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Show TROOPS REMAIN UNTIL CAR MEN TAKE OLD JOBS Colonel Ballon Says Soldiers Will Guard Until Strikebreakers Strike-breakers Leave City DENVER, Colo- Aug. 11. Colonel' C. C. Ballou, commanding military) forces called to Denver, following, riots growing out of the strike ofi street ear men, announced today that, troops will In held In Lenvei until street cars were being operated by Denver mi n and the strikebreaker. sent out of tho city. Colonel Ballou made this announce-ment announce-ment shortly after the departure from Denver at o'clock this morning of' Major-Genera 1 Leonard Wood, who has been In Denver reviewing tho I strike situation. General Wood left! for Chicago after placing the entire situation In thu hands of Colonel Uallou. UNION Mill KG. Striking trainmen and linemen of the tramway company wore sum-1 mom id this morning by the union executive committee to attend a mass nieetliiff at A O'clock this afternoon to decide whether to return to work under the conditions presented by General Wood The proposal of Gcn-j eral Wood was for the company to take the men back without forfeiting seniority rights, the company was nol to recognize ihe union. Colonel Ballou's etatcmer.i Tjtiows: "The sooner the street railway company com-pany and the former cmpmyes get lo- gether and have the cars operated by I Denver men and the hh lkelueakei s si nt out f the city, the sooner the troops will be able to leave. I can't' definitely say how soon they will leave! under these conditions, but until thatl is accomplished ihere can be no thought ol the troops leaving." Bervjci was resumed this morning' on the same basis as yesterday, although al-though it was said that more tars would I., running tonight than on any other day sinc-a the strike was called, August 1. Colonel Ballou. in later amplifying his statement, declared that General W ood had comb mned the pollcv of arrnm;,' : ti ll;el.reaker. l enlirelj approving ap-proving Colonel Ballou's action In disarming dis-arming the non-union car operators |