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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1896)
10 THE ( XMATIA DAILY imih. St'NDAY , OCTOBER 4 , 1-Snfi. HOT BATTLE FOR A RAILROAD Exciting Scenes in the Kio Grande-Santa To War of 1878-9. GRAND CANYON THE GREAT PRIZE BlruaKtc fit nintil * fur ( InOnly . \\nllnlilp ( inliMtny TlirnifKli Ilic ; ItouklfN HIMV ilny ( linilil . , | Huili-il ( lie C ISM , by the B. 8. McClure Co. ) Hecausc the game conditions can never jtl t ngaln , tbcro will probably never bo onoth6r railroad war In this country to com pare with the battle between the Denver & Hlo Grande railroad nnd the Atchlson , To- pekn & Santa-Fo company for the possession of the Grand canyon of the Arkansas Hie llojal gorge. The builders of railways In Colorado saw- In tbo Grand canyon thu only nvall.iolo gate way to the mountains and to the far west , The real con.eEt for the possession of Hie canyon began April 19 , 1878. lly de'jlpjcrltig the Santa Fe company's messages the Illo Grande learned that Ita rival was preparing to capture the pass and the latter at once get about to get the desirable "nine points In law" on Its side. President Strong of the Santa Fe was at the little town of Kl Moro , In southern Colorado , when he heard of the Itla Grandc's Intention and Immtill- atcly applied for a special train to carry him to the front. This rciiucst the Colorado road refused to grant. Mr. Strung then vvlrpd.onuof hla locating engineers , W. U Morley , who was at La Junto , to take a spa tial and go to 1'ueblo with all possible speed and to reach Canon City , which was at the mouth of the cove toil canyon , at the earllt-st posslblo moment , Morley arrived at I'll ehlo , the western terminus of the Santa Fe. at 3 o'clock In the morning and at one ordered a narrow gauge Illo Giando cnglni to take him to tho' canyon , but no uttontlo : \\.u paid to his order. Morley was ablu to make out that I'resl dent I'aliner of the Illo Grande was prepar Ing to ficnil a force of 100 incut to ( 'anoi City on the morning of that day. If IK could reach Canon , vvhero the people were lu sympathy with the Santa I < * e , as they wer at Trinidad and other Hinall places vvhcr the Illo Grande had Ignored existing towns and cutabllshcd new ones , ho could ratto a force sudlclcnt to hold the canon ogalnu Palmer's men. Ilut Canon was forty nlllcs away , and the Illo Grande was the only line that reached there. It was striking 4 o'clock In thu dunce hall. There was a livery stabl close by. If he cculd secure a good Colorado broncho , he might , by tha tlmo Palmer's soldiers sallied forth for their first drink , bo far up the rlvar , with Canon only twenty miles away. - THE DASH FOR THE CANYON. Fifteen minutes later Morley was leaning forward In his saddle over a swift and sure footed horse. Out through the gray tvvl light the broncho went leaping Ilko a flee fox , while the rider began to calculate 01 thu tlmo It would take lo reach Iho liattle ground. Palmer's men would probably gel off by 7 , perhaps S , o'clock. Not knowing that he was ahead of them , they would prob ably USD an hour In making the run. There was a chance , a slim one , to bo sure , bul still a chance , for him to win , and the op portunity must bo improved. Ho urged his horso. 'If the river appeared to Indulge li unnojcsBary curves ho cut them and pi ngd Into the stream. Occasionally a coyote 01 a mountain Hun would hurry from tlui tral as the reckless driver dashed along. When the day dawned his horse was white with fo.iin , but Ultl he urged him on. When the sun rose up above Pike's Peak and spattcrci Us glory against the Greenhorn range the plucky rider was still pushing for the front It was 8.o'clock. Dchlnd him he wan rea sonably sure that a harder horse was upon his trail. He almost felt that ho could hear the shrill whistle , off-brakes , as the dreaded train left the Pueblo yards , and ho urged his tired horse still faster. For the first tlmo It seemed to him that his horse began to lag. His feet were