St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-17
BAD FOR Tnn BOOMERS.
Troops Ordered to Invade the
Cherokee StriD.

troops OrueFeu 10 1nVau0 tIlc
Cherokee Strip.
FORT LEAvENWORTH, Kan, March
16.-Gen. Merritt has ordered six troops
of cavalry to proceed to the Cherokee
strip and ouSt the boomers there. Two
troops of cavalry have been ordered
from each Of the towns of Okla homa
City, Fort Reno and Fort Supply to
proceed at once to Guthrie. at that
point the forces will be united under
the senior captain, and concentrated
movement on the settlers will be made.
The forces started from the towns men,
toned this morning, and will prob
ably not all arrive at Guthrie be-
fore Monday night OF Tuesday
morning. Lieut.. Lodge, staff Off
Ger of Gen. Merritt, was dispatched
yesterday from Fort Leavenworth
to the strip to at once make full re-
port by telegraph of the state OF affairs.
Troops at Fort LeavenWOrth will be put
in readiness to move should the report
from Lieut.. Lodge make such action
necessary. 1t was learned this evening
that Gen. Merritt has given instructions
for the troops to give the settlers ample
time to vacate before reSOrting to fore
ibe measures. Under no circum-
stances will such measures be taken un-
less the boomers, after being given full
opportunity to vacate, refuse to leave.
In any case the movement on the BOOM
ers viii not be hasty. A day or two
will probably elapSe after the arrival of
the troops at Guthrie before the march
to The strip is taken up.
GUTHRIE, Ind. Ter, March 16.-The
presidents proclamation ordering all
settlers on the Cherokee strip to vacate
is already having the desired effect.
This. together with the orders received
by Gen. Merritt at Fort LeavenWOrth
to use troops if necessary to eject the
boomers, has already caused consider
able of an exodus from the forbidden
territory. All day long the trains were
loaded down with boomers leaving the
strip, A large number of them went to
Arkansas City and about 100 came to
this point. Many poor people who
tocked to the Cherokee strip, under the
wrong impression that it was open to
settlement, haven't the means to re-
turn, and will remain there until the
troops escort them out.
WILLOW SPRINGS, Ind. Ter, March
l6.-Neither the presidents proclama-
ton nor the order for troops to Oust the
boomers has yet been received here.
Consequently the boomers are still ar
riving in their prairie schooners. Some
are returning 10 Kansas and OklahO ma,
but for every one that leaves there is a
newcomer to take his place. Many
tOwnsite boomers are here, and consid-
cradle of a town has been laid off and
surveyed. A large tent has been erected.
where the boomers held meeting to-
day and organized the town of Willow
Springs. The streets are to be laid off
tomorrow and town lots are to be Sc
cured by lottery. Two female boomers
were accorded the privilege OF making
first and second choice of corner lots.
A lumber yard is to be erected and
building will begin at once.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Joel B.
Mayes, principal chief of the Cherokee
nation, is in the city, having come on
here for the purpose of protesting
against the government taking the
Cherokee strip. The news of the occu-
patton of the strip by the boomers has
angered him, and to-day he very forci-
bly, expressed his opinion that some of
them should be shot down. 1t would
teach the others to respect peoples
rights, he said. He expressed his pleas
are at the presidents proclamation, and
his hope that the boomers would all be
cleaned ont.