The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-02
THE Goss-RYAN PRIZE FIGHT.
II Comes OF In Brooke County IN
Presence Of an Orderly Crowd.
Both Badly Beaten. But Ryan the
Victor.
The Sheriff of Brooke County Gently
demonstrates, But Without
Effect.
THE Goss-RYAN PRIZE FIGHT
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
The Men Within Two Miles OF Zach Other
and EHerythinE Quiet

Il
and Everything Quiet
Il became very evident on Monday al,
ternoon, at Pittsburgh, that a place OIL
meeting had been definitely arranged be
tween Co.'S and Ryan, whose presence in
the city was well known to the authoh'
ties, and whose supposed plans were free.
| ly ventilated in the evening papers. An
IS1E1IIeExcER reporter, who had been de-
tailed to witness the affair If it came of
within West virginia's limits, was At the
Union Depot when Ryan and his party
came TO take passage, and by little eau
tious inquiry ascertAined that the party
would leave the train at Golfers Station.
The news that Ryan was on the train soon
spread through the depot, and the car in
which the pugilist was seated was the CEN
tire OF attraction for the loiterers inside
the depot railing. By twos and threes the
sporting gentry boarded the cars, and
when the train left the depot there was
nearly hundred passengers whose desti-
nation was the same as that oil the ambi-
tious young pugilist- Two Pittsburgh de.
tectiyes, 0'Mara and McGovern, were OF
the party, who, it came to be generally
understood, bad undertaken TO prevent
the fight taking place in Pennsylvania.
Goss and his party were reported as
having left on an earlier train on the Q. d
P. r. R, their destination bSing Steuben-
vile.
About six O'Clock the train reached Col.
iers Station. where Ryan, Roach and two
others got of and secured quarters tor the
night. Two reporters, representing the
Pittsburgh telegraph and WHEELING IL.
THLLIdKSCER, also concluded 70 test the
hospitality Of West Virginia, and likewise
left the train. They were considerably
surprised on receiving & telegram from
Pittsburgh stating that the Collier Station
location had been abandoned, and that
the fght would take place in Ohio, two
miles below SteubenGille. The Ryan party
were then approached, the telegram was
shown them, and the report Immediately
and emphatically pronounced untrue.
ssThe fight" said Roach, will take place
right here. One man is here now. The
other man will be here early In the morn
ing. We have the stakes aud ropes with
us, and that means business" Presently
there were a couple OF new arrivals, being
Billy Tracey and Johnny Newell, mem-
bers OF the Goss party, who came to re-
port their man in the neighborhood and
everything all right The ISTELuGRScER
reporter interviewed the driver OF the car.
rage, from whom he learned that Goss
and his friends, numbering about dozen,
bad left their train about q mile and half
above Steubenyille, crossed the river in
skiffs and been conveyed TO the farm
house OF Mr.. Snyder two miles from Col,
lier's Station, where they had taken quar-
ters for the night
This demonstrated beyond doubt that
the fight would certainly occur near the
station, unless the authorities interfered,
and 10 still further confirm this belief the
entire party started out for the purpose Of
selecting q location for the fight, and re
turned in half an hour, having found
ground in every respect desirable.
The party then separated, the Goss rep
resentAtives returning 10 their headquar-
ters, while the Ryan crowd, now con-
siderably augmented by the village idlers
and railroad men, distributed themselves
about the platform TO enjoy the cool OF the
evening, and converse in whispered tones
about the event Of the coming morning.
A cloudless sky, with myriads otsparkling
stars, gave promise Of clear tomorrow
and the knowing ones nudged each other
and referred TO the prospect with great
apparent satisfaction.
Ryan and his party retired to bed about
half past eight, and his example was soon
followed by the other strangers, leaving
the natives in full possession.