St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-17
One Hundred Thousand Peo-
pie on the Strip.
fHE MAD Rush Of SETTLERS.
Camp Fires Of Civilization
on Thousands Of CLAIMS.
CITY OF 10000 PEOPLE FORMED
Where But Yesterday Was a
Desolate, Barren Prairie.
fEMARKABLE SCENES ENACTED.

GUTHRIE, o. T.. Sept. 16.-Today Is
day long to be remembered by thou
sands upon thousands of people. An
army as great in number as any army
that fought in the War of the Rebellion
today invaded new empire and planted
families of another race upon the SOIL of
the red men. The invasion, although
peaceful one, was none the less magni1-
ictnt in its proportions, and great con-
sequences d, pend upon its action. Ihis
invasion, unlike the invasion uf an
army, was not directed by the hand or
any great general; no man acted as
leader and directed the points of attack.
Like the Swarming hOrdes of Huns and
NUrhmen. they came in bands, colonies
and dozens. in thTeeS and tours, nun
dreGS and thousands, acting individual
~ for themselves, responsible to no
one. Thousands Of honest hnlnrseekers
aid spectators, gamblers and cohh-
dpnce men, thousands Of professional
land jumpers, who have exhausted their
homestead rights and have no honest
claim whatever upon the vacant Indian
lands, tile sporting men with the fast
horse 10 be bought or hired, all running
Tor the best claim or the best town lot.
Here were poor individuals with second
rate horses, but the best they could get,
old plugs, mules and caSt-uffS that are
gathered up by the poorer boomers,
none the less anxious to secure their
share of the government domain; here
were fine carriages with men of style.
well heeed with all the projections
against wind, water, or the cravings of
hunger or the
CRAVINGS OF DRINK.
Dudish gentl..men who will probably
come back and boast of what they
have seen but without any claims;
women on horseback who will stake
claims and hold them: old gre aSy
covered wagons accompanied by women
and children. cows aud plowS, and all
the barauhernaIia for going right to
work and not returning until compelled
to for something to eat. Verify, this
iaet named class will be the stayers and
tiIlers and developers of tine country.
until such times as men OF better
means come along and buy them out.
There were all manner of men and
women, in all sorts of attires. racing for
fortune over the miles Of level prairie
or hills or through streams and gul-
leys. Tonight, on thousands of
claims. the campfires OF civil
ixatIOn are burning where never
before was seen anght but the hunters
camp; tonight the sun set on land
thck!y peopled. where since time began
none but the wandering Indian had
made his home: where the buffalo and
the wild horse r0amed at will, tonight
lens of thousands of domestic animals
are peacefully browsing and taking the
rest they need SO badly, and hundred
thousand people have eaten about the
Camp fires the first evening meal in a
home claimed from the wilderness. and
thousands of men are for the first time
looking over broad acres they call their
own. 1t is very crude yet, but out Of
the dust and excitement of today will
grow great and
PuPULOUS COMMUNITIES.
where will be wealth and prosperity
and fine homes, schools and churches,
together with noted men and women.
Out OF chaos and confusion will come
quiet and contentment; out of the raw
prairie will Sprlng orchards and wav-
ing graiu; where the blue stem now
grows and where the buffalo grass cov-
ers the ground thee will be planted
tame grasses which will pasture thor
nughhred stock. For many weary
nd In
have waited to cross over to the prom
iSed land. During the hot and sui
try days they stood in line in burning
sun, their eyes blinded by dust and
their throatS parched with thirst, obey
ing the useless red tape requirements
OF whimsical government officials and
paying out almost their last dollar for
food and water, dOied out. at prices
equal TO highway robbery. by specu-
laturs and ring politicians. but through
il all they have been peaceful and law
abiding. All night last night the peo-
pie OH the border were on the move Or
active with preparations for the coming
race, and the sun looked over the east
ern hills upon
SCENE OF ACTIVITY
on every side. great domain that was
at last to be possessed by white men
All along the southern line were gath
cred close on to 100000 people. the
greatest numbers being massed at Still
water, Hennesey and Orlando. At the
latter place fully 10000 people were
gathered, two-thirds of whom depended
upon going into the land upon the Santa
Fe trains, and every one determined to
be upon the first train in. The register.
ing booths ran all morning, but were
entirely out of business by II
O'Clock and the cerks packed
up and prepared TO make the run
with the rest. The objective point
of the great mass of people in this vicin
ity was Perry, where tonight is city
of 10000 on land which was this morn
ing just as God created, save for a few
hundred stakes, small frame shant1
and a railroad track. All night the
people stood or lay along the railroad
track, each hoping TO secure and hold {
place most favorable for the getting
upon the trains, and when the time ap-
preached today for the trains to star
the struggle for first place was a hand
to-hand combat between 10000 people
every man had TO rustic for himself.