Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-08
STREET CAR MEN
ON WALk0UT ARE
REFUSED PERMIT.
To HOLD FARLEY
COL BaIIou Won't Allow
Them To Gather To Vote
Finally On Calling Off the
Strike on TramWay Lines.
PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGES
BANNED FOR PRESENT
Federal Troops, Augmented
BY American Legion Men,
bers, Patrol Streets and
Guard Various Car Barns,


Denver, Colo. Aug, 7.--Colonel
c. C. Ballou, in command of fed
eral troops in Denver, this after
noon refused to permit striking
trainmen to gather at $3.50 O'Clock
this afternoon to vote finally on
calling off the strike on the lines
of the Denver Tramway.
Colonel Ballou forbade the meet
ing because he considered ii un-
wise to permit so many men to
gather in a hall at that hour of the
evening. Earlier in the day the
commanding officer had issued
orders forbidding all public ash
semblages,
Union officials plainly were
greatly surprised by the command
| ing officers decision and would
make no statement. At a meeting
this morning the men voted to re-
turn to work If the Tramway COM
pany met certain conditions. one
was that the men would be permit
ted to come back in body. An
other was that strike breakers
should be discharged by the COM
lpany.
May Meet Today.
/ Colonel Rallou promised union
headers that il there WAS no rot
ing tonight he would permit them
to meet at 3 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Meanwhile Frederic W.
Hid. general manager of the Dem
yer Tramway company, announced
1--WE will not deal with the. union
At a conference participated In
nv city officials and officers of the
tramway company this afternoon,
Hid gave assurances that street
cars would be operated tomorrow.
These will be manned by strike-
| breakers,
Hid announced the company
was prepared TO take back many
of its old employees as individuals
and said he would issue a state
ment later in the night telling
them where they might apply for
their old positions.
Hid declared the union men
forfeited all rights to part IN
company affairs when they struck
and asserted they would be deait
| with as individuals only. He also
declared the company would as
charge no strikebreakers.
With two hundred and fifty fed
eral troops in the city tonight from
Fort Logan, and two thousand
American Legion members. speclai
officers and regular police under
arms. officials had made elaborate
reparations to prevent recurrence
~ rioting that marked the nights
! of Thursday and Friday and which
cost the lives of six men ana INJURY
of fifty-three other persons, IN
| Guiding women and children.
Troops at Car Barns.
large number of the troopers
were grouped at the east side car
| barns, scene of rioting last night,
while the remainder were unoer
| arms at the city auditorium aWai'-
| ing orders.
American Legion members pa
trolled the outskirts of the CITY
long lines Of motor cars filled with
policemen armed with sawed OF,
shotguns and rifles. were mobiiized
at the city hall. Mayor Barley ap-
pealed to citizens to keep off down
town streets.
The city was quiet at O'CLOCK.
There had been no disturbances all
day and authorities considered they
had the situation well In hand. :.
The exact time of the arrival OF
five hundred troops that left Camp
| Funston at 3 O'Clock this morning
| was unknown. Major r. l.. zen,
| who preceded the Camp Funston
| soldiers to Denver to make ar"
rangements for their accommoda-
ton. conferred with Governor
Shoup and Mayor Bailey. pe
troops will be quartered at the ci'y
auditorium.
Tents On Tramway Building.
! Tents were set up on top OF tne
tramway building tonight to mouse
additional strikebreakers VINO
reached the city today.
| Whippet tanks, hand grsnaues,
one-pounders firing shrapnel shells
and sawed off shotguhs are pelng
brought to Denver by the camp
Funston troops.
An investigation Of the killing
OF a half dozen persons In the rios-
ing was begun by the coroners OF
| flee today. Two witnesses. A. d.
Widner and Sergeant J. G. Jones'
of the stock yards district ponce
station, were examined by Coro-
ner Tom Hunter.
Federal troops on guard duty 10
might in the strike crisis were o,'
dered by Colonel Ballou, commanu- :
ling, to exercise great discretion III
using their weapons. FIRE ohty
on orders from your superior OF
ficer. and above all don't get
| licked" portion of the general
order read.
Enlisted Men Volunteey.
j One hundred enlisted men ann
'six officers at Fitsslmmons' general