New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-23
OKLAHOMA is INHABITED.
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wero men In the cars from every great city and i'm
pOrtant point In the country, and there was not
state Territory in the country which did not have
It's representatives
At Arkansas City tbere over seventy'hve
coaches tracked in the yards awaiting the rush. All
of these lowered into the yards somo distance
below the depot The crowd began gathering on inc
platform two hours before daylight, and long before
the first streak OF the dawn the city awake ana
stirring. After the rose, crowds were rushlbs
toward the centre OF action from all parts of the city
Hundreds Of boomers and rIstlers7 in their mpa-
fence TO get aboard, rushed down to tn, yards and
| attempted to force entrance into the cars all OF
which were securely locked. The excitement may be
judged from the fact that large number Of coach win
dows were broken by people who were anxious to
secure seats. 4 strong guard of railroad mon was
detailed to protect the companys property, and they
had contract Of unusual dimensions on their hands
II was 90 VIII Vest crowd headed toward new
field of enterprise and development and no one who
has never oen such a thing in action can have the
remotest conception u II.
a cattle train lay on sidetrack' loaded win
boomer his horse. wagon and COW, wife ana chilureh
and all his little household effects He was merry
follow and guyed the crowd numerically for not gons
through as he expressed IT, without change Of cars TO
avoid the rush. ~
Il travel In my own special coach' ss't NO. LIND
Jay Gould or Vanderbilt"
You'll got there too late" yelled somebody IN the
crowd.
Never mlnd,p replied the boomer, I'll get hero
all the same
II had leaked out during the wakcfu hours OF 'he
night that tho press special coach would DO part Oh
the first Train to move out The railroad mdn1gement
had succeeded we'll In keeping this fact secret but
whom the newspaper coach was backed up 10 point
below the depot the entire crowd charged upon H.
The newspaper men were ranged In solid phalahA,
but had to fight for access 10 the rear platform VI
the car There wcrc "rustlers" there who had been
fighting along the border for years and who had
death cfD on the Iron railing, and expressed deieF
mination to 20 I'm that These were not easily
disposed Of, but after them came swarm Oh ucu
with bogus credentials, prsuming to represent every
great newspaper in tho United states Nearly every
correspondent was called upon to dscredt two OF these
assumed Journalists, and scores Of others Ialed OF
Identification or recognition aud had to fall back with
more of preclpltancy than good order. Every car
brought up tho line greeted with tremendous
cheors as the coaches which were 10 DO attached to
the newspaper special brought out Of the siding
and there was a Simultaneous rush OF TWO OF Uhreo
thousand men toward them. They were hled 10 over
flowing in less than half minute, and countless
throng were struggling for place on the steps IL
was in vain for the officials 10 that trains would
bo run in sections fifteen minutes apart Every
man there wanted TO be fifteen minutes ahead OF
everybody else and not fifteen minutes behind any
body The first section made up consisted OF
nine coaches the newspaper coach and ono caooose'
- r,,n.d opr at s:45. railroad timo The
train ran slowly a. there great danger OF mis-
placed rails and switches or distractions OF various
kinds placed there by those gone before, VINO wanted
corner on the best lands In sight 1t was 40 when
the sign which marks the state line and tho dividing
line from the Cherokee strip was reached. It was
greeted with cheer which rolled from the news car
I'm front to the rusters' Caboose behind.
Along the Pawnee trail the train also passed cara
vans Of boomers wagons, many going South, out
some returning toward Kansas. between Willow
Springs and the Ponca Agency somebody In the news
paper car discovered riding on the trucks be-
meath the coach. Immediately an effort to open up
negotiations with him were made, but they resulted
unnecessarily untn the train stopped at Poncs, when
The adventurous boomer wheels was taken up into
| tie ear, elected honorary member Of the press
association and furnished with refreshments out OF
hottie, which he drank with relish amid enthusiastic
an plause. lie gave his name Harvey SaldeT, and
said 10 was born in England, but had been In this
country nine years and had come all the way nom
Seattle, W. r., to get fOothold in Oklahoma
At the last station outside Of the Oklahoma territory
thcro vas great crowd of boomers, who had foTaken
their teams and hoped to get In quicker by rail
There being no inside, they climbed 10 the top
Of the coaches and tho entire train, from one end TO
| tho other, lined with them
In THIS way the boundary was reached
about five minutes after Il o'clock. But
| he great transformation scene hal already be
| aln and was plainly visible 10 the watchers from
Inc train llrst IN view the Whltc-topped way
,ns gathered together IN groups in the level prairie
DR. in the llttc valleys which diversity the face OF The
! country It was at once noticeable that the teams
were not t. be seen In any Of these camps, and It was
gIqu thew lad been tatcn out OF the harness 10 be
ridden across the border by tho hard riders who we're
| 10 locate claims. a little further on and this con-
ru,on was proven BE- the correct one for the en-
tine face Of the country a. far as The best field glass
could carry the sight was overrun with horsemen gal
loplng 10 the southwark Their ncctest horses had
evidently been picked for the work. and they were
CARRYING their riders rapidly TO the longed for goal
Rides OF fifteen or twenty miles were mado In an IN
| ,rrliby short tlmo by oil boomers familiar with the
country who know where desirable lands we're localcd
ono saIdlcd but rIcrlr,s horse SeA galloplng
along the uai. an uWnou5 sign 9t some a'I"ciO VI
| .ataty WhIri. lad lrid.lnu the rd'F: .-.
one h0rcstcadcr who had secured quarter sc'.
ton OF rolling land had dug mole Two OF lAIcV Idou
Irpn al that corner OF 10 where lhe surveyors ntC-
| Ion mark was placed and Whele no han dLiNeh MS
som n, sufficient To confirm his Tito lie htel ms
iUrir-tcr a. the train by and then empued his
revolver yelling Hike Con aHch' lldah al mo uhe
NUr only tie yrll- but the shots were re- t"l'S ~
fron tIr train and NO!lcy went up mo The an nom
r,sv how vel th" party armed IN expectancy
f what mi Lht happen few mites TIC uIEtt SIDE Oh INC
| line. 49,. ,.,t,, ~,tto I, ,yos
.eru that the town was already well populated. rents
were uuucruu, on the eastern slope, ana stakes "cle
! sticking up out Of the ground Hhe poles III bedh
| patch.
RICH MEN As DEPUTY MARSUALS.