Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-13
RED HOT
The Situation atElPaSo
Exciting
DAN STUART CONTINUES TO MOLD
MS TONGUE ABOUT THE
LOCATION.
FIGHTS WILL OCCUR
SEEMS TO DE THE GENERAL o,.IN-
ION EXPRESSED EVER, WHERE.
Fitksimmons Gets scared, Int Dnn
stuart Gains his Troubled
Mind-No Free Tickets.

El Paso, Tex. Feb. i2.--(specinl.,--
everything is at fever heat. The news.
paper men are on the qui vlve for every
line Of news that n dropped from every
source, and It liz all grabbed and
wired In by the different correspon-
de1ts. Some OF the news Is facts. but
the greater amount IS rumors.
one company OF Mexican cavalry mr.
rived In Juarcs this morning and
caused a furry.
the Gazette correspondent went over
and investigated the matter md was
told that they had simply come to
take the place or the Nineteenth In
Inhtly that Is now stationed there.
lhht thc infantry that has been located
az Juafez for 10 long u time would be
transferred to Pornrio Dlnz within a
Few days. The authorities would not
give out anything. but the Indications
We're that the coming OF these troops
had no bearing whatever on the pro-
posed prize fight There are no regu-
lar rurhlcs In Junrez. There Is, how
ever. company OF thirty men, all
from Ju1rez, that constitute the home
guard. The laws OF Mexico mike IL
compulsory for every township to FUR
nish n certain number OF militiamen
ana all the Rangers companies In tho
rtnte are now here. There are atlll n
rev scattering Rangers out. who could
not be renched In time TO get hero. but
th' four companies here haVr eight
men each. General Mabry Is In CONE
mund with Captains Brooks, Hughes.
Mcdonald and Rogers.
There II not likely to be amy trouble
with them unless they should decide to
prevent pSrtics from congrogatlng and
going out ON the trains. This part
could. however, he evnd0d by the crowd
who wish TO attend II, az II n now
settled that the fight will take place
within four miles OF this place. and II
train was not allowed to leave the
depot then parties could walk. 20 In
carriages, or even on bicycles.
strong undercurrent prevails now
that the fight tx n cut and dried nf-
fair between Maher and Fltzsimmons,
and that Fltzelmmons viii lose be.
cause he wants TO. and there will he
more money for him To lay down than
there win be for him TO win. The i'm
preston is caused by the continual
coming In OF the heavy plungers on
prize fights. who all seem to he IN n
ring and understand one another thor
oughly.
There Is only slight amount Of
betting going on here, and II is all done
by parties who are not In amy way con-
nected with the big plungers. Neither |
Maher nor Fltzslmmons nre now train |
Ing much. and for Il couple OF weeks |
things have pointed to an understand |
ing between the hackers OF the two |
men. II Is also doubted whether any
money has even been placed In the
hands. The talk now IL
to the effect that the fight will take
place early Friday morning and the
crowd viii start for tho grounds as
early as eight o'clock.
Another rumor afiont In TO the effect
that correspondents viii be charged
and some OF the newspaper
men here expect TO pay as much as
800 admission. Al any rate no tick
,tH have yet been issued to the press,
md the outlook IL bad for newspaper
men seeing the mill unless they plank
down the price. Even the local papers
have no comps. John l.. Sullivan and
Paddy Ryan arrived today and are re-
reiving more attention than either OF
the principals OF the big fight receive
when they appear on the streets.
Al Smith arrived this morning and
says he is ready TO challenge the win
1er OF the heavyweight fight for James
!. Corbctt. He says he II ready 10 put
Up forfeit at any time to bind con-
ract TO fight.
The town Is now full OF sports from
III sections OF the United States Many
II them are with worldwide reputa-
Ions.
Dan Stuart said todny that he had