Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-25
THEY ARRIVED TOO LATE.
Oklahoma City Captured Before Actual
Settlers are on the Ground.

KANSAS CITY, April PA Journal spe
cial from Oklahoma City says: Oklahoma
City, like Guthrie, was built in a day
properly speaking was claimed in an hour
excepting that portion which was captured
before time by those appointed to go down
and execute the law. The deputy United
States marshals laid out the town Sunday
night and Monday morning they covered
the supposed choice site with tents. When
the train from the south arrived about
o'clock, consisting of twenty-three cars
containing about 1000 people, about zoo
people had been at work. Later Corners
were simply struck with amaZement. They
did not repeat the wild rush at Guthrie,
rs they were too much astOunded to
run. They mechanically walked over
to the town site, took what the
government officials had kindly left not
wanting and went on out miles stalking
town lots. Water at Oklahoma City is
plenty There is not the same suffering as
at Guthrie and in fact there is a lack of
dirt and dust. AS at Guthrie the days are
hot and the nights cold and food hard TO
obtain.
The newcomers at Guthrie are peaceably
inclined but they may yet show their in
dignation ovsr the action Of government
officials. There is now an organized crowd
the lot of every man who antedates IL
o'clock noon on the 22d. They have been at
work securing the namesof these people and
have now exact locations. In the forenoon
one hundred lots, all choice ones, will be
jumped at one time, while the jumpers
will be backed by 200 armed men. If
peaceable possession is given, being over
powered by numbers, there will be no
trouble Should resistancs be made then
force will be used to eject from the prop
erty those men and their property will be
thrown from their lots, even though in
doing this it is cast upon some other per-
sons lot.
Be it understood that Guthrie is city
of 5000 people with no streets. The out
lying claimants have been crossing
near the center of the town and
have been stalking out and improving their
claims in so-called streets and alleys The
result of all this is that the spectators
will have a black eye. The lots sold the
first day were the only ones upon which
any money was made and but a few of
them. Now that freight can be obtained
building in both cities is going on rapidly |
Building in Lisbon will be much slower,
owing TO the long freightage by wagons. |
but this Will prove an advantage rather
than otherwise, as it will be a means of |
livelihood for hundreds who are
here almost moneyless. but have |
their teams The first wears |
work has already been commenced at |
breaking sod, and the conditions at this |
time being favorable, there will be enough |
vegetables raised for home consumption |
while the horses will have corn fodder to |
carry them thr ugh the winter. There |
will be no famIne, although there will be |
much suffering, and there cannot help be-
ing isolated cases of such dire necessity |
that 1.-The liberal people of Missouri and |
Kansas will be called upon TO render aid.
The present population will net be kept
up for disappointment will lead many to
return north. The Panhandle peo-
pie, knowing this country, have
agents at both Oklahoma and Guthrie. t
where they are scattering Texas literature
broadcast and have something to offer. As
yet Missouri and Kansas have done moth
ing to catch the overflow
Stories of violence and murder will 90
out from here based upon slight evidence
and hearsay will be warped into fact. The
detailed report of the killing of a Young
man at Guthrie, published in this morn
lng's papers. is the blood-thirsty achieve
ment OF those eastern CORRESPONDENTS who |
comfortably houses IN Arkansas CITY have |
depicted the horrors as well as the ro
mantle incidents of Oklahoma territory
The man whose name was given was NOT
killed, mob of Infatuated citizens did
not kill the murderer and there was no
other trouble than that existing in fevered