St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-19
RIOT ON The BORDER,
An Attempt to Keep Negroes
Out Of the New Edo
RADIO.
Cowboys and Indians Inclined
to Shoot Down the AZ
ricans.
Thousands Of HomeSeekerS
Gather for the Grand
Rush.
Hundreds Of Camp Fires Burn
ing Near Oklahoma and
Guthrie.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Sept. 1S.-A deputy
sheriff has just arrived from the line of
the eastern Indian lands. bringing news
of race war in progress there, just on
the line of the Iowa reservation. The
town of Laudston was founded several
months ago, and is inhabited solely by
negroes. There are several thousand of
them there, and more arriving daily on
the line of the new lands. The negroes
contemplate settling in body in the
Clmmaroon valley as soon as the
lands are opened. A gang
OF cowboys from the Cherokee
strip also have their eyes on
the locality, and say that any negro vino
attempts to settle there will be killed.
Yesterday the cowboys visited Lang
ston, got into row and attempted to
shot EggleSton, editor Of the Herald.
Last night they returned, all drunk and
fired score of shots into a crowd of ne
groes on the street. Several received
slight wounds. The COWBOYS left,
swearing they would return to-day and
wipe out the town. The negroes have
all armed themselves. and if they do
return many will likely be killed. A
force of officers has left for the scene.
The long Delayed News
from Washington announcing the OPEN
ing of the coded Indian lands for next
Tuesday was received here this mora-
ing and caused intense excitement.
Now will come rush of home seekers
almost as great as that which followed
the opening OF Oklahoma territory. and
m
that interesting event will be repeated.
The coded reservations comprise almost
as much territory as Oklahoma proper.
The land lies directly east of Okla
hOma. The two regions are sepa-
rated by the Indian merld dian
line. The north fork of the Canadian
river runs directly through the new
country. Thousands OF people have
been camped on the meridian line for
days. Hundreds of camp fires have
beeen During around Oklahoma City
and Guthrie for weeks, and the streets
have been blocked with every cOnceiv-
able kind OF vehicle, all ready to start
for the promised land on receipt of the
word from Washington. Companies y
and ID of the Thirteenth infantry and
troop OF the Fifth cavalry are
in the new territory driving out the
boomers and assisting in maintaining
order he Oklahoma and Guthrie bust
ness houses
VIII BE Sadly Crippled
by the great exodus from these two
cities that is now taking place. Many
of the merchants are closing their stores.
and joining in the general rush. The
receipt of the news from Washington
was the signal for the exodus to COM
mence. Thousands of people swarmed
the streets. The news spread rapidly.
The intelligence was the signal for the
big caravans of the homeseekers to
commence to move. Everybody is now
making the best possible time in get
ting in the line to join the crowd that
is already waiting for next Tues
day. The new country is well watered
and we'll timbered. 1t is very desirable
for homes. The villages on the ceded
reservations are now almost deserted.
The Indians do not object seriously to
the occupation OF the lands by the
whites, but they hate the negro. In the
treaty with the Sac and Fox Indians
the words ''open to white settlement"
occur. These words are apt to cause
some trouble. The indians say that
they VIII insist on their stipulation, and
will not permit negroes to take lands in
their country.