The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-06
1000 VOLUNTEER
POLICE NOW ON DUTY
Regular Police Were I'm
able to Cope With the
Trouble During the
Early Part of Last Night
and the Mob Ran Riot in
Many Parts of the Colo
Hat
RADIO City.


oniet early to-day, after night OF RI
oting by street ear strikers, their SYM
natbizers and strike breakers during
which two persons were killed, "a IN
;,lred and thousands of dollars proper
ty damage incurred Two thousand vol
unteer policemen are expected to pre-
vent recurrence of the trouble.
The rioting began late in the after
noon. 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
hours had dispersed.
Eight street cars were wrecked the
Office OF the Denver Post partly demoi-
isl,ed. ard damage done to carbsrns In
widely separated sections of the city,
The dead
- Blake. shot and instant
ly killed
A. G. Smith. Denver, died of bullet
wounds.
The riots followed the first successful
effort of the tramway company 10
carry passengers on street cars manned
by armed strike breakers. Two cars
we're blockaded by motor truck Just
a. parade of strikers and sympathi-
zers were passing. Someone threw a
brick and the paraders attacked the
cars and crews. Car windows were
smashed, protective screens torn oil
and strike breakers badly beaten be-
fore police could restore order. One
man was shot in the foot.
The Denver Post was the next object
Of the mobs attack. That newspaper
opposed the strike. Every window IN
the place was broken, presses were
hammered and sand was thrown into
the rollers; the business office was
wrecked. records and fixtures being
thrown into the street; the engraving
room was demolished and type and
liuotpve matrices scattered through the
composing room. The publishers said
they would attempt to publish thi;
afternoon.
Post, another crowd had gathered a.
the east Denver carbarns, and a thIrt
mob had attacked the South Denver
carbarns, where $50 strike breakers
who had arrived during the day, wer'
housed. Several hundred shots wer'
fred at the latter place, at which th'
two fatalities occurred. This mob diC
not disperse until well after midnight
While police were engaged in quell
ing these mobs, four street cars, whicl
had been waiting in residential sec
tion for the trouble down town T.
abate were attacked by crowd of D,
600 persons The ears were overturnei
and the strike breakers, after receiving
severe beating sought refuge in tn
Cathedral of the Immaculate Concep
ton and were saved by intervention
Of priests until rescued by police. A
attempt was made to burn the car:
but serious damage by fire was pre-
vented
All during the evening Mayor Bal
ley, Governor Shoup, Chief of Polio
Hamilton Armstrong, who was injure
earlier by a flying brick, and othe
city officials were in conference at tn
State House, considering the advisa
biity Of asking for federal troops.
decision was reached early to-day I
rely on volunteers and special polic'
men, all Of whom were ordered to r,
port of the city hall for strike duty {,
day.
A. H. Burt, international organiz'
fof the hnion, and President Silberg I
the local union. in statements issue
last might. deplored the mob violent
and disclaimed all responsibility 4
the strikers.
General Manager Hid Of the compsr
announced this morning that ca
would be run to-day lie declared tn
there were 800 strike breakers he
and more on the way.
A crowd surrounded the city hall f
short time last night and an sngl
mob was restrained from attacking q
TramWav building. where the maioi
~ al the strike breakers are house
" strong armed guard. which pr
lersed every entrance and exit. n
Hsld Announced that 3io armed M
Eers Kept ID the dsnkrned windows
hs buildinrs with Instructions to she
z the police line bslov should q
rsy.
Esrly today the mob stili surrOun