heavy. He stumbled , but with a sharp application of the spur , till now unused , the faithful steed bounded forward with renewed vigor. This new force , however , was short lived , Ilko the ottod of champagne , and again the broncho showed unmlstukablo signs of fatigue. Even the npuis failed to affect him , nnd the rider , weary enough himself , felt alarmed. Cruelly he applied the whip and spur , but It was of no use. Of n sudden tbo horne went down , throwing the ilder over his head. Stopping only long enough to nssuro himself that the horse was dead , Morley turned and ran on with all hla might In the direction of the canyon , There were the adobe houses of Canon City. They seemed in the clear morning atmosphcio within n stono's .throw , but they were three long miles away. Glanc ing over his shoulder now and then to look for the smoke of the Iron horse , Morley ran on and on until ho icachcd the town. In a Ilttlo while he had a force of ICO men armed with whatever they could get In gun stores and hardware stores , and away they went on n dead run for the mouth of the canyon , Btlll two miles abovu the town. CAMPKD AT THC GATE. Cven as they ran they could hear the fiharp scream of the little locomotive , roundIng - Ing the countless curves , turning In and out llkfc a squealing pig following the worm of a rail fence. At last the lawless Ilttlo army reached the mouth of the canyon , and when Palmer's men arrived they found that they were just twenty-thrco minutes late , for the others were already guarding the gate way. way.To bo sure , neither General Palmer nor Mr , Strong believed for a moment that this great controversy could ever bo permanently nettled by violent means , and after the first brush , In which the Illo Grande got the worst of It , they turned to the courts. Although thu arming and marching of a body of m n ncrocs tha country was in open violation of the laws of the state , no body paid any attention to that matter. They were simply playing for position , None of the men engaged In the warlike demon strations vvprq censured by the railway of ficers. On the contrary , they uoro ap plauded and , In some cases , rewarded for their loyalty. Mr. Strong gave Morley u splendid gold mounted Winchester rlllo as a token of his appreciation of that gentle man's pluck and endurance In making his famous morning ride and foot race from Pueblo to the front , Thu many legal battles fought out In the courts were as Interesting , If not as excit ing , as the unlawful contents that were goIng - Ing on In the canyon. Tha millions of money Involved , the splen did array of legal talent and tha fevered excitement of the people iiudo It the great est cause over in the courts of Colorado. Now a great misfortune overtook the Hlo Grande ; one that has caused the failure of many a deserving enterprise and many a worthy man , They were without money , and were forced , through poverty , to com plain isc. In the last hour , If not the last mlnuto , of the 13th day of December , 1S78 , General Palmer , as the executive ofllcer of the Den ver & Hlo Grande , leased ami transferred to the Santa Fo company the 300 or 400 miles of narrow gauge load then owned and operated by the Denver & Hlo Grande. STHUGGUH FOll UFE. The Santa Fe was regarded as a Katifai line , while the Illo Grande was purely a Colorado loai ) . 'Iho foimer , having Kansas City u Its starting point , was Interested In building up Iho wholesale ami jobbing trade , and In making Kansas Pity the hare of Mippllia and general distributing point for the growing west. Tlln owners of the Denver & Hlo Grande , a null n the people of northern Colorado , weiu not long In dUcavirlng the plain of the Santa Fo and at omo set about to find ti.n pxeuko for breaking the lease. \Vliuf In now the main Una of the Ulo Ginndo wail then completed to Canon City , And , as the Santa I'o people had a Una of tf.elr own to the coal tlelds a fuw mill's below the canyon , they renewed the fight for < i sure and permanent outlet through this valuable and only passable pats to Lcadvlllo and the Pacific. Ilelng lu pos- lejston of Iho roiutructed Duo they began the woik of paralleling the Ulo Grande by rruiliiK a w.