St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-24

no takers as yet
The American flag will be raised on
The big flag pole at the Everett hotel at
Jacksonville the morning of the day of
Tie fight. il it is decided to havs the
fight In Jacksonville. III the fight takes
place outside the city white flag will
be run up instead, and all participants
Will know that the Florida Central Il
Peninsula railroad will carry the people
10 the ground.
Speaking of Judge Calls probable
decision on the injunction, Manager
Bowden said: IF the judge says that
this contest Is against the law. then we
will at once declare the fight off. and it
Will be held nowhere. If. however. the
/ Judge simply refuses the injunction. i'll
some technieality bearing and does not
pass on the law question, then we will
go ahead and pull off the Eight where it
Will nor be interfered with"
''ln the woodS?"
"Yes."
NV hat woodS?'
Florida woods.''
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Jan. 2S.- Tan
glble evidence OF the governors opposi-
ton 70 the Corbett- Mitchell contest pre-
! scented itself this evening In the arrival
OF the second battalion of state militia,
comprising four companies, under COM
mand of Adit. Gen. Horton and Maj G..
L. Lowell. Same of the soldiers are far
from pleased tonight at the Kisses and
groanS accorded them by many people
lining the street. who were undoubtedly
SympathlZerS with the proposed prize
hSht. As the train stopped thu militia,
under command Of their respective Off
GERS, came bpndling out of the ears,
each soldier i'll heavy marching equip
nent and wearing regulation UNIFORM
A few minutes later the command to
gall IN was given, and the four coal-
panieS Incl alongside of the coaches.
by this time the crowd a. the depot had
III a measure recovered from the tempo
rary fascination of looking at the SOL
, aierS,and while they were being mar
shalied, preparatory To marching to tile
arnury, the humor of the spectators be-
gan 10 manifest and the sol liers were
greeted with remarks of ridicule. The
first person to brave the diSpleasure of
the state troops was small! negro boy
who yelled out: You Ray bring YOUR
guns. but You can't stop the ti-ht" The
remark proved infectious, and similar
taunts were hurled at the unoffcnding
sons OF Mars. where is the governor?;'
go back home" and expressions of a
like nature rang out while the soldiers
- PA ~ l,,to
OF several men were placed in charge Of
the baggage and The remainder of
THE MILITIA
under command of their commanders
marched up Bay street. thence out to
the Wilson battery armory. Under the
glare OF the electric light they present
ed a martial appearance, and as they
turned the corner into Bay street some
one yelled: 1T looks like war sure.''
Something or a sensational nature oc-
curred when the soldiers were passing
in front of the Globe saloon. All the
way up the street they were met with
deriSiye yells and Kisses, aud occasional
haunting remarks being sandwiched in.
Crowds thronged the streets, the gal
leries and the windows, and great
commOtion was created. In front of the
Globe saloon there was an unusually
large crowd, which gave ven. to its dis
pleasure by such volume of Kisses
that it must have made the ears of the
soldiers tingle. The misses Increased
until tile noise became groWl, when
the soldiers suddenly, under an order
from their captains, lowered their guns
to position to load, and went through
the motion whether they did or not.
This significant action was at once no.
ticed by the crowd. and was only re-
ceived with ridicule. There We're 13S
men in the
BATTALION, DIVIDED UP
into Companies \, B, G, and ID, Lieut..
Davidson, of Company A, said that the
men had come up under great disad-
vantage. They were employed with
very few exceptions, and found it in
convenient to get Off
The men were very angry when they
reached the armory. claiming that the
Kisses and other insults which they
were subjected to ON the march from
the railroad station had left them with
no good feeling toward tue people of
Jacksonville. OF the same frame of
mind were the men OF Company D, of
Sanford, thlrty-tWo strong. commanded
by Capt. Tet1ler. One private went SO
far as to say had he not received strict
orders not TO fire unless commanded,
soinc one in the crowd would have been
hurt when the Kissing began. "lf we
f.. Il
get order to fire we will do so, and not
in the air either. Our boys were brought
up with guns in their hands, aud they
can hit man guess across the street.
After the treatment we received to-
night L know my men are very ill
humored, and believe they will shoot
to kill should occasion require it,"
Similar expressions were made by
others of the battalion, ard the fact is
evident this evening that there is much
bad feeling among the boys in blue
from the outside districts over the re-
ception accorded them by a large pOr-
ton of the people of Jacksonville
streets, simply as one of them said,
because Jacksonville people are afraid
that the governors action may drive u
little business away from their old
city,"
The much-indorsed and mueh-talked-
| of check for $40, 600. which
! REPRESENTS THE PURSE
| for which Corbett and Mitchell are to
fight, has not yet gone down the back
entry of time. II is yet all element i'll
| the equation. and will remain so to the
end. When Referee Kelly yesterday
| called upon the cluD to convert this
| cheek into cash, the club, in conference.
! decided TO do so. In some way or an
| other, it seems to have been at the time
unknown either TO Kelly or to the club,
| that something stuck TO the check. and
1t is again dangling there, big. before