The morning news., 1889-04-23
BOOMERS ON THE MARCH
rHE RUSH ACROSS THE LINE NOW
IN PROGRESS.

streams - Dangers of the Fierce
Rivalry.
CHICAGO, April 22.-"The scramble for
virgin soil begins at noon to-day" says the
DaiI, Ne,Us this morning. According to
the latest dispatches fully $4,000 people are
Waiting on the border of that small patch
Of Ground. Fast horses, railroad trains,
s+ages and all sorts of private vehicles viii
hear them into the coveted ter
ritory at the earliest possible
,noment. Ten thousand or more will
Get possession of all the desirable land, and
then they, apparently, will have to hold it
AGAINST five times as many disappointed
men. Everybody is armed-no govern
ment exists. There is reason to fear there
fore that much bloodshed will result from
tbe general turmoil. Many of the men
who cross the border of Oklahoma
today will be residents tonight
Of large towns which have no
existence this morning. Towns and farm
ing lands will furnish large part of the
people with local habitations. The rest will
90 TO their old homes, or will help to locate
gravevards in the new country, or will be
souatters in the Indian territory, or settlers
in Texas or Arkansas. The settlers in Okla
boma to-day are without parallel. The
sudden turning of an uninhabited country
into a country with people IS a unique incl
dent in the country's history"
THE FIRST TRAIN SOUTH.
ST. LOUIS, April 2-The Republics
Wichita, Kan, special says; 1.-The first train
south on the Santa Fe road, consisting of
fifteen coaches, arrived yesterday, and
there was nots anding room in the coaches.
People filled the spaces between the cars
aad clung to the steps. One enterprising
boomer rode on the cow-catcher. The
crowd cheered him as he entered the depot
There were about 400 people on the train.
The arrivals Sunday numbered at least
5000 OF this number one-third went south
10 reach the line of Oklahoma to be
ready for the word. The others
went to Purcell Railroad officials
are greatly worried over the prospects of
moving SO many people. The side tracks
are filed with fiat cars, cattle cars and
gravel trains, none of which will be below
ile demand. Everything on wheels will
De UuuzedH necessary Thieves are buslly
at work on the trains and many people have
been deeced of their all. There are no less
than fifty professional thieves under sur
vellance by detectives.
THE mayor of Arkansas City issued a
PROCLAMATION permitting stores TO be kept
open yesterday for the convenience of the
boomers They were well patrOuized.
"a disturbance took place at Purcell be
tween two rival land spectators and their
aiharents, in which revolvers and Winches-
tars were fired freely, without any serious
j result
FLEET HORSES IN DEMAND.
Another special says that $500 was yes
teriay offered and accepted for feet horse
a. Purcell Tne horse was purchased by
Thomas Horton, man who expects to reach
the claim now proposed to be taken by a
town site company, which expects to build
across the river a city which will in the
i future rival Purcell As many fleet
horses are being brought from
4 IeIas and Kansas, the race will
8 be most exciting as they fly across the
i c)untry-the goal stake and the prize
4 CAIN There is as much, if not more
i Struggling for town sites as for sections
u 10 Is said that thirty-twO Town companies
81 arr going for Guthrie, about that number
a r Okian ma city, and about twenty for
hIug Fisher, while there are applicants for
III steS 0u almost every section. This makes
Il The average settler swear. The trouble be-
ri tween the town site companies promises to
III at as dangerous as among the claim hunters.
81 here has also been brewing for the last
Fl aay or two animo5ity between the northern
n l'll}"s and Texans, especially including
n some colonies from other states.
SCENES WITHIN THE STRIP.
n Once within the strip, men either on foot
Fl OF IN Wagons were to be seen almost con-
81 u,u1lly going southward. There were no
81 Soliers or officers of any kind to prevent
81 tAe-r entering the country. Some were
Fl t"ahpel on the banks of streams The
q women we're cooking meats and the men
III "TF6 shootlng at either marks or game.
ri re" persons know" said an old boomer
81 VINO was eacamped on the Oklahoma line,
HI 1Al dangers have gone
# ,ur9Isl to rsach here. My party
.al @ r. a cowboy guide and when we came to
we Dhlckasaw we we're compelled to pay
we Hlau 500 to swim the stream and bring
E Httle boat in which we could cross,
a. we t'ie1 pulled our rig and swan our
en- he same thing had to be done at
FoFE' We gave our guide 500 and
ug gets US well located he gets 81, 800"
another parry paid their guide $3.50.
NOT ENOUGH LAND TO GO ROUND.
.,a, a, Is every day becoming more apparent
90, cue lahus ot Oklahoma will be INSULT
ciot,. iyI -. Vue people who will be there TO
- - 'neIl. AS a consequence there have
- - ofgahlzei bands or companies, the
49, 0L which are sworn to protect
c.. ieNo"s. The leaders of the
5NPanles have agreed that if anv oonsid-
gFsule portion of them fail To get into O,la-
,,sga.I;ly ,,g' tley VIII league together and take
it,,J itJsloh OF the Cherokee strip. Two
ana t' Va these organized men will be left,
IN 6o5 s' d week from to-day they will have
o ue.ermined me1, desp sperate from the
I'M NJ tt q Vi cherished plans, driving stock out
t1r''s 'Ns slrlp and holding down claims The
VI the men who have this
ma ay' enterprise is to have so
tbst{, people on the strip il a short time
tran "Ii De thought better to leave them
e 10 attempt to drive them out. Ar
Is Cty Is the headquarters of the en-
I... vi the scueme, bnu auxiliaries are
r..'.V9 aIohg the line and the rush will be
u. ...i JUS AZ all points The officers fear
trtL, WIN enieaYor 70 hurry a patrol
aug S1Flp from Oklahoma TO anticipate
/, vaI .I tlus prevent the expected rush. II
ts,J-I Au9"n that such n scheme has been
49, VI 10y Col. Cole and other Oklahoma
bg,g.S' and the present time they find
'ppVFtune to make their advance.
WHERE FRISCO WILL SPRING or.
,s., A .arty Of capitalists Of San Francisco
ss.,. .Deir agent. George w. Perkins. 10 lind
FIX, Or t9wn they will build and call
Il. r.. TkIns and his party stood upon
is.t pIaIiorm after leaving Purcell, and
i... '11eI tle Canadian river was crossed
UtbaJ gepeu on aud concealed themselves in
M, oIsn's. The chances are that the sitDe-
a.. frisco will be near this BRIDGE
aglto,iulseuLt,I there are in preparation and
tow 80 ',u lue same number and variety of
prssertt eLhei ocheihss and On account of the
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