The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-08-12
S ARE DEAD;
as WOUNDED
500 MEMBERS AMERICAN LEGION
PATROL sTREETs-pENvER Is
UNDER MILITARY RULE.
TO CALL OFF STRIKE
TRAMWAY UNION DENIES COM.
PLicIrY IN MOB oEMoNsTRA.
rIoNs-WERE PowERLEss.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver, Aug Three persons killed.
one is dying, and eleven others are In
the hospital wounded as the result Of
u riot at the East Denver car barns at
0 o'clock last night when strikebreak-
ers fired into crowd of men, women
and children assembled across the
street.
The second nights rioting brought
the total casualties of the two nights OF
rioting to five dead and forty-five
wounded, two having been killed and
thirty-three wounded In Thursday
nights disorders.
The arrest of w. l.. Dewitt, a soldier
from Fitzslmons general hospital, in
connection with the rioting which
wrecked the Denver Post building
Thursday night, together with several
other arrests throughout the day, had
early last night brought the total Of
those taken since the reign Of terror
began to thirty.
Assuming an absolutely neutral atti-
tude, but determined to maintain law
and order and protect the residential
districts frem violence at the hands Of
marauders, approximately 800 mem
bers Of local American Legion posts
patrollsd the outlying districts Of Den
yer last night.
Officials of the Denver Trades and
Labor Assembly and Of the Commit
tee Of ten" which has twice awaited
upon Mayor Bailey with propositions
for the Tramway employees, yesterday
afternoon denied any completely In the
rioting and mob rule which tsrrorized
Denver Thursday night.
The executive board Of the Tram
way Employees Union, after seven
hours elaboration last night, unani.
mously decided to call a mass meeting
Of the men this morning to recommend
to them that the strike be called off.
Negotiations will be resumed where
they ceased when the men left work, II
was announced.
Frederick W. HID. general manager
Of the Tramway company. when In
formed Of the action Of the unions ex.
ecutive board, said he was glad to hear
1t and that he would do all in his pow.
er to get most Of the strikers into serv.
Ice Of the company provided no injus.
tice ID done the strike breakers brought
here to run the cars after the uniOa
men walked out. Mr.. Hid also said
that the company would not again en-.
ter into any agreement with the union.
Sitting In closed session and re-
ceiving minute by minute reports Of
riOting at the East Side barns, the EN-.
plOy9s executives shortly before mid.
night decided upon the action which
will terminate the twO-day reign Of
terror and bloodshed through which
Denver has passed.
Fear Of the precipitation Of u civil
war II the controversy was allowed to
continue and continued blOOdshed In
fighting between strike breakers and
union sympathizers prompted the &C.
ton. officials declared.
Denver was placed under military
control at l 30 O'Clock this morning
cOncurrentiy with the arrival In the
city Of 80 federal soldiers from Fort
Logan under command Of Col. C. c.
Baliou. The Fort Logan soldiers came
Into the city and took charge Of the
situation growing out Of the
Trnmway riotlng pending the arrival
Of 100 additional United States troops
which will arrive here tonight from
Camp Funston. following u reques,
from Governor Shoup to the command
or Of the central department for fed
eral aid In controlling the situation.