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Show I. W. W.'S ATTEMPT TO RUN TRAIN Twenty-Alleged Members Placed in Jail at Denver, Colorado D e n v e r. Twenty-seven alleged members of the I. AV. W. were placed injail here Friday evening after they had attempted to commander a Union Pacfic freight train and run it to Denver Den-ver from Cheyenne, Wyo., according to. the police. A squad of twenty-two policemen met the train outside the city when they received a report that the alleged I. W.. W. were on it. Members of the crew of the freight train notified division headquarters of the Union Pacific railroad here when the train reached Greely, Colo, that "a. gang of men had taken possession of several cars and refused to leave" Denver policemen headed by two sergeants ser-geants were sent to meet the train and took the men into custody. At police headquarters several of the men said they ha,d formed a gang outside Cheyenne and decided they could travel better if they stayed together. to-gether. They said they were not going go-ing anywhere in particular, but were "headed south." |