The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07

DEVNEny SoiO., aug. 49, lie OcdIn
toll in the street car strike rioting
was brought to five today by the kill
ing of three men in gun battle be.
tween police, strike breakers and a
mob at the East Denver car barns
last night.
The dead:
DANIEL FLANAGAN, 10.
JOHN J. COLLINS, "a.
CHARLES HANSON, 80, all of Den
yer. -
Hugh Miller, 43, is in the county
hospital not expected TO live. Eleven
wounded are in the hospital. Four
of these are children. including two
/ girls by-standcrz, ~ho ware hit by
bullets.
Denver today is under martial law
by order Of Colonel G. G. Bal!ou,
commanding 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 addi-
iticnaI troops will, arrive from Camp
Funston, Kansas, tonight, it was
lstated. Cars will be put in operation
today, tramway officials declared.
A meeting of all members OF the
tsamway union has been called for
mine o'clock this morning when the
executive committee of the union
will recommend that the strike be
called off. The committee voted to
declare the strike off after seven
hours deiiberation last night.
After comparatively quiet day
yesterday, a crowd of strikers and
sympathizers gathered late in the
evening at the East Denver car barns
where a number of strike breakers
were uuartered In the crowds were
scores Of women and children VINO
had waited for an hour to see what
would happen. Aside from jeers and
cries of "oet the scabs," there was
no disturbance from the crowd of 800
strike synrpathizers outside the car
barns until an automobile loaded with
strike breakers arrived to relieve the
men in the barns.
SIGNAL FOR VIOLENCE.
This was the signal for which the
mob had been waiting. 1t rushed the
car" barns and strike breakers and
special police began shooting.
Women and children, panic
stricken, screamed as they struggled
to escape from the melee.
The first few shots were fired IN
the air, then as the mob continued
advancing, the guns were turned
directly on the crowd.
Police had orders to shoot to Kill,
burt rather than infict such slaueh-
ter, they fired at the legs Of the at
tackers, 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
nioht's special volunteer police force,
succeeded in dispensing the mob
which though badly scattered, threat
Iened to collect and become more V'o-
lent near midnight.
The iron rule of military discipline
had its grip on Denver today.
Stern faced soldiers from Fort
Loaan, regulars and grim visaged
special police, many OF them former
service men, are patroi'ine the
streets. They have orders to shoo1
if necessary. No crowds are per-
mitted to gather and as means OF
pe rsuaders, the special officers carried
tong, heavy club and about their
waist is strapped the familiar army
AS.
Additional troops are expected to
arrive from Camp Funston tonight to
help prevent any occurrences OF mop
violence which has taken toll or
five dead and forty-Hve injured ana
oiven Denver two nights OF terror
and suspense that has not been ex'
perienced since the bloody Chinese
riots of the early seventies
| All last night, motor trucks 1or'',
fled with bags of sand and mounted