Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-07
DENVER CITIZENS
VOLUNTEER FREELY
!, FOR PATROL DUTY
Officials Fear Recurrence of
Rioting in Street Car
Strike = Two Killed and
Thirty-Four Injured

DENVER, Colo, Aug. 6.-Fear that
rioting by street car strikers, theil
sympathizers and strike-breakers
which last night resulted in the
death of two and the injury of thir.
ty-four persons would be resumed
was expressed in official circles to.
day.
Citizens today were responding tc
a proclamation issued by Mayor Bal.
ley, calling for 1000 volunteers for
patrol duty. The police were help
less last night before the mob. which
proceeded on it's journey of destruc-
ton until it tired itself out
Reports from hospitals today in
Dictated that the injured probably
i would recover.
No attempt was made this morning
to- operate cars. Yesterday was the
first day since the trainmen struck
for higher wages on Sunday that
the tramway company was able to
haul passengers. The cars were
manned by armed strike-breakers.
The mob, which remained around
the tramway building until daylight,
finally dispersed.
II. II. Tammen, one of the owners
Of the Denver Post, whose building
was damaged by the crowd, said to-
day he could not estimate damage
done by the mob to the Post plant
"The town is without protection"
said he. The Post was issued as
usual from its own plant today.
Strike-breakers at the South Den
\ Ter car barns today patrolled the
yard In front Of the barns with rifles
on their shoulders.
Eight street cars were wrecked,
the office of the Denver Post partial
~ demolished and damage done to
car barns in widely separated Sec
tons of the city.
The dead
Blake, shot and instantly killed
A. G. Smith, Denver, died of buller
wounds.
The riots followed the first sue
cesstul effort of the tramway com.
Fany to carry passengers or street
cars manned by armed strike break.
ers. Two cars were blockaded bv a
motor truck just as a parade of
strikers and sympathizers was
passing. Some one threw brick
End the paraders attacked. the cars
and crews. Car windows were
smashed, protective screens torn off
and strike-breakers badly beaten be-
lore police could restore order. One
man was shot. in the foot.
Newspaper Office wrecked
The Denver Post was the next oh
Ject OF the mob's attack. That paper
opposed the strike. Every window
IN the place was broken, presses
hammered and sand thrown into this
Iollers; the business office was
wrecked, records and fixtures be-
ing thrown into the street; the en-
craving room was demolished and
type and linotype matrices scattered
through the composing room.
While the mob was still at the Post
another crowd had gathered at the
East Denver car barns and a third
mob attacked the South Denver barns
where $50 strike-b breakers who had
arrived during-the day were housed.
Several hundred shots were fired at
the latter place, at which the two
fatalities occurred. This mob did
pot dispense until well after mid
hight.
While police were engaged in quell-
ing these mobs, four street cars which
had been waiting in a residential sec
tion for the trouble down town to
abate, were attacked by crowd of
1000 persons. The cars were over
turned and the strike-breakers, after
receiving a severe beating, sought
Refuge in the Cathedral of the I'm
maculate Conception and were saved
by the intervention Of priests until
fescued by the police. An attempt
twas made to burn the cars, but seri-
{ pus damage by fire was prevented.
All during the evening Mayor
Bailey, Governor Shoup, Chief of Po-
ice Hamilton Armstrong, who was
injured earlier by a flying brick, and
pther city officials, were in conference
pit the state house considering the
hdeisab1lity Of asking for federal
loops. A decision was reached early
today to rely on volunteers and spe-
fial policemen, all of whom weer Or
lered to report to the city hall for
strike duty today.
Union Disc1aims Mob
A. H. Burt, international organizer
rs the union, and President Silberg,
BIZ the local union in statements is
Fued last night deplored the mob
Violence and disclaimed all RESPONSE
bility for the strikers.
General Manager Hid, of the com
bany, announced early today that cars
would be run today. He declared
here were 500 strike-breakers here
Ind more on the way.
A crowd surrounded the city hall
or a short time last night and an
ngry mob was restrained from at
lacking the tramway building where
he majority of the strike-breakers
re housed by strong-armed guard
Which protected every entrance and
KIT.
Mr.. Hid announced that 200 armed
pen were kept at the darkened Win
lows OF the buildings with instruc-
ions TO shoot If the police line below
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