The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-13
VLL BE BLOODSHHD.
The Rush to Oklahoma Bound to
Cause Lots Of Trouble,
ENDLESS CHAIN OF WAGONS
Moving Toward the Promised Land,
Five Times as Many Boomers as
Homesteads Western Rust
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boomers out, They slip into the couu
try and conceal themselves 50 effect
ually IN the woods that the scouts can
not find them, Every station on thC
Santa Fe road is guarded and only thos'
having permits are allowed to get of
the trains, The Santa Fe has nearly
completed the depot at Guthrie, alt
woEkmep are engaged on the land Office
building at Purcell, The border is black
with boomers awaiting the opening o.
the country. Many Of them are in very
destitute circumstances, The Santa Fe
road people say arrangements have been
made 10 transport all who apply, and
the Rock IslRntl Is iteparing TO run .
line OF stages from its southern termi'
nus into the territory,
Two immense RATS are being con-
struCted here for the transportation oil
Hills colony. They expect to float down
the Arkansas, as the recent rains have
swollen the river, and they eau land
within ReyOn mileT OF the Oklahoma
border, Others have arranged for relays
OF fast horses, which are expected 70
ironsno, .hem to ths claims already
chosen, Every south-bound train ar.
riving here is crowded, and the wagon
caravans are passing lip DIP endless chain,
A PROPOSITION FROM CALnwELL.
A dispatch from Caldwell, Kas., says;
The City Council has directed Mayor
Riley to write to General Merritt, COM
mander OF Fort Leavenworth, request
ing him to permit Oklahoma boomers
who are Camped here to move across
the Cherokee strip to the northern line
OF Oklahoma Territory before the 92d Of
April. All they want, the Mayor says,
Is an equal chance with the crowd that
will go In from the south and west by
the railroads. 1t will take tho boomers
here fully three days to cross the strip,
which is sixty miles wide, while those
who are massed along the southern and
western lines can settle on the last
claims within aiew hours after the Presi.
dents proclamation goes into effect. The
Mayor also rlaimg that there are q great
many cowboys In the Tertiary on cattle
ranches who wlllbe at the north line
promptly at l2 o'clock on the 22nd, and
being mounted on fleet horses will be
able to secure the best locations. Be-
sides there Is class OF boomers that has
practically determined to invade the ter.
ritory within few days. Their plan Is
10 leaye Caldwell In the night, slip past
the troopers who Ste guarding the BlpE
creek bridges and then make for the tim.
ber In the strip by the shortest route.
They are as well mounted as the United
States cavalry, and they do not fear cap.
ture.
FAvoRs THE PLAN.
Captain !yoSdson, Of the Fourth
United States cavalry, whose troops are
guarding the territory from invasion at
this place, is said to favor the Mayors
plan. Thus far, however, he has rigidly
enforced hiS oldere from headquarters,
and, as a rCgult, there is not o boomer
wagon within mile and a half OF the
line. A few mon have attempted To-
evade the patrol, but in every instance,
they were overhauled and brought
back. II General Merritt declines to
grant Mayor Rlley's request there 10
liable to be- o good deal Of trouble be.
tween some Of the boomers and the
troops. About hundred OF the former
held a meeting in the bed OF a dry creek
near the Rock Island railroad bridge
this afternoon, and after a good deal OF
discussion determined 10 move for Okla,
homa on the night oi april IS. phey
will leaYe their wagons and stock and
families here, TO follow as soon as the
military will let them move. ave have
good horses" said one Of the rebels,
"and we are not afraid OF being caught.
All We want is a fair start, and then you
Can depend upon 1t that We will be In
oklahoma as soon 40 the city crowds
that are coming in on the railroads"
THE DELAY RUNNING MANY.
A gentleman residing in Milwaukee
has received a letter from his brother.ln.
law, who lives twelve miles from the
Oklahoma border The writer says that
tho President should have declared the
territory open tho day alter the issuance
OF the proclamation, and continues /
There were at that time in the neigh.
borhood OF Oklahoma enough waiting
and anxious people to occupy It's every
home, Many OF them were the followers
Of the late Capt. David L. Payne, who
laborCd so long and zealously 10 accom-.
hlIsh the work that the RrepIlent,s pro.
Clamation does, Many OF these men
will be cut OF and ruined now.
"Asitis, there are now In the neighbor-
hood OF this territory, ready to move at
a moments notice, five times the mum.
Der OF people necessary To settle It, and
every wagon road Converging toward
this poitt from Missouri, Nebraska,
Colorado, Texas, and elsewhere, ID groin.
Ing under the burden Of wagons. Every
onb is going In the direction OF Okla.
homn, cross lots whom ho can, and this
is merely the van Of the army that is
TO come, Notwithstanding all reason and
warning,
THERE'S HOUND TO De TROUBLE.
"The great mass OF tho walters haveno
desire to hang around the frontier a day
or two, SO they will Try to be on hand Just
as soon rs the gate swings open. The
result, as II may reasonably be calcula.
lated, will be q teVet.ending series O!
petty but bloody battles, In comparison
TO which, county seat raCkcts and race
wars are but sham fights.
"Another element 10 the Western
rustlef, who has been through tie mill
been raised, % 1t were, on tho county
scat fights, and rocked upon tho blllowt
OF land contests. He does not CatC
about homeSLeads, but ho will 10 there
llo will 10 satisfied with q few OF thC
best lots In all Of tho heat toying, and hl
won't be satisfied Unless he has them
llO don't want anything that ihyolyel
trouble, but II trouble comes that is juI
what h0 laB hGen looking for, and hO'l
welcome II as old friend.
IN fact, the man who ls now BelllnC
Ills farm Of other property and plctutinl
10 himself a quiet, peaceful home Ii
Oklahoma, Is the fellow that / am writ
ing these few lines ior-the man | wan
10 wake mp. / would toll him 10 cont
with tho idea OF staying, but with thV
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