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Show MARTIAL LAW IN DENISON Orders Five Companies of National Guard to Enforce En-force Ruling AUSTIN. Texas, .inly 26. Govrjaor Neffiate Tuesday declared ihartla taw in Denlson and ordered the f'vp oom-panles oom-panles of national guard now at Camp I Mabery to proceed there to enforce hie proclamation. The martial law her-nme effective at o'clock this morning- Colonel Charles .N. N'im.n I.- m cumnninii. The governor also Issued two other proclamations placing the strike sltu- itlon at Chlldr.-s.s ami ShrniMn under, provisions of the open port law. Rangers Rang-ers from Denlson Will go to these P laces to take charge The Sherman detachment win be commanded by Captain Tom Hickman, and the ChJ.-rlresS ChJ.-rlresS detachment by Captain Frank' Hammer. Detachments of ranger;! om Denlaon win also go to Cleburne, Temple, Amarlllo, Marshall, I.uflun. ' K.lngsvll 1c Deleon and Waco, to do i guard duty and protect railway shop-l lion However, these last named in I the places are not being placed under I i tie provisions of the open port law. Any other railroad towns or points' needing protection will he afforded It in the game way, the governor said. The whole of Denlaon Is not placed under martial law. ,l Ks REASONS, In his causes for martial law the governor sets forth tho M. K & T shopmen's strike and the refusal to i eturn to work; that the railroad has been unable to carry on freight traffic traf-fic and keep open the regular chan-nels chan-nels of commerce of the state becauv- 1 the workmen later employed WOTS In-tlmidated, In-tlmidated, threatened and i iiMi rod b ilnBical violence-, ihat officii with horn he had personalis coni'i I would not be able to protect the workers work-ers and preserve peace and that the state should preserve Its sovereignty and preserve the rights of Its citizen without tho necessity of federal In - tcrventlon. In the 8herman proclamation tho governor places under ranger control the- property, Including the freight yards and passenger station of the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas railway rail-way company of Texas At Child res.' he places the property of the iorc "Worth and Denver railroad under ranger ran-ger control and that property lying within l.OOu feet on each side" of" the road. The governor Bald the provisions of th open port law will be enforce, i in any other towns where disturbances occur or the situation mends it and rangers will bo sent there to preser ! order, no |