The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-16
TO ARREST FIGHT TIERS.

Arkansas for rhe ugilists Must Not Enter the State-Courts to Decide if the Contest Is Legal Under New Agreement.
 Little Rock, Ark, Oct 15,-No visible change has taken place here since Sat urday on the question of the proposed Corbett- -Fitzsimmons fight at Hot 1 Springs
 When seen to-day Governor Clarke gave out this statement:
 q am going to prevent this fight with peaceable means if possible, and in case this fails I shall resort to force that will command respect. I have all the law I need.
 "The people of the state are opposed to the contest or exhibition taking place in Arkansas, and it is the duty of the chief executive to enforce their wishes You may also say that no reliance is to be placed in any statement contained in any dispatch adverse to what l have said above,
 "The fight will not take place at Hot Springs or at any other place in the state, either on october 3l or on any other date while l am governor"
 Although the dispatches state that Corbett and Fitzsimmons will be in Ho. Springs within the next day or two, the governor says he will cause their ar rest immediately after they. enter Ar kansas.
 Hot Springs, Ark, Oct, 15.-The courts will soon be asked to decide whether a scientific contest between skilled boxers with soft gloves is vio- lation of the law in the state of Arkan- sas.
 Manager Vendig last night said:
 we have not come to Arkansas and to the city of Hot Springs with any purpose to violate it's laws. If Corbett and Fitzsimmons cannot come to this city to give such an exhibition as is provided for in our articles of agree Iment as they now stand-a limited num- Der of rounds with soft gloves, the au- thorized officers being empowered to lstop the exhibition if it becomes brutal l-then the exhibition will surely not take place in Hot Springs.
 'The best authority t our service ad- vises us that this will be no violation of the laws of the state, but to make our selves absolutely safe the citizens com mittee have engaged able lawyers, and they are looking into the matter at this time. We shall have a decision from them to-day, and upon their advice we shall act.
 "The matter will be brought into the Icourts as soon as we can get it there, and by the decision of the courts We shall abide.
 "The Florida Athletic club desires that If possible the exhibition shall be given here, but if we cannot have i here, we have an absolute guarantee of protection from three different placef in Mexico one of them just across the Rio Grande from Fl Paso.
 Until we know just where we stand legally in this matter here we shall dc nothing"
 The ministers called meeting a the Central Methodist church last evening land a large crowd gathered During the progress of the meeting, after the preachers had had their way, W. A Brady Corbett's manager, asked if as 2
  permitted to have few words. Thert were a few subdued expressions of dis sent. but he was permitted to talk,
 When Brady finished there was lout applause,
 Corbett, it is said will be here or Wednesday to give an entertainment il the opera house with his company. Ho Springs is alive with preparations. Int great Eastman and Park hotels will l., opened on October 20. Supplies in larg' quantities are being laid in by loca merchants.
 A report that a pretence is being mad that the event is to come off here, whil' It in reality is to take place near Mem phis, Is not believed to have any foun dation.
 President Dan Stuart of the Florid; Athletic club arrived here yesterday.