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Show & o MORE KILLED IN STREET CUR STRIKE RIOTS Platform Men Meet to Ratify or Reject Calling Off of Walkout TROOPS TO RIDE ON TOP OF TROLLEYS American Legion Members Assist As-sist in Preserving Order After Second Clash DENl I R. Colo lug 7 Striking tramway trainmen .it a meeting today oicd t n'.i .! their strike if the company will nt nnli them to return to work in a bodj and send the strikebreakers strikebreak-ers OUt Of town Wayne C. IVflluunis. counsel for the union, eras instructed t confer con-fer with company officials and report to n nmctlnrc of the men nt 5:30 o'clock ihi. afternoon. The nicvtiiie will ja-s finally ; on the question of whether iho strike will be continued when It receives a report from Williams i and members of the osocnttye committee of tho union this afternoon. af-ternoon. Williams planned to confer ss ((iii as possible 1ih City officials offi-cials and officers of the Denver Tram waj companj In an effort to reach an agree mcnl satisfactory satisfac-tory 10 the men. Frederic w Hlkl genera) man nger of the tramway, reiterated hu Btatemenl of this morning thai the company would stand firm In IH determination to take bock whom thej pics sod and to retain men brought In from other Cities to operate cars during the Mrike. DENVER, "olo.. Aug. 7. Denver Is Quiet today following a night of rlot-Ic.r rlot-Ic.r In which three persons were killed ;and a doen wounded In a clash bc-itwcen bc-itwcen sympathizers of striking car ; workers and strikebreakers Two hundred and fifty regular army soldiers from Fort Logan took charge of the situation early this morning v hen Mayor Bailey Issued a proclamation proclama-tion turning the city over to the control con-trol of th,. military under I'ohmel C C. Rallod. Five hundred additional troops from Camp Funston. Kan., are expected tonight In answer to a request re-quest from Joernor Shout STRIKERS MEETING. Interest centered today In a maasj meeting of strikero called by their j h aders to vote on a recommendation of the union executive committee tbati they return to work. This recommen-j datlon came after a prolonged nesalon following conviction of the lenders yesterday yes-terday on a charge of contempt ofl court In defiance of an Injunction la-: sued by Judge Greeley hitford. Whether or not the men would fol-loyv fol-loyv the recommendations of their Isadora In View of conditions named by Frederick W, Hlld. general manager man-ager of the tramway company, was a 'locution that tho leaders would not disc use, In a Htatement Issued early today Mr Illld declared the union would not be recognised, no working agreement 'ould be entered Into nnd 6t rlkobreak-' mm would be given preforcnee In em-1 ploymeht. JOB M 11 RDER. "I wlait Mr. illld hud no: made that statement, it only makes our Link harder," was the only comment from Henry Bllherg, president of the union. i im company of soldlsirs was sent1 10 the e.ibt Denver cur hums soon nf-: ter their arrival while the. remainder were held at tha municipal auditorium ' u.i rsssrvss, It wn at the east Den-1 wi barns that the principal trouble hint night occurred. No trouhle u.im reported after the arrival of the sol-j dlers and a crew of workmen sent to; salvage four wrecked Mreol cars early i today was not molested, GUNS TAKEN AWAY. Tramway officials twild ears would I io opeuited i. .day, Cain wero to be. Hlurted under pollco protection ut III o'clock, company officials said. About tv. enty eat s wero to be put Into oper- I aiton at once, n was said, American ueglon and other civilian velunteera mo aiding the police and I 1 1 OOpH. Colonel Ruilou today ordered all strikebreakers disarmed, Troopa wars to rides On the top of each car leavliiK t Ik hams. As the tramway workers gathered foi i heii meeting, rlild'fl statemenl tuat tha union would not he roeognlw-1 ed and Btrlkebroakera would hu given prefer n e in i mplos inent waa discussed. discuss-ed. Ifany t the workers were opposed to accepting tha recommendation of their executive pommittee that the strike be ended Tha meeting w;lb behind be-hind olosed doors SENTENCE DfiiiAYED Wayne O Williams, counsel tor the i en union officials found guilty of contempt of court yesterday for calling call-ing the strike, telephoned Judge Gree- ( Continued on l'agu beven.) 1 More Killed in Street Car Strike Riots (Continued From Page One ; ley W. Whltford. of the district court. at 11 o'clock that the union leaders "would be late In appearing In court for sentence as they were detained 3 at the gathering of workers voting on the question of railing off the strike jj Williams told the court the ote was J being taken and It appeared the strike -would be cancelled by the men The court -was to pass sentence on the leaders this morning. |