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". He was shot and killed during the Ludlow Massacre, the bloodiest event of the strike, on 20 April 1914.