The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-15
ON TO The STRIP.
Rush of the Boomers for the
Cherokee Lands.
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY
A Big Contingent Arrives from Oklahoma
The Whitehall Lynchers Sentenced to I'M
prisOnment for Life-Ives and Stayner.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kas., March 14-"On to
the strlpW That was the signal for the
invasion of the Cherokee outlet by the
anxious boomers who have been gathered
On the border of the strip the past forty
eight hours. 1t re-echoed around the out
let from midnight until dawn this morning,
and when the sun rose over the promised
land the invasion fairly begun All day
long lines OF canvas covered prairie schoon-
ers drew into the coveted land. Tonight it
is estimated from different points of en-
trance that fully 10000 people have passed
the border, and half of that number
have staked claims. The strips invaded,
and for a month past, in fact ever since
President Harrison issued his proclama-
ton ordering the cattlemen to vacate the
outlet, the boomers have been gathering
on the frontier They were all sorts of
people and came in all sorts of rigs. Some
who could not afford the luxury even of a
wagon tramped to the border beside their
horses laden with household goods and
children. At all the principal points of
assembly boomer" associations of
various kinds have been formed 1t has
been the general belief among the leaders
that President Harrison would not insist
upon their removal when once established
upon their claims. Yesterday afternoon
all was quiet among the boomers. Six
hours later scene of excitement prevailed
equal to that which accompanied the in
vasion of Oklahoma year ago. News
was received from Washington that the
Oklahoma bill had passed the House The
news spread quickly, and by II o'clock the
male boomers were making hurried prepa-
ratlons to move at once over the border.
The sun was just rising when the first
team started. The invasion came with
rush. No one expected it, even the set
tiers themselves, the tenants of the strip.
the Cherokee Live Stock association. and
agents were taken entirely unawares. The
Cherokee Indian.police force was too insig-
niticant to oppose the invaders The gov
eminent, so far as known, had taken no
precautions to arrest possible movement
of settlers, and it was not until early
this morning that the military appeared
upon the scene. Captain Burbank, in
command of small force of troops at
Oklahoma City, marched into the strip
late last night to stay the progress of the
boomers, but so far as known this force
had no effect in retarding the movement.
On entering the strip the cattle grazing
there looked upon the unusual scene with
alarm, stampede ensuing which the cow
boys in charge were unable either to check
or control. The cattle fled five or six
miles before the invaders from the
north where they were met by boom
ers coming up from Oklahoma.
Between these two fires they were driven
east and west Arriving on the strip the
settlers staked their claims Advices from
Iowa say SEQ boomers had started from
there. Just as their wagons were ready to
move, big prairie fire was discovered
raging in the outlet. 1t is thought it may
have been set by the cattle people to drive
back the settlers. So anxious. however.
were the boomers that not even fire could
stop them and they proceeded, avoiding it
by making detour. Five hundred more
went in from Caldwell, while Guthrie,
which a year ago was the objective point
of the noted rush into Oklahoma, was to-
day the starting place for 500 boomers
bound for the strip.