The morning news., 1889-04-23
KID GLovED MARsHALs.


in the party. One man was about ~ years
old. He wore a fine broadcloth suit of
clothes and carried a gold headed cane.
There was not one in the party who had ever
| made an arrest, and it was stated that the
aggregate capital of the crowd was over
| S2,00O,000. They rode down on a Pacific
car, and alightiug from the train showed
| their commissions as deputy marshals
properly signed and attested. and so the
soldiers, much against their will,
were compelled to permit them
to remain. Their evident in
tention is to form some town site. 1t is
thought that there are over thirty "depu-
tiesn now in and about Oklahoma, who, at
noon, will turn in their designations and
accept it all by themselves, each individ-
ually and turn private citizens. They will
| then take claims.
A LINE OF CAMP FIRES.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April GA Star
| special from Arkansas City says: Saturday
night there was continuous line of camp
| fires from Wharton, the last station in the
| Cherokee strip, to Arkansas City. There
were fewer fires along the border line
of the promised land than would have been
expected Comparatively few of the
wagon men reached the Oklahoma line
until last night and this morning. Salt
| Fork creek, which winds through the strip,
and on the banks of which the POnca reser-
| walton is situated, caused the settlers much
delay. The rains have made it so high that
| fording was dangerous and only few were
| foolhardy enough to venture it. Friday
| morning fully 700 wagons wanted to get
across. Capt. Hayes and his company, who
escorted the settlers to the border, rendered
them most valuable service. He induced
| the Santa Fe road to lay planks beside and
between the tracks of the bridge and get
the immigrants over. A soldier with
a red flag a half mile from each end of the
bridge prevented any trains from ap-
preaching until the bridge was clear. In
spite Of all precautions a woman and two
children, and a number of cattle were
drowned at the bridge.
THE TROOPS DELAYED.
''Capt Hayes good work at Salt Fork
bridge kept him and his troops from getting
to the Oklahoma border until this morning.
A careful estimate by a Star reporter, who
was on the border last night, is that within
radius of five miles from the border en-
trance on the Ponca trail, fully 500 men
were at least mile over the line. Wire
fences divide the strip from Oklahoma
The men did not know the fence was the
dividing line, or if they did, did not heed
it. No soldiers were there to dispute their
entrance or tell where the line was. With
out let or hindrance, a great number of
people went into Oklahoma as early as
Saturday night.
HOW THE MORNING OPENED.
''The sky was clouldess, and it was cool
this morning. The crowd at the depot was
larger than was expected. From the top
of the diSpatcher'S office, a photographer
took the crowd. -Four trains with ten
coaches each, stood about ready for the
start. Crowds of people walked uD and down
on the tops of the cars. The moment that the
doors were thrown open the cars were
filed. The crowd followed the newspaper
men, hoping to find by them which train
started first. Fifty tents which were
pitched about the depot were down before
O'Clock. 1t is estimated that 5000 men
were at the depot waiting transportation.
| The outfits at the depots were strik-
ing. Spades and axes were the
most common equipments. Before a
train started the Town was almost de-
serted There were many women among
| those to go to Guthrie. The danger seems
to have been lost sight Of. Many crowded
under tue cars until the police stopped
them.
START OF THE FIRST TRAIN.
SIT was just 8:45 O'Clock when the first
train pulled out A shout from thousand
voices announced the fact. The press car
was next to the engine, and eight cars were
attached. There were fully fifty persons
in the press car, and many had no creden-
with seats to follow later At the st. Louis
and San Francisco roads crossing, where
a stop was necessary, people heSleged the
first train, but the guards kept them off.
Just outside the city two daring men got on
the air brakes under the press car. At the
speed at which the train started the train
will reach Guthrie late. The wagon bridge
across the Arkansas river was full of set
tiers wagons. Two men jumped on the
cow-catcher, but were put Off"
CRADLE FOR LAW SUITS.
ST. LOUIS, April %, 1l:30 P. M,-Follow-
ing are extracts from Oklahoma dispatches
to the St. Louis Republic:
The history Of this one day will forever
be memorable in frontier annals, aud will
leave behind heritage of litigation which
will be fruitful to lani sharks and claim
attorneys but be destructive TO the claims
of poor and honest settlers. The Atchison,
Topeka aud Santa Fe railroad began run
ming its sectional trains out of Kansas City
last night, picking up cars at almost every
station along the route. Hundreds of peo-
pie were waiting at every depot, aud II
the cars, all of which were filled be-
fore the bo der line was reached, could
have been upled, they would have made
a train several meles in length. The crowds
we're composed of spectators, adventurers,
sight-Seers, thieves, gamblers, and sprink-
ling of the demi-monde. The farming ele-
meut was not largely represented, as all Of
the homesteaders had gone on before.
There were men in the cars from every
great city and important point in the coun-
try, and there was not a state or territory
III the country which did not have it's repre-
sentative Those filed up all OK the seats,
occupied all Of the standing room Ia tue
aisle and filled uD the spaces between the
coaches, hanging on the iron banisters
and girters with grip born OF desperation
aud determination.
THE NEWSPAPER COACH.
The newspaper c3arh WIS the first out Of
Arkansas City. IL contained representa-
tives Of all tho leading newspapers in the
country, vino were compelled to yield room
aud comfort for the good Of the cause. The
conductors were vigiiant in the collection
of fnrss, but 1t is certain that great many
deadnea went through TO the promised
land in the rush, hurry and roar OF the
boomer campaign. There was but little
sight-seein., indllgei in, as the crowd did
not care TO look at anything until it got TO
Oklahoma, like the immigrant at Castle
Garden who refused to PICK up silver
dollar because he expected TO tind gold
in the street in the next block. AT Arkansas
City there were over seventy-hve coaches
packed Ia the yards awaiting tho rush. All
of these were in the yards some distance
below the depot The crowd began gather
ing Oh the platform two hours before day
lignt. aud long before the first falnU streak
Al. fH IA HFIN