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The Daily Ardmoreite
Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
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Twenty-seven alleged members of the I. W. W. attempted to commandeer a Union Pacific Freight train from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Denver. The train crew notified headquarters at Greeley, Col. A squad of 22 policemen met the train outside Denver and took the men into custody. The men said they had been driven out of Cheyenne.
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Denver, Col., May 28.-Twenty-seven alleged members of the I. W. W. were placed in jail here last night after they had attempted to commandeer a Union Pacific Freight train and run it to Denver, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, according to the police. A squad of 22 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 Greeley, Col., that "a gang of men had taken possession of several cars and refused to leave."
Denver policemen, headed by two sergeants, were sent to meet the train and took the men into custody.
The men said they had been driven out of Cheyenne. Charges of vagrancy were placed against them.
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Denver, Col.
Event Date
May 28
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twenty-seven alleged members placed in jail; charges of vagrancy.
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Twenty-seven alleged members of the I. W. W. attempted to commandeer a Union Pacific Freight train from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Denver. The train crew notified headquarters at Greeley, Col. A squad of 22 policemen met the train outside Denver and took the men into custody. The men said they had been driven out of Cheyenne.