Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-23
Oklahoma Boomers Rush Into
 the New Land.
JOINING IN A WILD SCRAMBLE
The New Country Swarming with Inhaht-
 ants at Nightfall. -

GUTHRIE, I. T., April aS. 1.-The gates of Oklahoma were swung open at noon yester- day, and resistless torrents of humanity began to pour over its soil. From the Cherokee Strip came the great fleet of prairie schooners across the Canadian; from the Chickasaw Nation came troop after troop of sturdy ponies, each one car rying boomer; from the Arapahoe and Cheyenne Reservations on the vest came a yelling mob Of horsemen, who fired vol ley after volley to celebrate their final vic tory. The Kiowa on the southwest and the Cherokee and Creek Nations on the east, also furnished their contingent of boomers.
 At the starting signal they moved all to- gether, great waves of cheering breaking upon the air. The wagons continued on over the level green plain until they were about half way across the northern tier of claims and then upward of a hundred of them were brought to 8 standstill. The others rolled on to the lower tiers.
 Men, women and children poured from the stationary sohooners and in an incredi- bly, short time the foundations for tho pioneer homes of Oklahoma had been laid by willing hands. Every farm had moro than one elai mant, all ready to swear that they crossed the border first, and that theirs were the first improvement
 So it is all over the territory, and espec- tally on the sections adjoining Guthrie and Oklahoma City.
 Between twenty and thirty thousand peo- pie were dumped here byt he Santa Fe road, which ran twenty immense trains from Ar kansas City. The trains moved across the Cherokee Strip cautiously and slowly and arrived here scarcely moro than five min utes aparn A, they approached the Land of Promise1 thousands of heads protruded from the windows and curious eyes feasted on Ethe green panorama that lay before them.
 There was much fighting to got out of the cars when the little building which answers for station was reached Nobody was hurt, however, and the coaches were soon emptied.
 It was @ curious sight to watch the boom CTS after they had got fairly on foot. The majority of them seemed to be dazed by the vastness of their surroundings. Many ef them guzed stupidly to the north. south, east ana west and then moved like men who were lost
 Others started for the hills, and still others bent themselves to the task of rais. ing tents which they brought with them to open various kinds of business. Those who went for the hills were after claims. Just how we'll their expectations succeeded is not known, for very few of them have re- turned.
 It is safe to say that every farm ln the Territory is in possession of one or more claimants, and that besides there are from 20, 900 to 8O, ,OOO more wandering aimlessly about in search of land. The rush at the Land office here Is terrific. The building Is surrounded by mob of bowling men, that is constantly being augmented by horsemen who are galloping in from every conceivable quarter.
 Land agent Dilley and his force of assist ants are unable to give attention to hund- redth part of the business that Is being forced upon them. The detachment of troopers which has been detailed around | the building with view to keeping the mob in ap orderly line Is completely worn | out.
 A despatch from. Oklahoma City states l that the rush there Is even greater than
 here. Over at Kingfisher or Lisbon, where the crowds brought iu on the Rock Island
 are gathering, there has been no trouble as | vet