New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-11
prGILIsTS GROWING DESPERATE.

CAV THEY WILL FIGHT ~ MENIco BIT THAT
THEY WILL. ACCOMPLISH 1T SEEMS VNiA~EiY.
III Paso. Tex. Feb. lo-Iatr tonight. pan
stnar, ravc out the Information that "a" hig hs't
a4I positively occur on Mexican s'"' "'iA.N I'VE
miles %. FL Pas1. and cn the morning o. it''F,
February H. This Information was i''"E'''"'p
ia mum. rous personal and railroad ir'hls, ana
a. Is ,al,a, as an as-i4rarc" that tho pugllstc pro-
motors are becoming desperate ana nave "''''''
to bring of the pIzc lights ami take a. 'Hih''S
OF the laws penalty. This afternoon the t'i'Ai ml"
so-callol the Custom Guards" were ordered out
800 ,,,,n',.l.rs :, yntrol closely the Mexican
frontier to watch the cmissarlcs OF the Iizr-hSht
Ink corps So close has THIS scrutiny been inat
TX 81 The pIgllsts have dared TO v'n;uf" acrees
the Mexican soH.
Washington. Feb lO.-Tho projected fiiz'mmons-
Mahcr przenght seems almost certain to era III
aasco. This Government Is determined to prevent
any contest Oh It's territory as IS evidenced from
the words OF Attorney General Iarmon-that II the
pugillsts fight on our soil they will be prosecuted
to the ends OF the earth-whlle Minister Romero
declares that It will not occur in Mexico. The way
to a prizehsht Ia Texas would seem to be closed
by steps Organized by Governor Cnlbcrson, and
these obstacles certainly lead to a solid prcsump-
ton that the pugilsts and their hackers viii DO
forced 10 retire from their present business
Chicago. Feb. ia dispatch from FL Plso says:
'"rhe fight managers yesterday appointed Bat
Masterson chief OF the force Of men Il Is intended
10 have al ,hc rngsdc keep order They say
there VII be forty or fifty OF these. and each will
be armed with a rife. They to be men selected
for their discretion. GOODNESS and nerve Jim
Bates. Of Dallas put In charge Of the
rangcments for the erection OF The ring. the gen-
era preparations for the hght.ng-sround ana the
accommodations for spectators. Dan Stuart. ".
X. Wheelock and Frank MacLean VIII exercise "A
general supcrn iendcncy OF the affair They viii
be responsible for the success OF the enterprise
and give the right people the tip when the time
comes
"it is not "A thing that the management viii
wait until February II to have the meet. II
fl is intended dodge the authorities until the day
advertised and then attempt TO fight IL would be To
invite the attention OF the authorities NOT only I'm
Texas and New Mexico. but in old Mexico as well
THE arrival In town yesterday morning OF forty
the rumor that Governor CulbcrsOn had ordered
them to watch the fighters. They from
Ysrta. Adjutant General Mabry. Of the Texas
State Militia arrived In FL IGsD from Austin ycs-
fcrday. He warned Stuart ii the nghts. or any OF
them, were pulled off on Texas SOIL Governor Gull
bcrson would never rest until every person con-
uccted with them had been arrested and punished
Stuart said he thoroughly understood tho laws of
Texas and did not need to be told by Governor Cul-
bcrson Or any one else what the penalty OF their
infraction was. General Mabry says he does not
know when he will return to Austin"
Houston Tex. Feb. lo.-'Sam" Austin OF New
York who has held the stake of SO go nut IN hv
the contestants In the Mahcr- Ftzsimmons fight
The money to Captain James LAWYER the final stake
holder but has not yet appeared. According to
agreement. the cash should have been In LAWYERS
hands by this time, and sports seem 10 think that
It's non-arrival means that the fight viii not take
Mace Lawlcr seen by representative of the
tinted Press to-day and stated that aid not know
heard nothing from Austin. L. !. Parks, passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad. which will
lively that the meet will occur at "A point less than
fifty miles from there