The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-24

OF rival factions that seek to Contro
the town have baltied the efforts Of
half dozen public meetings to settle them
The excitement Is at very higl
pitch, and confidence Is beginning u
Wayer, The suffering OF the 1900 un
sheltered and unproVisioned people Il
something that could not be endured
amid such q Juror, The scenes Of thu
night and day are unexampled. Thou
sands are fleeing the town and the Coun
try, but thousands more have poured In
There is a feeling OF wild un
certainty and apprehension tha
amounts TO distraction, There
is no food, no water, no cove
for the bitter cold Of the nights and the
whitening heats Of the day, The railroad
is gorged with business and is temper
arily imperative, The town site
is changed every hour by the
rival parties, as each secures
temporary dominance, Not build
ing has been started and but few
more tents have been reared. Nobody
knows where the streets are and
everyone Is Just now yielding all thingf
else for Clamor for food, drink and
shelter or means Of flight, To
complete this tremendous excitement q
disastrous wreck occurred Just south ol
the town during the forenoon, A freight
and a passenger train met heads on and
both engines went into the ditch, No
one was hurt but the track was block
AIDED for hours,
WORSE AND WORSE,
Another special from Guthrie says:
II ever the Government opened the way
to trouble and difficulties this has been
the time. No town was ever built under
greater difficulties, nor so quickly, nor
have ever been SO many disappointed
men In so short time. The anticipated
bloodshed over quarter sections will not
be recorded, as the farmers seem dispos-
ed TO peaceably adjust all difficulties,
and when they find one quarter section
occupied, move on until they find
another, but here in Guthrie all
Is confusion and tho feeling
that an imposition has been praCticed
grows stronger and stronger and the
bitterness Is now intenae as the full i'm
port OF the action oil the Government
officers become better understood. Pub.
lie meetings arc being constantly held
by States and unitelly, at all OF which
the question Is raised how best to over.
come the present situation.
The unauthorized and unwarranted
settlement OF the best portions OF this
town by Government officials and others
have complicated the situation, although
no feasible plan has been proposed by
which they can be ousted from their
possession.
WHAT CAUSED 1T.
AS stated yesterday, the choicest por.
tions Of this town were staked out Sun.
day night, audby lOo'clock Monday they
were taken possession OF. Among these
who took part in these pro-
Ceedings were United States Mar
shals Jones and Needles, with ut
least fifty deputies each, his attorney,
United States Commissioner Galloway,
Register Gille, Judge Guthrie, of Topeka; ;
District Judge Hiram Dillon and 9TH
ets rs prominent, This is what
causes the great dissatisfaction that
now exists, us the Journal representative
saw the unlawful squatting done. There
is no hearsay about It, Until a late hour
last night meetings were being held.
Finally representatives from the several
States were elected, who appointed a
subcommittee to prepare plan OF
action. To-day another meeting was
held which adjourned until noon to-
morrow without action.
s+kHvtEd PEOPLE.
All day yesterday food was almost
impossible TO obtain. There Is one can
vas hotel and three or four dirty, grimy
lunch stands 10 feed G,000 or 5000 peo-
pie. AS soon Rs freight business is
resumed this will improve so that by the
end Of the week all can get enough to
eat. Men have been waiting patiently
since yesterday to get their baggage or
expressed goods and have stood the
majority Of them, for hours in line only
to hear that 1t had notye come, though
shipped moro than a week ago. THIS
accounts for the shelterless condition OF
many.
The city is full OF thieves, confidence
men, and takers Of all kinds. While
without authority, the United States
marshals have ordered the arrest
OF all who are engaged in robbing
tho people by these games. Tonight
the usual meetings are being held and 1t
is hoped that by tomorrow order may
come out Of the confusion.