The record-union., 1896-02-17

/ OH Tor one more day. After having
dragged Maher's representatives down
| from Las Cruces to-day, Martin Julian
refused to go into conference, content
ing himself with the oft-repeated state
ment of 1--WE will make known our pur-
pose tomorrow
FitZsimmons privately expressed
himself this morning to the effect that
he regarded the jig as up, and this is
taken as forecasting his attitude to-
morrow. Both Dan Stuart and Maher
the latter having been telegraphed for
tonight, will have something to say
on the question of forfeit, and the
! chances are that the Irishman will not
| find himself able to carry things his
own way.
Julian and Fitzsimmons came across
| from Juarez this morning for the pur-
| pose of meeting the Maher people. The
| conference had been set for noon, but
the train from Las Cruces was three
hours late, and after hanging about for
a while the pair went back to their
quarters. When Buck" Connolly. who
was accompanied by Joe Wolcott, also
of Pittsburg, arrived at o'clock, the
crowd was on the way to the bull fight
and headquarters were deserted They
at once started for Juarez in a fast rig
and encountered Julian as he was enter
| ing the amphitheater. In reply to Con-
nelly'S request for a conference in the
evening at headquarters, with the pro-
moterS and correspondents as auditors
the brother-in-law manager reported
that Fitzsimmons had a dinner party
for o'clock, and that it would not be
possible for either of them to come to
town until tomorrow morning. Con-
nelly asked if Fitzsimmons would con-
sent to another postponement until Fri
day next, with the proviso that if Ma
hers eyes were still affected on that
| date no objection would be raised to
Fitzsimmons receiving forfeiture To
this Julian replied
I'VE will give you an answer to-mor-
row morning."
Why not now?' persisted Connolly.
l have made a journey of several hun
dred miles at your request and some
little consideration is due me as much
as to your dinner party"
We will answer Tomorrow said
Julian.
Give me a Straightforward answer
here and now," calculated the now thor
oughly aroused Connolly. Il know
your mind is made up, and it is as well
for you to answer now as it would have
been three hours ago if my train had
been on time
Tomorrow lisped Julian.
Connolly turned on his heel and
bought a ticket for the section of the
amphitheater farthest from the seats
occupied by the Fitzsimmons crowd.
On coming back to town he went at
once to headquarters and wrote a dis
patch to Maher telling him to come
down on the morning train. even if he
mad to envelop his head in a Mexican
blanket.
This done, he said: 1--WE will see
whether or not Fitzsimmons takes for
felt IN the morning. Friday next Peter
VIII De IN shape to fight for certain. but
we VIII not put him in the ring a day
Garner unless we are compelled to
Rather than concede defeat we will
nave Maher in the ropes so that his
condition may be apparent BY doing
TINS we Will save our purse and the
decision will be upon the referee. 1t
must not be forgotten, however. that
under the articles the promoters must
give US twenty-four hours notice To
get into the ring, and must also advise
US privately where that ring is located
and how we can reach it. We have not
heard word from them yet However.
L would like to see the man who would
pay over our forfeit money under such
conditions
Dan Stuart and his colleagues listened
to this talk, but said never a word
The proposed conference of the welter
crn &c HaY
failed to materialize Marshall. who
was to have met George Dixon. came
down from Las Cruces tonight for the
purpose of weighing in tomorrow. He
was told by O'Rourke, however. that
the formality would be waived and that
he could take things easy, and if he
succeeded in getting a chance at Dixon
catch weights would suit all concerned
Marshall weighs 120 pounds to a feath-
er, and looks as if he would give the
little chocolate the toughest battle of
his ring career.
Governor Ahumada sent his Score
tary over from Jaurez this morning to
procure supply of the latest American
papers published east of Kansas CITY.
and when a couple of hours later his
excellency had, through his Interpreter.
news that has been going up from here
during the past week, his ideas con-
corning the ethics and methods of
American journalism had been consid-
erably enlightened. His eyes opened
wide when the interpreter read of the
mythical conference at Juarez5 on We'd
Eesday at which Governor Culberson.
who has not been out of Austin for
weeks, and other Texan and Mexican
officials considered and ratified agree
ments concerning the friendly invasion
of either boundary should it be found
necessary in order that the fighters
might be halted, and he was simply
speechless when he had consumed the
translations of Thursdays dispatches
telling of the regiments of Rurales that
were massed across the bridge and of
the trainloads more that were being
hurried from Chihuahua, when not
solitary Rura1e has been within nine
hours train ride of Juarez
To a representative Of the United
Press the Governor said this evening
that he was still on the alert ard pro-
posed to remain at the post of duty
until the fighters had for a certainty
abandoned their plans and the Mexican
soil was safe from their invasion.
Dan Stuart was pressed to-day by a
number of Eastern men, who are wait
ing over and whistling to keep up their