The morning news., 1889-04-23
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fact that large number Of coach windows
We're broken out by people who were
anxious to obtain seats A strong guard of
| railroad men was detailed to protect the
company'S property and they had a CON
tract OF large dimensions on their hands.
| Inc crowd was panic stricken. After wait
ing SO many eventful days and nights for
the hour of action to come men were seized
| with sudden fear that they would be left
| In the lurch, and that fear
served to make them like drove of stan-
peded cattle. There was vain attempt at
! good humor In the struggle which concealed
| the grim purpose behind. There was no
! quarter shown in the rush for place. 1t
| was wild west crowd, headed toward
new field Ct enterprise and development,
| and no one who has never seen such thing
| in action can have the remotest conception
OF it. 1t had leaked out during the wake
| ful hours Of the night that the press special
coach would he part of the first train
| to move, but the railroad manage
! ment had succeeded well in keep
| ing this fact secret. No one
but the representatives of the press were
| informed of the fact or knew of the loca-
| ton of the coach and the time of its de-
parture, but it is impossible to keep such
| information from people who sit up all
night to find out the shortest and easiest
way of getting into the promised land.
| The result was that when the news
| paper coach was backed up at
! point below the depot the entire crowd
| charged upon it. The newspaper men
were arranged in solid phalanx but had to
| fight for access to the rear platform of the
cars. After them came a swarm Of men
with bogus credentials. presuming to rep
resent every great newspaper in the United
| States. Nearly every correspondent was
| called upon to discredit two of these as
sumed journalists, and scores of others
failed OF Identification or recognition and
had to fall back with more Of haste than
| good order.
THE START.
The first section pulled out at 8:35 O'Clock,
and reached the Oklahoma line about 1905
| o'clock. A little farther on the entire face
| OF the country as far as the best field glass
| could carry the sight was overrun with
| horsemen galloping to the southwark.
| Their feetest horses had evidently been
| picked for the work, and they were carry
! ing their riders rapidly to the longed for
| goal Rides of fifteen to twenty miles we're
made in an incredible short space of time
| by old boomers familiar with the country
and who knew where the desirable lands
| were located.
Out of the dust which arose toward the
| east could be seen, after the train had
reached the summit of the high ridge,
| wagon caravan fully two miles in length
and which was being sped to the utmost of
| its horses These caravans were plainly
| outdistanced by the horseback riders, and
after several miles of territory had been
| traversed it was seen that the best riders
were winning the best prizes.
| AT GUTHRIE.
| 1t lacked but few minutes of O'Clock
when the train stopped in front of the
| Guthrie depot. Before the train came to a
stop it was seen that somebody was already
| ba alr Ir ali
| populated. Tents were numerous on the
eastern slope and stakes were sticking up
| out of the ground like poles IN a
| bean patch. Men could be
| seen racing in the direction of valuable
| holdings, and the scene was as busy and
animated as it is possible TO imagine The
| profanity among Arkansas City, Wichita
and Kansas City spectators was both loud
and deep. If there has been pros
| pect Of shooting at any time to-
| day it was when these men found them
selves batfied at the game Of freeze
out, but they were compelled to swallow
their wrath, for according to all the tehch-
nicalities in law the men in possessession
| were tle rightful owners, and the men who
had been left out were the ones who had
been most persistent in their demand for
| the laws enforcement. There was nothing
| to do but to take what was
| left, and it was in the scramble to
| get this that the most ludicious
scene of the day was presented. When the
| second and third sections Of the AtchIson
traiu arrived and found everything
| cornered the air was blue for miles around
the metropolis. There was nothing 60 do,
however, as every lot was protected by
| rifles and revolvers, and if shooting began
there was no telling where it would stop.
THE ONLY RECOURSE.
The only recourse left to the disappointed
men was to buy out such holders of lots as
were willing to sell or run the risk Of taking
outside the legal limit. Both courses were
adopted Several transfers were made TO-
day, and others who determined to locate
here drove stakes outside the town line.
This is preparatory to the purchase of
homesteaders' rights and the extension
of the city limits. No one who has
never seen a western town take form and
shape can comprehend how quickly full
rugged city with double deck boom can be
put in running motion. Guthrie has its
Main street, its Harrison street, its Guthrie
avenue and it's Oklahoma avenue, and this
morning IL was wilderness. In the after
noon at 4 O'clock the first municipal election
occurred. The election notice appeared to-
day in the Oklahoma Herald, a daily paper,
Published at Guthrie, on the first day Of its
existence. The council will be elected at
the same time. Nearly 10000 votes were
polled, as there are about that many men in
Guthrie, with the Intention Of becoming
citizens. The leading candidates for mayor
were Adjt. Gen. Rice Of Illinois, VIM. Con-
stautine Of Springfield, OHIO, aud T.. L.
Sumner OF Arkansas City. A strong dark
horse is +. Volney Haggart Of Huron, Oak.
THE BANK.
The Bank of Oklahoma opened for bust
ness at Guthrie to-day with a capital #
$4,000 NJ +. Levy Of Wichita is presi-
dent, George W. Robinson, banker of
Winfield, aud Hon. Horace Speed OF In
dlanapolis are directors.
The new city is flooded With business
cards of all descriptions representing every
line Of trade aud business every profession
aud every occupation imaginable A mass
Of mail is expected to reach the Guthrie
postoilice every day. II is now being run
by postal clerk, detailed for that purpose,
but Mr.. Flynn OF Ke1wa, Kansas, lately
appointed postmaster, will take charge In a
day or two.
a scheme, which resulted in the practical
cornering of town lots to-day, originated,
as has been fully indicated in this cJrre
spondence, with tho Atchlson, Topeka aud
Santa Fe railroad, probably in combination
with syndicate who have been hard at
work in Arkansas City for week or more
past. As stated before, numbers Of men
have been going into the territory as dep .ty
IN rshals and Others under permit Of being
railroad employees. Tho marehals were
simply commissioned and not sworn, aud
tho railroad men were not burdened with