The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-06
DENVER STRIKE
LEADS TO RIOTS.
Two Killed, "a Injured, Thou
sands Of Dollars Property
Damage Incurred.
MOB KEEPS POLICE BUSY
Denver Post Building Partly
Demolished - Cars and
Oar Barns Wrecked.

Denver, Col, Aug 6.-Denver was
quiet early today after night OF riot
ing on the part OF street car strikers.
their sympathizers and strike-preakers.
during which two persons were killed.
thirty-four injured and thousands Of
dollars property damage incurred. Two
thousand volunteer policemen are ex-
pccted to prevent a recurrence Of tho
trouble,
The rioting began late In the after
noon and II was not until l o'clock this
morning that members OF mobs which
had kept police busy In various parts
OF the city for more than six hours lad
dispersed.
Eight street cars were wrecked, the,
Office of the Denver Post partially de-
molished and damage done 20 car barns
in widely separated sections Of the city.
The dead
-- Blake. shot and instantly
killed.
A. g. Smith. Denver. died or bullet
wounds,
The riot followed the FIRST successful
effort OF the tramway company to carry
passengers on street cars manned BY
armed strike breakers. Two cars were
bloekaded ~by a motor truck just As q
parade OF strikers and sympathizefs
were passing. Some oae threw a brick
and the paraders attacked the cars and
crews. Car windows were smashed.
protective screens torn on and the
strike-breakers badly beaten before pc-
lice could restore order. One man was
shot In the foot.
Post Building Attacked.
The Denver Post was the next object
OF the mob's attack That paper op-
posed the strike. Every window In the
place was broken. presses hammered
and sand thrown into the rollers; the
business ofiice was wrecked. records ana
fixtures being thrown into the street: the
engraving room was demolished and type
and linotype matrices scattered through
the composing room. The publishers
said they would attempt to publish this
afternoon.
While the mob was still at the Post,
another crowd had gathered at the East
Denver car barns and third mob had
attacked the South Denver barns where
100 strike breakers who had arrived
during the day were housed. Several
hundred shots were fred AZ the latter
place at which the two fatalities oc-
Cured. rhis mob did not dispersA un-
I'll well after midnight.
While police were engaged In aueiI-
ing these mobs, four street ears which
had hesn waiting in residential Sec
tion for tho trouble down town to abate.
were attacked by crowd Of 5000 per-
sons. The cars were overturned and.the
strike breakers after sfts. reeslvins "a
Cathedral Of the Immaculate Conception
and were saved by the intervention of
priests until rescued BY the police. An
nttsmpt wps made 20 burn the cars. but
kekl0AA AARinalIe .hy fire was rreyented'
All during the evening Mayor Bailey.
Gov, shoup, Chief OF i'oliee Hamilton
Armstrong, who was injured earlier hy
!. ft.sluee hrkak and aNhhF city Officials.
were In conference nt the state house,
conslderlng the advlHability Of asking
for federal troops. A decision was
reAehed early today TO rely on voltin-
teers and special policemen all OF whom
were ordered to report 10 the city hall
for strike duty today.
peplors Mob Violence,
A. ". Burt. International organiEer
for the union. and President SubeFg. ~
the local union. IN statements issued
last night. dcplored the mob violence
and disceimed nil responsibility for the
strikers,
General Manager Hnd, Of the com-
pany, announced early today that cars
would be run today. He declared there
wero 500 breakers here and more
on the way.
A crowd surrounded the city hall for a
abort time last night and an angry mob
was restrained from attacking the tram.
way building, whore the maJorityFof
the strike breakers are housed. by =
strong armed gupd which protected
every entrance and exit. Mr., Hid an
nounced that 200 armed men were kept
AZ tho darkoned windows Of the hulld-
Ing with instructions 10 shoot II the
police line below should give way.
Early today tho mob still surrounded
tbs. building but there was no aisn 81
The company had fourteen cars run-
ming yesterday and for the first time.
men and women were accepted as pas
senKeFs, Al times In the day the cars
we're crowded almost 20 the extent 20
the rush hours of normal times. One
was injured In the rioting
Order Theaters Closed.
Mayor Bailey this afternoon issued
ordering all theaters %
close at I o'clock tonieht The police
Requested citizens to remain
at home tunight In the hone OF pre-
venting recurrence of rloting.
No Cars Operating.
Reports from hospitals today indicate
hat the injured probably would re-
cover.
No attempt was made this morning
10 operate cars. Yesterday was the
nrNt day since the trainmen struck for
higher wages, on sunday, that the
ramway company was able 70 haul
pa sHengcrs The cars were manned hy
armed strike breakers.
The moh which remained around the
Iramway buiidihg until daylight. finaliy
dispersed
II H. Tammen. one OF the owners Of
he Denver Post whose building was
damaged by the crowd. said today he
,ouid not estimate damage done by tho
mob 20 the rost plant.
The town Ia without protection"
lid he The Post was issued as US
ial from lis own plant today.