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Edward Doyle (labor activist)

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Edward Lawrence Doyle (1886–1954)[1] was a labor unionist and miner in Colorado.[2]

Doyle (center), with Frank Hayes (left, President of the United Mine Workers of America), James Revell Lord (right, miner and union official)

From 1912 to 1917 he served as Secretary-Treasurer for District 15 of the United Mine Workers of America.[2] He is known for his role as a union spokesperson in the Ludlow Massacre, a 1914 mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War.[1]

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