The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-08-12
STR|kERslOT
T0sG|vE UP On
CERTAIN TERMS
Three More Killed In Further
Rioting at Denver Last Night
Strikers Get Answer To-
night.

tuSliks
Denver, Colo. Aug. Striking
tramway trainmen at meeting to-
day voted to call off their strike IL
the company will permit them to re-
turn to work In a body and send the
strikebreakers out of town.
Wayne G. Williams, counsel for
the union was instructed to confer
with company officials and report to
"a meeting Of the men at $3.50 o'clock
this afternoon.
Five Now Dead.
The death toll In the street car
strike rioting was brought to FIVE by
the killing Of three men in gun
battle between police, strikebreakers
;and a mob at the East Denver car
barns last night.
The dead: Daniel Flanagan, 10;
John J. Collins, "a and Charles Han
sson, 80. all Of Denver.
Hugh Miller, AZ, Is in the county
hospital not expected to live. Eleven
wounded are in the hospital. -Four
of these are children, including two
girls, bE3tanders, who were hit by
bullets
Denver today is under martial law
by order Of Col. c. G. Ballou, COM
zmanding officer at Fort Logan, who
was called upon by Governor Shoup
for troops. Two hundred and fifty
troops from Fort Logan are in charge
this morning and 500 additional
troops will arrive from Camp Fun
ston, Kan, tonight, 1t was stated.
Cars will be put in operation, today
tramway officials declared.
To Call OFF Strike.
A meeting of all members of the
tramway union has been called for
8 o'clock this morning when the ex-
.-ecutive committee Of the union win
recommend that the strike be called
d off. The committee voted to declare
the strike off after seven hours de-
liberation last night
After a comparatively quiet day
yesterday, crowd Of strikers and
: sympathizers gathered late in the
evening at the East Denver car barns
where a number of strike breakers
We're quartered. In the crowds were
scores Of women ana children who
had waited for an hour to see what
would happen. Aside from jeers and
ncries of "get the scabs" there was no
disturbance from the crowd of 800
-SlEihe pdtulEeES OUTSIDE the car
barns until an automobile loaded
with strikebreakers arrived to relieve
the men in the barns.
This was the signal for which the
Smob had been waiting. 1t rushed the
barns and strikebreakers and special
police began shooting
Women and children. panic strick-
en-, screamed as they struggled to es-
cape from the melee.
The first few shots were fired in
the air, then as the mob continued
advancing, the guns were turned di-
7recty on the crowd.
Fire at Legs.
Police had orders to shoot to kill,
but rather than inflict such slaughter,
they fired at the legs Of the attackers,
army fashion.
Cries of the wounded and the
screams Of the women added to the
panic Of the crowd of spectators who
fled into neighboring houses, across
lawns and through alleys to escape
injury.
Members Of the American Legion.
who formed the nucleus of last
nights special volunteer police force.
succeeded in dispensing the mob
which. though badly scattered. threat
~ened to collect and become more vi
,o.tnt near midnight.
Henry Silberg, president Of the
5tramway employees union after the
mass meeting of men had voted to
call off the strike under certain con-
sditioons, said:
"All tramway emplyes who struck
Sunday morning will go back to work
5 minutes afr the company will
agree to take them in body. We
viii work on any condition whatso-
sever. and will have the cars running
tonight, if the company will only
run the 'scbs' out Of Denver. You do
mot know what this shooting, this loss
of life, has done to me- 1 am a diff
ferent mana. would do anything to
end this bloodshed."
SPECIAL TO THE s. c. TRIBUNE
Denver. Colo. Aug. 9.-Downtown
Denver was heavily armed camp
Friday night Lawbreakers and riot
,ers were not to proceed with their
wanton destruction unresisted. Ar
mored tank cars mounted with
Brown MS machine guns capable of
telching forth 500 shots minute
,patr1lled the downtown streets.
Fearless men, aroused by the men
ace to life and property created by
Thursday nights riots WELD sawed
off shotguns, and they have orders
to shoot to kill if necessary.
Volunteer officers. private citizens
who jumped into the breach and
offered their services to the city,
many Of them have looked over No
Mans Land at German trenches.
were on the trigger end Of Enfield
and Springfield rifles. loaned to the
city by the military authorities at
Fort Logan.
Special Police Force.
Organization of special. civilian
police force 1000 strong was COM
pleted by Manager Of Safety Frank
M. Downer and Chief Of Police Arm
;stroug this afternoon.
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