Arizona republican., 1920-08-07

A crowd of several hundred people gathered about the barns early in the evening, but contented itself with shouting until shortly before S:30 o'clock, when an effort apparently was made to close in on the barns. The move was met with a fusillade of shots from those protecting the barns. A detachment of armed police was on duty at the barns, and the 150 strike breakers also housed there also were armed.
 Federal troops from Camp Funston, Kansas, are expected to arrive in the city tomorrow to assist the policc force, in response to a request sent by Governor Oliver H. Shoup to the com mander of the central department Of the army. The governor received telegram from the chief of staff ar Chicago, stating that 800 troops would leave Camp Funston for Denver early tomorrow morning.
 The chief of staff also authorized Governor Shoup to call on Fort lo~ gan, just outside Denver, for troops for immediate use. No call has yet been made on Fort Logan
 Another crowd of several hundred persons has been in the vicinity of the south side barns, where two men were killed last night, all evening, but so far no violence has been reported from there.
 The Denver Post, whose plant was wrecked by the mop last DlSDL. NdS able to publish from its own building
 ssBlack Jack Jerome, in charge of strikebreakers at the East Side barn, where three men were killed and others injured tonight. issued the following statement in explanation of the shoot ing:
 "Guards in the car barns had been Instructed to keep the streets clear The crowd surged beyond the lines to- night. A car loaded with strike breakers tried to come to the barns. Close to the barns 1t was interfered with by the crowd. Guards inside the barns fired on the crowd. No shots were fired from the automobile con- taining the strikebreakers- The guards did not act until one shot had been fired toward the automobile containing the strike breakers, and bricks and other missiles had been hurled at the car"
 Leaders Found Guilty. Union chiefs are in session tonight considering what action they shah 1 take as a result of an order issued by | Judge Greeley W. Wh5tford in district court this afternoon. directing them Co
 revoke the strike order
 The court also found seven of the | leaders guilty of contempt for calling ] the strike last Sunday morning in Nlo- 1 lation of a previous injunction issued l by JuUBe w tlA4OA0
 to strike. They will be sentenced To- | morrow morning, and the judge de- | clared that their action in calling orr l the strike or refusing to do so would | be taken into consideration when they ! were sentenced.
 The court issued an additional in l junction restraining the union from l picketing the tramway company s l property and ordering them not to iu- terfere with the movement of cars. | Officials of the trades and labor as l sernbly and of the car mems union is- | sued statements this afternoon dis 1 claiming responsibility for the violence | of last night.
 Traffic Held Up Automobile traffic between Thir- 1 teenth and Nineteenth. Market and i Broadway, which includes the entire
 business section of the city, was pro | hibited tonight by order of Mayor ] Dewey C. Bailey. Members of the | American Legion who volunteered to | help maintain order were stationed az | the intersections to see that only cars i with proper permits were admitted. | The order was issued in an effort to | prevent the gathering of large crowds As another precautionary measure, ' the mayor forbade any parades or 1 demonstrations of any kind until | further notice.'
 1 Major Erie Kisuer, overseas veteran,
 was placed in command of the volun- | teer policemen who responded to the
 mayors call More than 1000 men, tn-