New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-21
orr FOR THE FIGHTING GROUND.
4 TRAINIOAD OF SPECTATORS PrGILSTS. BACK
ERs ETC. LEAVE FL. PAso OVER
TIE snI.TuERN pACIFIC.

A TRATNIOAD OF SPECTATORS. rrGILISTS. BACK
ERs. ETC. LEAVE Ell rAso OVER
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Fl paso. Tex. Feb 2o-Shortly after o'clock the
crowd Of intending witnesses to the proposed prize
night began to Inc up again at headquarters Of the
managers. There were. perhaps $50 sports from
outside the city. while the local fraternity was
represented by about NTH of that number. AS
each man received his pas,eboard. the rendezvous
for the departure told him In an undertone
Peter Maher drove by at $3.50 with a big crowd or
enthusiastic friends. lie was cheered "a he passed
the Office and. pokng face wreahed with smiles
OUT of the window the Irish fighter waved his hand
I'm response.
Governor Thornton, OF New-Mexico. arrived in
the city this afternoon and closetcd for an hour
with OF his representatives. who has been under
cover in for ten days. Subsequently, however
the Governor said that his visit had no relation 10
the fight.
Just before train time FItzsimmons and julian
were brought to Dan" Stuarts office in carriage
Julian on behalf Of Fiizsmmons. demanded that
the purse be converted Into money to be PAID al the
r.ngslde He insisted that checks would be
fought for accepted by Fitzsmmons To this
Stuart agreed. The stakeholder Tom" o Rourke.
was hunted up. and produced the checks. The car
rage was sent out for the cashiers OF the banks,
and when they appeared at their respective insti-
tutons the vaults opened ana $4,000 III new
one hundred dollar bills counted, 5000 from the
State Bank and $500 from the First National The
entire pile turned over to Referee George Siier,
who wrote a note to Julian stating that he would
produce it the rings!de. Later Julian said he
would demand to before the train pulled out
Il don't mstrust any of these people" said he,
but have been turned down once and we pro-
pose to be the safe side this time.
The departure was made over the southern IA
CHIC road shortly alter 10 oc.ock There were not a
dozen men IN the errc eight coach loads. however'
Every other man had a different lip. and was
wd ha' mr. w n h Gn HOWEVER, thar the
first destination was Del Rio, point on the sander,
Rio Grande is Del Norte. Mexican town. in the
Governor Ahumada. The nearest military point Is
that Of Porhro Diaz. and Is seyenty-hve miles dis.
Wild ard mountainous, while the hills contain
spot for the encounter Those closest to the pro-
moters believe that this Is the destination but there
formation that the intention is TO run to Del Rio
Langty sia'l on, forty r niles This side and
from here. where Mexican frontier is reached In
this sT theory by remark Of one OF the managers 10
the effect that while II would take seven to twelve
be eu made in two hours il the engineer was so dis
posed. The wires tomorrow Will take up the thread
%s shs ' or NeSMsscS Tsxas ArHona 0.'
corning the departure would be given out at
o'clock attracted ~, a large and motley throng
parel designated them being OF very high rank
and also very low; picturesque bulfghters with
their queues tucked up under their sombreros: two
score OF sleek wel.dressed American sports" hail
ing from Boston, New-York Baltimore. Philadel-
phia Pittsburg Chicago, Cincinnati. St. Louis and
other centres OF civilization and fringe OF brawny
cattlemen colored brethren and hangers-out at the
local sooo1s and gambling houses. At least a
third OF the throng looked though 1t had not
seen the price OF ticket to the rngsde for many
a long day.
for after surveying with curl OF his lip the ag-
gregation that had responded to his CALL he whs-
pered to OF his associates and left the room.
Five minutes later. when the Office boy posted the
following the plateglass windows there
break for the open.
NOTICE
Those intending to witness the Maher- Fltzsim-
mons contest will be the office at $40 tonight.
The railroad tickets will cost not sl2 for the
round trip w. X. WHEELOCK
There snorts and grunts and howls OF dis
approval when the closing paragraph read
aloud. and great many Of the crowd freely ex-
pressed the opinion that the affair had been got
up solely for the benefit Of bloated bondholders and
milllonaires.