The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-23

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this legal action arc declarations mado
on tho subject tonight by Mayor
Fletcher, Of Jacksonville. '' n
WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS.
1Io declared tonight to an Associated
Press correspondent that tho city had
passed IN ordinance permitting such
contests as that proposed between
Mitchell and Corbett, and had accepted
from their representatives money for
liconsea. Undor these circumstances hc
beloved 1t to bo the duty OF tho City OF
Jacksonville to protect tho club and tho
lghtors as far US II can.
"Ihero has boon considerable talk,
aaid tho mayor, 'about my swearing In
special policemen to protect tho nshtcrs
and seeing that thcy are allowed to
have their little affair without molests.
ton. ! have never dono such thing,
nor will do It. These mon and the
club arc violating no law OF this NUM-
cipality. aud ! have no right 10
Interfere with them. Mother am
] in any way bound to protect
them beyond seeing that thoy arc
allowed to proceed under tho ordinance
passed by the city council. This says
that the chief OF police must be at the
ring sido and satisfy himself that the
parties to tho fight havo permit and
that tho gloves weigh not lcss than five
ounces. He will be at the ring II the
fight comes of in tho arena; he will
look at the permit and weight Of tho
gloves, and then he will allow them to-
proceed.
"But what about. the militia and tho
sheriff."
THAT is no business OF the city's. l
shall allow the men to 60 ahead but II
the authorities Of Duval county or Of
the state step In and stop the eight 1t Ia
no affair OF mine. The city council Of
Jacksonville cannot by passing IN
ordinance render void tho law which
l understand Governor Mitchell do.
clares will be violated. Whether or
not the law is being violated ia matter
for tho courts. Tho city OF Jacksonville
has nothing to do with 1t and does not
propose to argue it. We will allow tho
mon TO proceed but. will not protect
them II tho county or state stops them.
We arc no more bound to protect the Du-
val Club, simply because it has license,
than we aro bound TO protect anu guar
antee success to saloonkceper OF any
other branch OF bupincss 10: which a
license has besn granted"
There Is large sizcd rumor abroad
that Mayor Fletcher has agreed to
swear in five hundred policemen to pro-
tect tho lighters. This he tonight posi-
tiTely denied.
THE TENT SHIPPED.
Two baggage cars, 4 cabooso, and IN
engine. pulled out OF n siding in tho
yards OF the Florida Central {; peninsu.
lar railroad at T o'clock tonight. There
was nothing very strange about the in
cident, and it excited no particular COM
ment at the time. The two baggage
cars had been standing on the sidsn.
for days up against q bumper, and tho
caboose, coupled to passenger train,
was backed down and made fast 10 :hc
cars.
Inside tho two cars were packed
circus tent aud portable scats OF tho
Frank Gentry circus. In tho caboose,
the blinds and sliding shades of which
were tightly drawn, there were thirty
five picked men, armed each with
brace OF Colts As. Every man of
them had been sworn in as a deputy
sheriff, the oath having been admin.
istered by the sheriff Of can adjacent
county friendly to the promoters Of tho
contest between Corbett and Mitchell.
Just where tho tent was bound for no
ono outside tho inner circle OF the
Duval Athletic Club knows. and those
who do, for obvious reasons, will not
divu!ge 1t
Adjutant General Houston arrived in
Jacksonville this afternoon to make ar.
rangcnents for quartcring the COM
panies OF the second battalion which
will arrive tomorrow. The men will be
quarterod in tho armory in this city.
Gen. Houston said that as he was sent to
Jacksonville 10 prevent the fight he
proposed 10 do so, and would uso every
means in mis- power to effect this pur-
pose. II am acting under instructions
from Governor MITCHELL" said he, "and
l will carry them out to the letter"
General Houston. docs not anticipate
Rnytroublo in preventing tho battle and
evidently thinks tha. the sight of tho
troops will be sufficient 10 deter the
men from en.oring the ring.
DEADnEADS LIMITED.
Manager Bowdcn OF the club created
CONSERVATION in the club rooms TO.
night in tho presence Of lot Of news
paper men by making tho startling an
nounccmeut that the prize fighters were
gcing out on train TO fight. and that
no newspaper wa4 to havo more than
one representative free Of charge,
and ,hon only tho most roputa.
bio papers Of tho country. lle went on
to give His reasons, and stated that the
club was fully fifty thousand dollars in
tho hole and he did not propose to have
newspaper men aboard displacing
patrons who would put up their S25 ior
tickets This unlocked for assertion
was brought about by the request Of q
local newspaper man for tickets for
morning and evening newspaper which
arc under the same control.
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