Arizona republican., 1920-08-06
RIOTERS MARCH ON CITY HALL APPEAL FOR FEDERAL TROOPS
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DENVER, Colo, Aug. 5-Between 30 and 35 persons, including Chief of Police Hamilton Armstrong, and eight or ten other policemen. were injured, several seriously in rioting between striking street car men. their sympa- thizers and the plant of the Denver Post damaged by the crowd.
 The mob Is gathering in front of the tramway building where the strike breakers are housed. but so far has attempted no violence.
 The rioting started this afternoon when two cars manned by strike breakers were forced to stop by a mo- tor truck on the track. While the cars were halted. a parade of strikers and sympathizers who had been conduct ing a demonstration at the city hall while committee from the trades and labor assembly conferred with the mayor, reached the corner. There were 1000 in the parade. Fighting immediately became general and has continued almost steadily ever since in various portions of the city. Wreck First Cars Out The first two cars stopped were badly damaged, windows broken, inte- riors wrecked and holes torn in roofs. but they were able to proceed to the barns under their own power. third car was attacked near the downtown barns or the company ana TWO tuners were turned on their sides in front of the cathedral of the Immaculate Con- ception-
 Strike-breakers who manned the last two cars took refuge inside the ca thedral and remained there until res- cued by the police.
 The mob gathered in front of the Post building just after attacking the | first cars. It was dispersed that time l without having done more than take copies of the afternoon edition of the paper from newsboys and litter the streets with them.
 The Post has urged that the strike be ended without the mems demands | being granted.
 Costly News Plant Destroyed | At s o'clock this evening the crowd again gathered in front of the Post Nearly all of the windows in the pres ent plant and in a new one being built next door were broken by sticks and | bricks When Post employees hoisted an Amer>can flag over the building the rioting subsided slightly but was re- uewed a few minutes later with great CT vigor..
 l The mob then entered the building 1 Hammers and spikes were thrown into 1 the linotype machines, paper rolls were moved into the streets, water was | poured on the presses and the presses
 
 | No Count Of Total Injured Shots were fired several times dur ing the trouble and a number of per sons were shot. Others were injured by being struck by flying bricks ana other missiles. No accurate account l of the injured is obtainable because
 many were cared for by friends in ad- dition to those taken to hospitals. At 9:25 p. m. troops were reported coming to Denver from Fort Logan At that hour a mob was marching to- ward the city hall. There were cries of wreck the hall"
 | There was no a. atement in the riot ing at 10:20 D. m.
 Post Will Issue Today.
 The publishers of the Denver Post
 after examining their plant followin'
 the mob's attack, announced that they | believed they would be able to issue
 a paper from their own plant tomor
 row. The Post is an evening paper.
 The publishers said that their en
 graving room was so badly wrecked
 that they would be unable to do an,
 engraving, but that they believed tn
 other equipment could be put in Shap
 for use tomorrow.
 The great plate glass windows O
 the Post were shattered by the rioters
 With these broken. the members O
 the mob sprang inside. Apparent.
 without a leader, some of the mol l went to the press room in the base.
 ment of the building. others proceeded fContinued on page p