The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-02
woMAN's WAR.
The Afr Biue Around wichi Street on Ac-
cornt Of the Sensational correspondents.


A womans war ragged furiously on
Wichita street all day yesterday, and it
looked for time as If 1t would be neces-
sary to import an army OF Pinkertons to
preserve order. The fight comm enced
yesterday morning at sun up and 1t cid
not cease till the same sun went down.
after which Officers Glover and Guyer
arrested four Of the warriors and took them
TO the city prison. Sunday morning
sensational Kansas City paper contained
a long article rejecting on the character OF
a woman and her daughter who reside on
Wichita street. Merry opposite this no use
Is another house kept by widow. AT
this house a well known printer resides
who has the reputation IN the neishborhood
OF being the correspondent for the sensa-
tional paper in question. Yesterday
morning, bright and early, the two agriv-
Ell females Laid seige TO this house in hopes
of catching the printer, who swears by the
way, by al that Is good and great, that he
is not the correspondent. Sticks and
stones and bricks and missiles OF various
other kinds were brought into requistion,
so the policemen say, and were showered
literally against the house. After the
siege lasting some time, the women be-
came exhausted and n ceasation Of hosril-
titles easued. It is also stated that the
woman who resided in the house grinned
and the two women who had been written
up or in the pArlanee OF the day she joshed
them for being paraded in the newspapers.
This of course is sufficient excuse
for any woman or women to get
their mettie up. Anyhow when
the war temporarily ceased the landlady
Of the prescribed printer-corresponden
ventured up town TO bay the necessaries
of life. and before going home she asked
for police protection. Officer Charles
Guyer responded and he accompanied her
10 the alley in rear OF her premises, aud
while the woman went around the corner
be went across lots SO as TO be in a con-
veniens place if hostiiities were renewed.
His action was a wise cae, for he arrived
in time TO prevent a vigorous hair pulling.
In addition TO having z boarder this
woman had grown up son, but his SYM
pathies went 70 the youngest one OF the
belligerents instead of to his own mother,
and when he saw Officer Guyer appearing
on the scene he went to
her side and was hustIing her
away from the officers presence when
the optic OF the Metropolitan fell on him.
The latter rushed after him and the young
man quit the girl cold and showed the off,
Ger his heels The officer shouted, stop
him" with all his might, and Ed Key, Il
railrc ad man, gave the fleeing youth a
belt" and brought him to standstill.
He was then formally put under arrest.
Just then a young man named Brown
came to the front and became partici-
pant in the affray. Il happened thst
Brown, who was at Independence, Mo-, a
few days ago. found there copy of the
sensational paper in question. which re-
fected on the good name Of a relative. He
Immediately packed up his buds and
struck out for Wichita, with the ayowed
purpose of killing the correspondent, who
he, too, thought was the printer. He had
Just arrived early enough TO be in at the
enactment of this scene, and having no
love for police in general, and, be-
ing chum OF the boy under
arrest, he commenced shooting of
his mouth" as the policeman expressed il.
He was arrested for interfering with the
duty of an officer by Tom Glover and both
were marched TO the bastile. Another
trip was made after the women. but they
positively refused to go. Both officers
palavered them and finally they consented
to go and see the chief of police, but when
they got TO the Office they were told they
were then under arrest. A little later the
women were permitted to go home, while
the boys were locked up. 1t is alleged
that the two victims OF the alleged CORE
spondent have stated that they propose to
burn his lodging house tonight and him
in it if they can get near enough to it, but
they probably changed their minds after
the interview with the police. It is said
that the end is not yet The ARRAY caused
great excitement in the reishborhood all
day.