concerning the Ludlow Massacre). "We're Coming, Colorado" by Frank J. Hayes Sung to the tune of "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (John D. Rockefeller Jr., testifying before the congressional committee, investigating the Colorado strike, when asked if he approved of the use of machine-guns and paid gunmen to break the strike, even though scores of people were murdered, replied: "My conscience acquits me.") Ludlow Massacre Monument activist Frank Hayes sent the following letter about a monument for the Ludlow Massacre to another member of the UMWA leadership upon his retirement. He continued to be a voice for miners throughout the rest of his life. This letter is just one that was featured in the United Mine Workers Journal and the Hellraisers Journal Death Frank J. Hayes died in Denver, Colorado on June 10, 1948 at age 66. Not much has been written about his cause of death but he did suffer from alcoholism during his life. References Further sources Downing, Sybil. Fire in the Hole. Niwot, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, 1996. Fink, Gary M., ed. Biographical Dictionary of American Labor. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 1984. Holbrook, Stewart. The Rocky Mountain Revolution. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1956. McGovern, George S. and Guttridge, Leonard F. The Great Coalfield War. Paperback reissue ed. Niwot, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, 2004. Phelan, Craig. William Green: Biography of a Labor Leader. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1989. Suggs, Jr., George G. Colorado's War on Militant Unionism: James H. Peabody and the Western Federation of Miners. 2nd ed. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. 1882 births 1948 deaths Trade unionists from Colorado Presidents of the United Mine Workers American coal miners American socialists People from Madison County, Illinois People from Macoupin County, Illinois People from What Cheer, Iowa Lieutenant Governors of Colorado 20th-century American politicians Trade unionists from Illinois Colorado socialists Illinois socialists Iowa socialists