The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-11
SHAKY FOR THE SLUGeERS.
THE LAW OFFICERS DETERMINED
To PREVENT THE FIGHT.

The OhciaIs ON the Mexican side of
the BOrder Appear TO he as Deter
mined as Those on This Side-The
Temporary Stakeholder Not on
Hand Yet With the MOney-The
Managers of the Mil StIu Claim
the Fights VIII Occur ns sehed-
uIed.
FL Paso. Tex, Feb 1O.-Capt. McDon-
aid, with his company Of rangers, arrived
from the Pan Handle this morning. and
Capt Hughes has moved his mon from
Ysleta to this point. Every movement
of the fighters is watched, and there Is
no danger of the fight occurring on Texas
soil Adjt. Gen. Maybrey reiterated this
morning that he was here to keep the
fight from occurring in any locality that
Texas lays claim to: that he recognizes
no neutral ground, and that no battle
ground can be used to pull off the fights
unless in some other country. The op-
position is taking on new courage, with
the presence of the rangers
Through all this Dan Stuart, to all ap-
pearances, is perfectly serene and meets
all inquiries with the assurance that
the fight will come off as scheduled. The
report that the fight could take place
upon the ranch of a prominent American
citizen a few miles below Juarez, Mexico.
is canard. The owner said this morn
ing that it would cost him his property
to consent to such thing, regardless of
whether II took place or not
Gov. Ahumada did not arrive in Juarez
this morning, and his friends there say
that he is not expected. The manager
OF the former bull fights said this morn.
ing that as long as there was any talk
OF the prize fights, bull fights and gam
bling would be prohibited
He seemed disturbed over the idea that
he could not secure concession for bun
Nights while the visitors are IN FL Paso.
Capt. Lawler, the final stakeholder, will
arrive tomorrow morning. Austin OF
New York, the temporary STAKEHOLDER.
Is to turn the money over this afternoon
The management wired Phil Dwyer, who
is at New Orleans, this morning that he
could assure his friends that the fights
would take place a scheduled.
Houston. Tex. Feb. 1O.-Sam Austin OF
New York, who has held the stake OF
$4,000 put up by the contestants i'm the
Maher- ri itzsimmons fight. was expected
to arrive here yesterday to turn over the
money to Capt. James Lawler, the final
stake holder, but has not yet put in an
appearance. According to a gentleman the
cash should have been I'm LAWYERS hands
by this time and sports seen to think
that It's non-arrival means that the fight
that he did not know when the money
would be forthcoming and had heard moth
ing from Austin.
T, j. Parks, passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific railroad, which will carry
most of the business to El Paso, says
positively that the meet will occur at a
point less than nifty miles from there.
Washington. Feb. 10.--In regard TO the
projected prize fights on the Texas Mexi-
can border Attorney General Harmon is
quoted as saying to-day: 'If they fight on
n a IN taa axnfllI
follow them to the ends Of the earth, II
necessary to bring them to Justice.
Senor Romero the Mexican minister,
says. the prize fight will not take place in
Mexico, and Significance is lent to this
declaration by the fact that the minister
had just concluded a consultation with
Secretary Olney this morning when he
made it,
El Paso, Tex. Feb. 10. 11:SO D. m.-Late
tonight Dan Stuart gave out the infor-
nation that the fight win positively oc-
cur on Mexican soil within five miles OF
FL Paso. and on the morning OF Friday,
Feb. IA.
This information was telegraphed TO
numerous personal and railroad friends,
and 1t is taken as an assurance that the
pugnistic promoters are becoming desper-
ate and have decided 10 mil on 1bs pri1n
fights and take all the chances of the
laws penalty.
This afternoon the gendarmerie. So
called the Custom Guards" were or
dered out, with instructions to closely pa.
troll the Mexican frontier to watch the
emissaries of the prize fighting corps SO
close has this scrutiny been that few of
the pugilists have dared to venture across
to Mexican soil.
This morning the United Press represen-
tatiye met Peter Maher, Jerry Marshall
and Peter Burns at their training quar-
ters at Las Cruces. Maher said that he
never felt better in his life, but that he
was afraid to go to El Paso TO prepare
for the fight, because he dreaded a so
journ in a Mexican jail. The other pugil-
lists were Indifferent, and were willing to
come to Ell Paso and place themselves in
the hands of their hackers.
Fitzsimmons to-day temporarily reiin-
quished his training quarters and awaits
the authority of Dan Stuart for further
action.
United States consul Buford of Paso del
Norte, this afternoon stated that the fights
would not be permitted to take place on
any soil, disputed or undsputed, within
the Jurisdiction of the United States gov
ernment. If this be true, it will only
leave the fighters recourse to territory
in the Mexican government
To counteract this, Senior Manuel
Bauche, custom collector of the Mexican
government requested the local comand-
ant to have q force of mounted troops pa
troll the Mexican frontier. Consul Buford
is in telegraphic communication with the
military authorities at Washington and
has instructions to move the regular
troops wherever there is an element of
danger.