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Show oo DENVER STREET CAR TIE-OP IS MADECOMPLETE DENVER, Colo., July 9 Despite the announcement made last night by Frederick W. Hill, general manager of the Denver Tramway company, lhat an effort would be made to open to cars as usual this morning, both company officials and strike leaders agreed today to-day not a car had left the barns up to seven o'clock this morning. Nine attempts were made by the company before ten o'clock to start service. In each instance crowds of strikers gathered and forced the crews to turn back. There was no violence. Dewey C. Bailey, mayor of Denver, announced today that a Denver councilman coun-cilman was approached yesterday by a director of the tramway company with a proposal that the company resume re-sume operation on a five cent fare and the matter of a higher fare should be submitted to the people of Denver at La special election to be called as soon as possible legally. The workers were said to be willing to return on such a basis, depending upon the vote of the people for a higher carfare and, therefore, there-fore, higher wages for the workers. Mayor Bailey said the proposition had not be n made officially and, therefore, there-fore, he did not care to discuss Lt At the offices of the company, Frederick W Hill, general manager, said he knew nothing of such a plan. Striking pickets reported to union headquarters today that odIv a few strikebreakers were being employed by the company Five hundred auteimobiles licensed by the city to operate at five cents a passenger were running on forty -four routes outlined by the department depart-ment of safety today. |