The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-26
A PllIFUL SITUATION.
The Rush Of Oklahoma Boomers
to Get Away from the Scene
OF THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT,
Too Many People for tho Territory,
Thousands Leaving but Others
Arrlylng-TaIes OF Murder,
Chaos Bcigus at Town Sites

Telgns, not OUly III uklAnOnHI Dut III tlle
entire tributary country, The railroad
is proslrated, communications are en-
tlrely cut of, The Western Union with
It's crush OF train dlspatching would not
touch amessagO OF any other character
in the territory, though the earth swal-
loved q town site. Guthrie's back
seems broken, and there is a stampede
to get out, People there are wild from
the deprivations that lack Of shelter,
water and food impose upon them, To
these distresses arc added the misior.
tunes Of tempest, heat and the absence
Of means OF flight, When your CORES.
pondent reached Willow Springs from
the Diamond Bar rancho, he learned
from the dispatcher that neither the
north nor the south bound passenger
trains, shortly due, had been heard from.
PATHETIC SCENE.
An hour Of waiting passed, when a
train OF twenty cattle cars crept up from
the south. The cars were locked, but
upon the roofs, the buffers, amid the
coal on tender, on the pilot and gangway
Of the locomotive, and packed In and
upon the CaboOse, was a dense and mis-
efable throng Of men, The train from
Guthrie had started with its strange
load at six in the evening. Itwas use.
less to attempt to enforce laws restrictive
oirailrOad travel, The people were flee.
ing practically for their lives. They had
added 10 long periods OF privation the
suffering Of seventeen hours without
food or protection from the cold. No
train had passed them and none in sight
behind. They had left bowling mob
in Guthrie bnllled in It's efforts to Join In
the flight, The uselessness OF proceed
ing 10 Guthrie was apparent and the
correspondent secured footing for one
foot aud returned to this point with the
laggard train.
HORRIBLE STATE OF APPAIRs.
Since dark other freight trains have
followed, having made the elghty.aye
miles from Guthrie in from six to four.
teen hours. The cars are piled with
iugltiyes, thirsty and famine stricken,
and Arkansas City Is crowded as It was
before the descent. Some experiences
are pitiiul. A terrible storm last night
raised the miseries OF Guthrie to almost
horror. A violent wind arose as the
sun sunk and filled the air with the
sitting red alkall dust that strews the
plain. A deluge Of rain succeeded and
throughout tho night beat upon the
thousands OF shellerlGss. The railroad
is utterly incompetent In the emergency
and is delivering baggage aud express
too slowly TO be Of use to the unproteCt.
ed The fugitives cheer with Joy as
they alight here and rush to the by.
drants and eating houses. Curses are
heaped upon the region and the Govern.
ment. Marshals Needles and Jones are
exCCrated without stint for theft OF the
land and the railroad Is denounced for
its feeble service.
LOST CONFIDENCE.
Guthrie is without form. The origi.
nal streets have disappeared and new
sections are being plowed every hour.
Values have fallen to practically nothing
and confidence is practically at n low
ebb, Those who are not going home an
nounce their intentions ol moving upon
the Cherokee strip, aud report that
hundreds Of boomers in wagons have
already done so. Scores OF men sur
rendered their claims to lots in Guthrie
without an effort TO preserve or dispose
Of them. The south bound passenger
arrived after time crowded with pilgrims
for Guthrie, and few could be disSuaded
by the lamentations Of the iugitives. 1t
Is impossible to predict what the next
few days will develop In Guthrie.
NEWS FACILITIES.
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II sPe'ia. rum N'u'n''' ''S9 'Ao ia.!i'
ties lor getting news here arc no better
than two days ago. All matter has to
be sent Inv messenger In Arkansns CITY.
and 0s tI,s hest time from here io thsIe
is eight hours. news IA NECESSARILY that
mncG late There Ia little outside ri in.
ciIents The corns nj snrvevora was
Yesterday incrensed 10 fonr' and worL
i,e0nn in'tbe afternoon Ali nitention
Ia nnid IN his work as on Il denends
every lot owners claim. Attention Ina
been maid 10 proposed streets n man
without n lot pitching his tent any.
where, trusting that the survey will
SS NSo n. nna or frOSons ToSt con co[i
thirty barrels of bread, i've cent IosysS ayeS
selling at fifteen cents, or two for quar-.
ter. The supply run out, and while the
people were willing 10 pay the price, II
could not be had at all. Crackers found
ready sale at a dollar and a hall
per pound. A grocer announced that
he had given fifty dollars for the priv.
ilege of breaking open the car which
contained his stock. He soon made II
up. The Inconvenience caused by tho
blockade OF freight hero Is beyond com.
putatlon. II gets worse instead Of bet
ter. The freight express and baggage
help prevents a prompt distribution
The water question continues serious
one. Before the end OF the week wells
u.tll Ian sN,,L nn.alIn tI,n f.al a.,a..,