The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-13
ACHATNG Two NATIONS
Effort Of Lot Of Bruiscrs Cause
COmmOtion on the Border.
PROPOSED SLUGGING MATCH
Pusilists in the Show Business Create
Anxiety in the States and Mexico
While Waiting for Someone
to Stop Their Fight.

t1tZSimmOnS anu Mahef IN the ring IN
nearly every respect counterpart OF
the situation that preceded the meeting
of Sullivan and Kilrain at Richburg in
July of 1889.
The Texas and federal authorities
and those Of the adjoining Mexican
states are apparently determined to pre-
vent the mill as were the executives of
Louisiana and Mississippi years ago.
BY the same token the active promoters
of the contest are just as cool and col
lected and going ahead with their ar
rangements with as much energy as
did Bud Renaud and his associates at
New Orleans. There il no question
but that they have carefully laid their
plans and that they are confident of
their ability to bring off the big fight at
least.
Battic Ground Selected.
The battle ground has been finally
selected. The arrangements for the
transportation are effected and every
detail, including the hour at which the
tip Is to be given to the ticket holders
to rendezvous has been carefully
planned to the end that the powers
that to be of the locality selected may
be outwitted. AS to the remaining
events of the carnival everything de-
pends upon the outcome OF Fridays
venture. The fight managers admit
that it will hardly be possible to bring
OFF two contests at the same spot and
their ability to find safe locations IL
seriously doubted.
There Is talk tonight that an effort
will be made to pull off the Everhardt-
Leeds contest and that the others
would be abandoned but this the man.
ayers would neither deny nor affirm.
Their coolness and assurance concern
Ing the big fight. however. has given
n .al l. 4
visiting sports and bets are freely Of
fered tonight with no takers, that the
Australian and the Irishman will come
together on schedule time.
Governor AhuInada Alert.
Meanwhile Governor Ahumada, with
his headquarters at Juarez, is keeping
i'll close touch with the situation. A
detachment of the national cavalry,
twenty-five strong, from chihuahua
during the morning and is quartered at
the Juarez barracks, where there is
also company of fifty of the Poems
Infantry. There are no Rurales on the
border Or within a distance Of 200 miles,
and the governor is emphatic in his
statement that none are needed and
that none will be brought on To
Judge Crosby, of this city, who visited
him today to make a final effort toward
inducing him to withhold interference.
Governor Ahumada said thug he was
satisfied that even with the small force
at his command. he could prevent an
invasion of Mexican soil at any point.
Later in the day the governor was
even more emphatic.A This fight must
not and shall not take place in Mexico"
he said, land If it's promoters come on
our side OF the line. our soldiers will
have orders TO shoot without discrim-
nation between combatants or nom
combatants. Principals or spectators.
everybody has been given fair warn
ing. and If they disregard it, then it
will be at their own peril"
At Matscy's Headquarters
From his headquarters in the federal
building. Adjutant General Matsey is
also watching the movements of the
managers and receiving reports from
Captain Mcdonald. whose forty trusty
rangers are mixing with the crowds at
the numerous headquarters and gath
ering In for their superiOrs all the float
ing rumOrs and gossip. General Mat
sey expresses himself as satisfied that
there is no intention to bring off the
fights in this state, but yet he does not
intend to relax his vigilance. a num-
Der OF rangers went out to the yards
and side tracks of the different roads
this afternoon with view of spotting
the cal S In which the kineStoScope plat
form and other paraphernalia of the
ring have been loaded and then keep
ing track of them by numbers as they
may be shifting about the yards. What
ever information in this line may be OBJ
tained the adjutant general will COM
municate the matter of courtesy to New
Mexico and Mexican authorities.
Information reached the United Press
tonight from Fort Bliss that orders had
been received from Washington coun-
until further notice. the
fifteen days practice march upon which
Company II of the Fifteenth infantry
should have started tomorrow and also
ordering that the troops be confined
to barracks tomorrow. Company IL
has Just returned from its fifteen days
march and the officers and men of Com
pany Fl had everything in readiness
for the start tomorrow. The orders
came via the department headquarters
at San Antonio. and are interpreted at
the fort as indications that the troops
will be ordered out in the event of in
dications pointing to the selection of
New Mexican ground for battlefield.
There are at Fort Bliss two companies
of the Fifteenth infantry. $50 men and
a troop of the Fifth cavalry.
Fir Inclined tO BE sad.
FitZsinmons and Julian were in town
for several hours today Both sat
around the headquarters, uncommuni- |
cative and inclined to be mOrOse. The !
who, to all appearances is
in first class condition. quit exercise |,
tonight and will take things easy to-
morrow. He has ali of Stuart's conf |
dence that the Hot Springs. Arkansas. |
fiasco will not be repeated and eX- |
pressed himself as satisfied that he can |
make short work of his opponent.
Maher. Marshall, and the rest of the |
crowd at Las Cruces will come down |
Ross. of Colorado. who is |
looking after Marshall near Mahcr's |
said this afternoon that |
the Irishman was in prime condition |
and that there was no basis for the re-
ports of his over training. large |
number of dispatches from abroad were |
read at headquarters today but 1t was |
given out that the majority related to
the abandonment of excursions from !
various points in the states west of the |
as a res,il. of the action
of congress. One Of the managers
confesses that he will be sur
prised If there are over 500 spectators
at the ringside.
AL Smeth. of New York, who arrived
today. has a good sized roll to post as
II forfeit when challenging the winner
in behalf of Corbett.
Sam Austin received the following
from Richard X. Fox tonight:
National Sporting Club, London,
cables me authority to match Fitzsim- |
mons and Maher. purse 1900 pounds.wi
allow 100 pounds expenses, in case no |
fight in Texas.
The Bafsie Ground.
At midnight 1t was reported that the
,pOt chosen for the fight Is on the Mexi-
IAN border, directly opposite Strauss.
". NJ. eighteen miles from FL Paso. on
he Southern Pacific. AT that there " !