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Show "BUTCH" CASSIDY NOtf LEADER OF A BODY OF BRIGANDS I ARGENTINA T RIOTING IN PHILADELPHIA IN WHICH STREET CAR IN ARE BADLY BEATEN : j . 1 Former Utah Outlaw and Two Other Daring rJoleiirtheWaIl Train Robbers Are Now Terrorizing South American Republic City Has Not Policemen Enengh to Protect All the Cars from AttacksKen and Women Go to Work on Roller Skate evpnce.l to b materially assisted by tho Information which Assistant Prosecutor Pros-ecutor Vlckors and Dr Ceo E. Mclaughlin, Mc-laughlin, microscopical expert, laid before them following a consultation which Messrs. Vlckers and Mclaughlin Mclaugh-lin havt? had with Dr. Wiley and other officials of the department of agriculture agricul-ture in Washington. Denver. Feb. 21 The Denver News today says that the state dc-I dc-I ;irtr.Knt at Washington is in receipt of a dispatch that throe outlaws from the United States, whose names were at one tme upon the tongue of every peison in the Rocky Mountain region, have taken up their residence In the Arrrontine republic, and axe leading a l and of brigands so powerful that the government Itself is forced to pay them tribute. They are masters of a trreat catllo ranch, which extends into tho mountain fastnesses, where are located tho headquarters of the outlaws. The American leaders of the outlaws out-laws are George Leroy Parker, alias "B:itch Cassldy;" Harry Longbaugh, "The Sundance Kid," and Harvey Lo-ga;i, Lo-ga;i, alias "Kid Curry." Logan was the leader of what vaa known as the Wild Bunch," a gang of outlaws that Infested tho Hole-ln-the-Wall country In Wyoming. Parker held forth in "Buzzard's Roost," an Inaccessible mountain retreat near the point whore tho Colorado, Utah and Wyoming Wyo-ming boundary lines run together. Ea?h, with their followers, preyed upon the railroads, participating in tcores of train robberies, and are-credited are-credited with many murders. Logan was the most desperate, and by far the most resourceful cf them all. He has fought and killed ofQcers of th law and no prison has been strong enough to bold him. It is said that the Union Pacific has spent half a million dollars in trying to capture him, I.ogan'8 escape from a prison In Knoxville, Tenn., when ho rossoocd a guard wiri a fin wiro, bound him, tcok his pun and forced a stableman to giro him the sher-off's sher-off's fleetest horse, oo which, ho rs-caped rs-caped Into Wyoming, is one of the most spectacolar feats of prison-breaking prison-breaking on record. oooooooooooooooor O o O POLICE WITH DRAWN GUNS. O O o O Philadelphia. Feb. 21 Many O O acts of violence characterized O O the strike of street rullway cm- O O ployos here today. O O There wag a serious riot at O O Fifth street and Lehigh avenue. O O Dynamite was exploded under O O a car and It was -broken In O I O half. There were no passen- O O gers injured. O ; O Police arrived quickly and. O l O with drawn revolvers, cowed O j O the mob and arrested several O ; O rioters. o I O O ' oooooooobooooooo Philadelphia, Feb. 21 Although street cars were running on all lines today, the system wa6 pretty well tied up. With the exception of a few passengers, pas-sengers, most people preferred to walk rather than take the chance of being hit by bricks or other missiles thrown at the cars. There were minor disorders early in the day, but few arrests were made The most serious outbreak ocourred in tho mill district this morning, when a crowd, after beating the motornran and conductor of a car, wrecked it. The two men were injured so badly that they were taken to hospitals. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit company issued a statement that it had only 600 cars running today, but had enough men to run 1,200 if there were policemen available. The pollco are worn out by the disorders of yesterday, yes-terday, and not enough men could he ussigntd to place two on each car. There will be no service after 6 p. m. today, except on the subway and elevated lines. The company has Imported no men and Is operating cars with lis own employes. em-ployes. The strikers claim that C,G.")0 men out of about 7.000 are on strike, and that the company 1st running cars with Ptrlke-breakers and power house employes. em-ployes. .Of about 100 rioters arrested yesterday yes-terday the majority locked up were under 21 years of age. The Traction company concentrated most of its energy during the morning morn-ing hours on lines running to the business busi-ness section. Service was uncertain. Some of the cars were lillod, but the majorltv of them carried few passengers. That the fear of personal Injury was well pounded, was shown by reports from different sections of tho city during the morning of the throwing of stone9, resulting in the breaking of car windows win-dows and the slight Injury of several ptrsond Sensational reports that blood was running In the streets and that tho police were having pistol battles with mobs are not true. It was a noticeable notice-able fact tbatin est of the disorder was started by boy6, generally In thickly settled parts of the city. In three Instances cars were set on fire, and in all othor cases windows i of the cars were broken. The four persons wounded by bul- j Ms yesterday were watching the crowds. Except in the case of the, little girl who was hit by a policeman's police-man's bullet, those suffering from pistol pis-tol wounds were struck hy stray shots flred Into the air by persons in the crowds . It was a bad morning for the tens of thousands of persons who were compelled to walk to their work, as a heavy rain fell. Every teamster who was willing to carry passengers found people eager to pay high rates of fare. One of the amusing sights of the strike was to see men, and not a few women, going to work on roller skates. The railroads entering the city were (axed to their limit in handling crowds. The Pennsylvania and Baltimore Balti-more & Ohio railroads have greatly increaced their schedule to suburban points and stations within the city. Under tho proclamation issued by the mayor yesterday, peoplo are not permitted to congregate on tho streets. The director of public safety is ordered or-dered "to use all necesMry force and means whatever to disperse unlawful j assemblages." |