The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-08-07
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THE CAR STRIKE
HITS A SNAG
Company Refuses to
Take Back All Men or
Fire Strikebreakers

DENVER, Aug. I'-StitkinB tram
way tralnmen at n meeting today
voted TO Gull off their strike IL the
company will permit them to return
TO work In a body and send the strike
breakers out Of town.
Wayne. g. Will;ums. counsel for the
union, was Instructed To confer with
company officials and report to
meeting OF the men at $3.50 o'clock
this afternoon.
Frederic w. HllJ. general manager
:. the tramwny. when informed of
the action Of the carmen. reiterated
his statement OF this morning that the
company would stand firm H. their
determination to take back whom
they pleased and To retain men
brought IN from other cities to operate
cars during the strike.
Decision Tonight
Tho meeting this evening will pass
finally on the question OF whether the
strike wtll be continued when 1t re-
celves a report from Wlllinms and
members OF the executive committee
OF shc union this afternoon.
Williams planned to confer as soon
aH possible with fty officials and Of.
ficcrs of the Denver Tramway com
pany in ~ effort to reach an agree
nicnt satisfactory to the men.
Judge Greeley w. Whitford. In the
district court deferred sentencing I'm
~ Monday the seven strike leaders
found guilty yestfrday OF contempt OF
court for calling the strike.
my statement THIS plorning that
thc company cannot under any cir
.cnmstancea take hack In a body Or
without qualification. tho men who
walked out. still stands" Mr.. Hilh
Il l. l....s IL
n vast majority OF the men, hut we
cannot consider taking back those re-
sporslbic Tor existing conditions
Keep strikcbreakers
Mr. Hid declared he would inform
representatives OF the union when
they called on him to arrange Il COM
promise that the company also re-
serves tho right to keep the men they
brought In from other cities
when the motormen and conduc-
tors left the service they gave up ab-
solutely any voice they might have In
ille affairs OF tho company" MIR. Hid
declared.
Wayne c. williams, counsel for tho
union Mon. announced In court that
the strike had been called off by II
vote of OD7 to 3, under certain con
ditlons" lie said he would take up
these conditions with the city and
company officials this afternoon.
Judge WlS!tford said he would de-
fer sentence until Monday to see "
the union officials really meant 10
rail- off the strike In accordance with
tho courts order to do 80.
Military Rule.
Denver was placed under military
rule Mt 1880 O'Clock this morning.
Control OF the city was turned over
to Colonel G. c. Ballou, commander
OF Fort Logan. near here. and $50
soldiers arrived to keep order, follow
Ing two days OF violence as a result
Of a street car strike inaugurated last
Sunday.
/Five hundred additional regular
army troops are en route from Camp
Funston, Kansas. Major T. l.. Pell
left Camp Funston nj 10 o'clock last
night to make arrangements for
qiiartoring athe troops.
Governor Shoup, In a statement at
Colorado Springs late last night de-
olared the troops would be brought
here even though the executive COM
mittce OF the tramway mems union
had voted last night to recommend
to q mass meeting OF strikers today
to return to work.
The call for troops was issued
when rloting was started early last
Night In which later three men were
Killed and a dozen persons, including
women, girls and boys. were wounded.
Many others are believed to have
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