The evening world., 1893-09-16
The STRIP IS TAKEN.
Terrific Rush of Boomers Over
the Line at Noon.
Nearly Two Hundred Thousand
People In the Mad Rush.
Despite Precautions. Z" soonsrs +" Get
the Corner Lets in Perry.

ARKANSAS CITY, Sept. 16.-At IL
o'clock the bars that have so long en-
closed $4,000 acres Of public land were
let down and over 100000 men and
women Joined in the mad rush into the
Cherokee Strip.
The great jam was at Orlando. From
the elevation there the line could be seen
for a distance of eight miles east and ten
miles west. In each direction the line
was crowded until there appeared but a
black ribbon outlined on the gray sur
face about them. Half dozen times
some one would shout the hour of noon,
and fifty to a hundred horsemen would
draw out Of the line only to be driven
back by the cavalrymen who were pa
trolling the strip In front of the impa-
At last a pun Of smoke was seen out
on the plains to the north, and soon a
dull report of cannon was heard.
dozen carbines along. the line were fired
in response to the signal and the line
was broken.
Darling out at breakneck speed the
racers soon dotted the plains in every
vehicles driven with a madness that
disresarded every obstruction, the driy-
er s yelling and urging their horses with
veloped in-eiouds of dust. Behind these
came anxious f9otmen. carrying blan-
the heat and dust.
THE trains were loaded rapidly. At
to Ss
was given up as the rushing thousands
pushed those ahead of them the train
me, men giving all their time to collecting
The first train of twelve cars pulled
across the line at noon. crowded as
trains ad s never were before. Platforms
human life as were the insides.
Following this train. with an interval
OF only two or three minutes, went
combating Of nat and coal cars, all
crowded, had pulled across the line,
Followed BY at least 5000 disappointed.
RsrhtinE men: who w ,S were determined not
me ten-mile run to Perry was made
IN three.quarters of an hour. Before
es 81 The and 01s Smpn nmR pUm
But prompt as the rush had been the
best corner lots e We're aIresdy IN nq hand
when .n,;M.d the first of the regular boomers
GUTHRIE. o. T., Sept. 1s.-An night
but few Of the nearly 100000 boomers
upon the border of the promised land
closed their eyes in sleep. With prairie
mind and body strained by the pent-up
excitement of the coming struggle, there
was no room for sleep; no inclination to
Thi, morning the scenes were the same
that have, been witnessed at all other
great land rushss. There was a care
ing over harness and saddle, or oiling
horses. As the hour OF noon approached,
DreDardttOnS lOmnlpfad
The number of people msssed at vari-
GUS points was estimated to be as fol-
HHnneweii [kf Kaa sodo y CAMERON hsn sSSS
Tex: 800; Hsnnessy., 1000; Canton
1000. A total OF 100000
More than half as many more, We're
scattered SCAT. n o. little groups along the 400
armed deputy-marshal stood at the
front, but so few in number that the
Them ' out Of existence eep in tWinkii king
It was no armed force, but the Amerl-
can peoples patriotism and respect for
the law that held the waiting thousands
Thirty thousand certificates were is
sued at the Orlando booth. $1,000 at Heb
hhessy and aoScS at stllwater Every
sary for the Government to employ. fifty
clerks at some points instead of the
tnTee tney started with.
To-day started out cloudy, with every
indication OF rain before night. but the
dust war. flying in great clouds in the
morning before the rising wind.
Guthrie was deserted. All the banks
ana stores were closed, and 1t was
quieter than on Sunday. Every other
city near the Strip was In the same con-
dition. All the men and half of the wo-
At Orlando-on the Line the trainloads
Of people who went from here at early
dawn We're made to leave the cars and
take their places with the thousa nds
who had spent the night there.
thousand or so of people who had
not registered were speedily accommo-
dated and then began the pushing and
crowding and elbowing resulting from
everybody's desire to enter the Strip on
the hrst train, which had capacity OF
less than two thousand.
At 1l.30 o'clock the first train pulled
up 70 the line and the others came right
The soder she on erG the g Frshed
were swept from their feet, and for a
moment II seemed as though the mob
would capture the train. but the blue
coats soon recovered, and made every
body show certificate before enter
Ing H..
train was filled, and was repeated on
a smaller scale at each succeeding train.
Kilied in n Quarrel Over a Won an.
ARDMORE. !. T., Sept. ia despatch
from Davis, !. T.. says that NJ. A. Bald
win. young physician, was shot and
killed by Jesse Bowden. at Palmer, on
Rock Greek, Thursday. The tragedy
= h. .G rvaals