New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-08-13
IS ARE DEAD;
IS WOUNDED
500 MEMBERS AMERICAN LEGION
PATROL sTREETs-DENvER IS
UNDER MILITARY RULE.
TO CALL OFF STRIKE
TRAMWAY UNION DENIES COM
PLlCiTY IN MOB OEMONSTRA-
TIoNs-WERE PoWERlEss.
Western Newspaper Union News 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
IA riot at the East Denver car barns at
Q O'Clock last night when strikebreak-
ers fired into II crowd of men, women
and children assembled across the
street.
The second nights riotins brought
the total casualties of the two nights of
riotine 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 Fitzsimons 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 10 thirty.
Assuming an absolutely neutral atti-
tude, hut determined to maintain law
and order and protect the residential
districts from violence at the hands OF
marauders, approximately 800 mem
beers of local American Legion posts
patrolled the outlying districts of Den
yer last night.
Officials of the Denver Trades and
Labor Assembly and of the commit
tee of Zen" 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 terrOrized
Denver Thursday night.
The executive board OF the Tram
way Employees Union. after seven
hours d~eliberation last night, unnni-
mously decided to call n 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, il
was announced.
Frederick W. Hid. general manager
of the Tramway company, when in
formed of the action of the unions FIX
ecutive board, said he was glad to hear
Ii and thai he would do all in his pow
or to get most of the strikers into serv-
ice of the company provided no injus-
tice Is done the strike breakers brought
here To run the cars after the union
men walked out. Mr.. Hid also said
that the company would not again en-
ter into any agreement with the union.
Sitting In a closed session and re-
cciving minute 10y minute reports of
rioting at the East Side barns, the EN-
ployes executives shortly before mid
night decided upon the action which
will terminate the two-day reign of
terror and bloodlshed through which
Denver has passed.
Fear of the precipitation of a civil
war if the controversy was allowed to
fighting between strike breakers and
union sympathizers prompted the ac.
ton, officials declared.
Denver was placed under military
control AT ] 80 O'Clock this morning
concurrently with the arrival in the
city of 80 federal soldiers from Fort
Logan under command of Col. G. &.
Ballou. The Fort Logan soldiers came
into the city and took charge of the
situation growing out of the
rioting pending the arrival
of 800 additional United States troops |
will arrive here tonight from
Camp Funston, following a request
from Governor Shoup to the command
err of the central department for fed
eral aid in controlling the situation.