The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-08-06
RIOTS
END TO-DAY.
BUT CITY IS
ARMED CAMP
Thousand Citizens VOL
unteer to Aid Police;
Two Dead, "a Hurt

DENVER. Colo. Aug. g.. shoot
to kill F" That was the instructor,
given this afternoon 10 n Thousand
citizens who volunteered to protect
life and property from repetition
tonight OF last nights riutiuK, grow
Ing out Of a strike OF street car traIn4
men. The volunteers were furnished
with sawed-off shotgnns ana army
rifles.
Denver'a business district win he
an armed camp tonight. Mobs bent
upon rioting win not 80 unreslstcd.
armored tank cars, mounted with
belching forth five hundred shota ~.
minute, VIII patrol downtown s;reets.
Ihe city authorities announced late
To-Day they were prepared for any
eventually m 7 r. r =
Theasers have been ordered closed
az p. m, and citizens have heiin
asked 10 remain IN their homes.
Arnored Cars.
The armored cars were being o1t|
in readiness at city shopn They VIM
De modelled after military tank cars
and all occupants will bc protected
oy steel plates. capable OF rcslst.nr
anything but artillery fire. Machine
guns also will ba stntioued OH tho
tops OF buildings near possible rlot
centers, manned by men who learned
10 use them In France. MANY tes
Grams OF the wCrld war. aroufed bv
the menacs to life and property crs-
ated by last nights riots, have been
sworn In az special policemen.
Fear that rioting by street car
strikers. their sympathizefs and strike
breakers. which last night resulted In
the death of two and injury OF thirty
four persons, would be resumed wnh
expressed In official circles today. ~
citixens were responding 10 a proe-if
lnmatlon issued by Mayor Bailey cali i
ing for two thousand volunteers for
patrol duty. Tho police we've nelo-i
less last night before the mob, which,.
proceeded on It's journey OF dehtruc-,
ton until II tired itself out
reports from noapiials today lndi-
Gated the Injured were making t,r0.
gress and most or them probably win
recover.
Theaters Closed.
Strike breakers al the south Dem
yer car barns patrosling the yhrd in
front OF the barns with rifles on thea
shoulders. One hundred and fifty
strike breakers were housed In fhe.A
barns. which the mob set on fire last
night The two fatalities occurred an
a clash at these barns
Mayor Bailey this afternoon Issued
a proclamation ordering all theatara
10 close at O'Clock tonight. Thu
police department. has requested citi-
zens TO remain af home tonight In
the hope OF preventing recurrence ldff
~
Thirty arrests OF mon alleged 20
have had hand in the disturbances
had been made up to ? o'clock this
afternoon.
One hundred more strike breakers
nre expected TO arrive here late today.
Hundreds OF others are on tho way
here. according 10 tramwny officials
"The tramway positively win con-
linue to run cars until this strike "
crushed and thereafter" General
Manager +. w. Hild announced.
When the city insisted that we In
crease the number OF cars Thursday.
we were compelled TO reduce the
number OF guards on the cara. You
see the sesult."
The street cars which had been de-
'erted at Fortieth and williams street
ast night and partially destroyed hot
| mob. said by the police TO have I'M
,luded many men from railroad shopV.
we're burned today. ~
Nine Policemen. Wounded.
The police casualty list ns nm
this afternoon. shows nine
and chief OF Police Halsk
toontinnea on page two.l