The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-26
FIGHT TO BE PUL0.D0FF
MYSTERIOUS MOvEMENTS or yHOSl
CONNECTED WITH THE NATTER.
A Twenty-four Foot Ring Being Built
They Expect to Fight and Get Away
Before Legislature Can Act.

HOT SPRINGS. ARK, Oct. &.--rhe out
look for meeting OF some kind De-
tween corbett and ritzsimmons Is ABOUT
as favorable tonight as at any time since
the original proposition to bring on tht
mill was made by the local Citizens Com
fighters
'rne affair win not be under the auspi
ces OF the Florida Athletic Club, and the
purse viii have dwindied from forty -one
thousand dollars 10 a fourth of that sum.
The mill may be shorn OF a large pro-
portion or the vast crowd ofspectators
and the spectacular effects that have been
calculated upon. Corbett Is stiil at
Spring Lake tonight. and has said he
will remain In training untll November
LIST. n long time after midnight tonight
several wagon loads of lumber VII be
seen moving north on Central avenue,
and visitors tomorrow In the neighbor-
hood of Wilmington Park may watch the
operation OF constructing a twents-four-
foot ring. The odds are heavy tnat In
this arena Corbett and Fitzsimmons will
nave met and decided the championship
before the first sabbath OF November has
dawned.
BRADY said to members OF the Citizens
Committee to-day. "torbett proposes 10
Now you gentlemen can go ahead with
your own plans. We will produce our
man at any time and place you may
designate, and on any notice you may
give"
The Citizens Committee. which was In
session up TO late hour tonight, wsa
inclined to act the mysterious.
Nobody would say under whose auspices
the work on the ring would be commenced
tomorrow, or state eventually what new
plans were under consideration. IL In be-
lieved, however. that the situation Is ac-
curately stated thus:
Under the decision OF the Supreme
Court prize-nghting Is only misde-
n "A
hearing OF a justice OF the peace. Under
the same decision the fight would not be
an emergency warrantinE the Governor
in calling out the militia. even were thcrc
militia to call out or State funds to pro-
vide for transportation and commisssry.
Hence. there is only the last resort OF a
special session Of the Legislature. 1t
would take at least three days TO con-
yene and organize this body.
Say, therefore, that a session was called
for Tuesday. Il would be Thursday. or
the day OF the fight. before the two
houses had organized and were ready for
business. The movement OF whatever bin
or bills might be introduced would not be
as rapid as was the case at Austin. for
IL Is known that at least twenty senators.
all OF them able TO talk at any length.
viii antagonist 20 the end any measure
making prize-nghting a felony.
II IL held by the Citizens Committee
that, with q forty-eight-hour notice TO
the country. enough people can reach
here within that limit Of time TO ensure
magnificent audience and make the
match extremely profitable from pecu-
niary point of view. In these calculations
neither the prosecuting. attorney. nor his
aides and attaches. nor The sheriff. appear
10 be taken into account. but IL seems to
be taken for granted. Forfy-cight hours
notice would OF course. forestall any ac-
tion OF the Legislature II there was any
hlibustering even on a mild basis and
hence the men could hsht IL out plead
Of their fines, and leave the State un-
molested