The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-01

| back and on loot. The search proceeded.
until overcome by WEAKNESS the pursuers
were compelled to call off their chase.
At Muldrow's mill. about seven miles
west OF here. definite Information OF the
whereabouts of the spies was obtained. y
cit zen named Williams met nine spies
and one white man supposed to be their
guard in swamp there. He brought an
offer OF surrender of the spies 10 the
yigilaDteS who at the time were At the
mill. The pursued men offered to surren-
der their arms if given guarantee of safe
conduct for their persons and also their
liberty. The spies, Williams says, were
to wait until 10 o'clock for reply to be
brought 10y him at once. Williams re-
turned with an agreement from the pur-
suers but found the truce was to gam
time 10 escape. The pursued men had all
gone. Pursuit was delayed by lack of or
ganization aud discipline in The band or
purSuers. Every man wanted to have MS
way, SO much time was lost. Guards were
finally sent by the vigilantes. A Gordon
was thrown around the swamp ana men
sent 10 beat up the game, but daylight
showed that the spies had slipped by the
guard at a bridge and had made oil. The
remainder of the night was spent by the
Vigilautes in nearby towns where they
smashed the state bar rooms. The DIS
pensary at Timmonsyille was blown up
with powder.
AT Florence. Darlington and other plsc-
es, numbering seven, the visiiants were
content to smash everything. Ihey
made "A ruin OF the state dram shops Inc
floors of Tillman's barroom when they got
through with them WAS knee deep IN
broken glass, and liquor was howlnS In
streams through the streets.
La Florence today there was much excite
ment but no trouble occurred and the
hours passed quietly, Some apprehension
was felt when the governor ordered CIerK
of Court MCGOWAN to go into the country
TO sound the slogan ana arm the faithful,
but McGowan, after two or three attempts
to get some other person to carry out the
governors order, gave 1T up Both
factions for the whole thing is the out
growth of factional fights and political
difference of the past few years, have been
mixing up on the streets today and dis
cUssing yesterdays affairs eXcitedly at
times, but in only two cases with an APP
proach of fight.
About 4 o'clock the governors procla-
nation declaring Florence ard Darling
ton in open rebellion was received. For
such a grave subject this is regarded as
the best of the season and the governors
enemies compared IL 10 papal bulls issued
after the reformation communicating
Christendom. The governor found
Jwenty-three militia in BIshopville willing
to obey his orders TO 20 TO Darlington. aud
rushed them through here on a special
train to Darlington. Everything being
quiet there, they returned to Bishopville,
UuE In no other way did he interfere with
the business. Before he acted, however,
a special train had Brought about forty
vigilantes from Marysviile. The governor
ordered Sheriff McLendon 10 send deputies
into the untry and bring In armed bands.
The sheriff did not consider thls.necessary.
He thinks ell the trouble l. over.
a telegram received in Florence at $50
O'Clock tonight says that several spies have
been located at Elliotts, on the Charles
ton, Sumter and Northern railroad, near
Florence. DR.. J. O. Byrd, "A Tiilmanite
legislator, is rousng the faithful to defend
the spies Florence and Darlington will
furnish men, armed, riding horses through
the country TO capture the spies If possi-
Bile A committee waited on the landlord
OF the house where the liquor constables
usually stop in Florence. they went seek
ing spies, but found none. The landlord
assured them that he would not hereafter
knowingly entertain any spies.