The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-06
DENVER IS QUIET
EAF TER ALL-N|GHT
'R|0T BY STRIKING
STREET RAIL MEN

S|REt| | RA|L MEN
Denver. Colo, Aug. G.--Mayor Bal
ley, this afternoon issued proca-
NATION ordering all theatres TO close
VI at O'clock tonight. The police de.
& partment has requested citizens to
remain home tonight in the hope OF
X preventing recurrence of riotng.
Denver, Aug. 6.-Fear that rioting
by street car strikers, their sympa.
tiizers which last night resulted in
the death Of two and injury Of 81
parsons, would be resumed was eX.
pressed in official circles today.
No attempt had been made up TO
10 o'clock this morning 10 operate
ears
VI. Fl. Tammen, one Of the owners
OF tho Denver Post, said today he
could not estimate damage done by
the mob to the Pest plant.
The Post was issued as usual from
its plant today.
Strike breakers at the south Dem
yer eur barns today were patrolling
tho yard in front Of the barns with
rifles On their shoulders.
In preparation for possible resump.
tion OF hostilitios tonight, the police
today prepared 10 mount two machine
guns. Hundreds of sawed off shot.
guns and army rifles were being as
sembled at police headquarters. Up to
II a. m, more than 600 citizens had
answered Mayer Bailey's call for vol.
unteers.
Denver, Aug G.-Denver vas quiet
today after night of roting on the
part Of street car strikers. their
sympathizers and strike breakers dur
ing which two persons were killed,
"a injured and thousands of dollars
worth Of property damage incurred.
Two thousand volunteer policemen
are expected to prevent a recurrence
of the trouble.
4 The rioting began late in the after
yoon and it was not until / o'clock
this morning that members of mobs
which had kept police busy in various
. parts of the city for more than six
lours had dispersed
Eight street cars were wrecked the
,f sol1
demolished and damage done to car
( barns in widely separated sections
of the city.
The Dead: Blake, union sympathlz.
er, shot and instantly killed. A. G..
Smith, Denver. died Of bullet wounds.
Denver Post Attacked
The riots followed the first successful
effort of the tramway company TO car.
ry passengers on street cars manned
by armed strike breakers. Two cars
were blockaded by motor truck, Just
as parade OF 1000 strikers, and
sympathizers were passing. Some one
threw q brick and the paraders be-
came an unbridled mob. Car windows
were smashed, protective screens torn
off and strike breakers badly beaten
befcre police could restore order. One
man was shot in the foot. The Den.
yer Post was the next object Of the
mob's attack, trat paper having
opposed tho strike. Every window
in tnc place was broken, presses ham,
mered and sand thrown into the roll
ers, the business offices wrecked and
fixtures thrown into the street; the
engraving room was demolished and
type and linotype matrices scattered
through the composing room, The pub.
fishers said they would attempt to
publish this afternoon.
While the mob was u: the post,
another crowd gathered at the East
attacked the South Denver barns
where $50 strike breakers who had
arrived during the day were housed
Several hundred shots were fired at
the latter place. at which the two
fatalities occurred. This mob did not
disperse, until well after midnight.
Street Cars Overturned
While police were engaged In quel'
ing the mobs. fcur street ears, which
had been waiting in a residential
section fer the trouble down town
10 abate, were attacked by n crowd
of 5000 persons The cars were over
turned, the strike breakers, after re
ceiving severe beating, sought ref
uge in the cathedral of the Immacu
late Conception, and were saved by
intervention Of priests. until rescued
by the police. ATTEMPT was made
TO burn the cars, but serious damage
by fire was prevented.
Governor and Mayor Injured
All during the evening Mayor Bal
lev, Governor Shoup, Chief of Pcuc'
Hamilton Armstrong, who was in
earlier by flying brick and nnI
city officials were in confeI IiuVIV
the statehouse considering = u
:. bility of asking for feder NE A
Uuecision was reached Q OF n
rely on volunteers anf sAI
men, all Of whom always
y port early for str
NJ Union Leaders -=
A. Fl. Burt,
Xpf the unio