Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-09-22
FOUGHT FOR HOMES
WILD SCENES IN THE RUSH
FOR LAND IN TIL; STRIP.

Hundreds Are Injured, Many Fa-
tally, In the Struggle For Advan-
ta.c - Crowds Of Disappointed
Boomers ic.;ch Kansas City On the
Way East.
GUTHRIE, o. T., SEPT. II. - The scenes
that were enacted Saturday in the wild
race for lan,l in the Cherokee strip
were beyond description People fought
like wild animals to get aboard trains
to get into lie s,!ip,#nd hundreds were
injured, some fatally Men forgot
their manhood; women lost :heir self
respect in the wild struggle for advan-
tase, and these who won secured but IA
chance in lottery with numerous
blanks and many l-.Zcs that were
worse than blanks.
The arrival Of morning trains from
the south WAS the sigma! for the OPEN
ing of the Cherokee strip. The people
in the trains wanted to remain, but the
deruty Marsla.s with guns and clubs
drove them cut like so many cattle.
telling them they must go 10 the lines,
mi.c away. ard many walked there,
old men and weak women
Painting by the Way.
Then came Il change of order and the
cars Were again thrown open and the
crowd at the depot surged in, filling
them to the roof, while men hung upon
the tlucks, upo,, the tender and Oh the
mail Car guards, and hundreds climbed
upon the roofs. Those who had obeyed
orders and sone TO the line waited in
vain for Tie tain TO ccmc and We're
! compelled to get into the last trains.
ell leaving loTe of getting land or lots.
During the terrible struggle TO get on
| the fist trains CEcman had his shoulder
broken. one Ieg dislocated and a
woman an arm broken. Twenty others
were badly lamllcd upon.
".ooncrs Get the Best.
A mighty shout went up as the first
train n.cvcL cut over Tie prairie, fol
lowed ly a asvond, third. Il fourth
and Fifth. The lun to the town site
of Perry was made in ~ minutes
but when the truins came in sight Of
the town two.thilGs cf the best lots
were taken by the "sooners" Horse
men were pouring in over bluff to the
east at the rate OF SO minute
Those on the first train secured some
business lots and those on the secont
some residence lots in the outskirts
but Tie 1,0uO III the otl.o- trains go
race all the way between the trains
and the horsemen, With the odds il
favor of the horses.
Woman Falls From ~ Train.
One unknown wom#il .ell from thu
seccmd train near Wharton and wa
fatally injured. Lortnzo Holcclnb o
Mulhall, 0. r., was fatally crushed b,
his horse falling ulon hin, and join
Mccain had his lie. broken, but after
ward rode SIX miles and secured a goot
To-. A conveyance conveying Majo
B@t.lran OF St. Louis and Rev. join
Aughy of Muli:all was wrecked an,
Rev. NJ: Aughy badly injured. A
one bad yulch on the trail three con
veyances were wrecked and six horse
and one man killed.
Many Make the Race from Stiilwate
AT Saltwater tie crowd rumbare
about 1.Gy0. Most of tl:eiu went int
the Pawi!ee cCilnily and scattera
wildly. One man WAS killed there an
several ba';lv injured. AT Hennesse
about i.,GCU people We're Massed. three
fourths Of theia bound for the tow
site OF Enid, and the same scenes we.
enacted there as at Perry One man
. reported shot over u town lot Quarrt
and one woman badly injured b
throwing herself from the train. I.
Ham of Pauls Valley beat tie train o
a bicycle and secured fine claim at
joining the town site and ten othe
5icyclists got ela.,:s. So great hi
Eeen the scope Ct country covered b
: TIE rush that details: ale late i'll arri'
ing, | ut when the truth is known it
pretty sure that tho death list wi
} reach a score and the injured be nun
) Eered by hundreds.