-iy on the opposite side of the river , and thin old grade can still bo keen from thu car windows all the. way from the nioulh of the canyon to thu Iloyal gorge. L ! VareH. 1Ut. tb B.nu V rennmad ( lie lilKlu-nt Krnilp Iliiiiilliar IKmiN , VpUftn , FUOM plH nuil TniipMrlpw , no lii-iiiillfnl In anil olTrpI , < > ooiivpnlloiinl HIIK Ciirppt. 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We charKe coiil for > I7 hour * Holt nro Hie ! nUflilM for ( lie best iiinkcn of l > n P They lime the iMiriu-rn , onkN , eunlc HtovoH uiul ritllKPH , Jlllll LHPll tllPHP lll'll Moves nt n IL-HM iirlop ( him ( Hlipr honscH net f ir ehenper mnkcKt i n l to tlniHK nil have not wet the really ciihh nc Mill Ne.ll oil time pa > meiitH lit the Hlline prlee. TlilMlhole Cook Stove , Kiiariiiitectl IIrut climn linker , ivorth ! jtlH..1O , The Peninsular The 1M3X1X- MJI-All llano Humor n Htovo ct'le- lii-llU'il for UN in n n jvlrtiu'N ami It llfiiiillfully IMIllll'lllNll < * < l mill 11 perfect lu-Htt-r. The froxli it I r n s- reuilN thru' K ; complete clri-ulittliil ? control of lire. lliii'N mill IH ThlN week c nt nre HellliiK mi IjUS Uxtutc Unit ( lie tup < > the lieiiter. Otlu-r Mtyles , for of Stovt-N Nome cheaper NOIIIV more < - \ | > -IIMV < - nil llrxt elllNN. Tl.lH Itiulliliit I'UM.VSUI.AH , worth IfltT.OI ) , Itc mirfl J/oti act the rliilit tilnce J\o. ttir17 /i-imm. Aii l Kiinrmitecil to heat 4 room * nil street , liftmen lith \ In lor on - toiiH of coul. mill J-ltli , il iliiiii.i /join I'lijctun JIvtcl. We close y We close every evening every evening * . - 6:30 : 6:30. : Saturday at * Saturday at ' o'clock. 10 - ' 10 o'clock. the fight by demanding that they be al lowed to examine the books kept In Pal mer's olHce , which the latter refused. With the coming of spring the rival companies resumed their arms , and after the fashion of hostile Indians went on the warpath again. Armed forces occupied the canyon and built forts , like cliff dwellers , nt the top of tbo walls. The Rio Grande people were exasperated almost desperate. The fact tbat Rio Grande bonds had gone up since the lease from 45 to 90 cents and stock that was worthless was now selling for 18 cents did not appease the Palmerltes. The Santa Fo had shut them out at the south , crossed Raton pass and gone on to the Pacific. They wero- preparing system atically to run the Rio Grande by building Into all her territory , even to Colorado Springs , Leadville and Denver. General Manager Dodge declared that the terms of the lease bad been broken by the Santa Fe before the luk was dry upon the paper. Gcn- cial Palmer openly asserted that the Santa l"o had mismanaged the road , diverted traf- lic and was endeavoring to wreck the prop erty. On the other hand , Mr. Strong claimed that the books of the Hlo Grande mil been spirited away by the treasurer and that he had a right to see them. A PARTIAL VICTORY. On the 21st of April the supreme court lendeicd a decision , giving the Hlo Grande .be prior right of way through the canyon , jut not the exclusive right. It was finally deteunlned upon this occasion that no com pany of railway builders could pre-empt , occupy and hold against all comers the nar- low passes or gorges In Iho mountains. The Rio Grande was at last victorious , nit the toad was still in the hands of the enemy , and would , unless the courts would set aside thu lease , remain there for thirty vcars. Before thu courts now caino the mittcr- of cancelling the lease. This was urged jy the Rio Grande , backed by the best legal aluut that money could necuro , Meanwhile he tv\o armies In the mountains were being ncieased and the fortx enlarged. In the midst of all this excitement At- orney General Wright added to the con- union by entering suit to enjoin the Santa ? o company from operating railroads In Colorado , The hearing \\as had before Indgo lloweu , afterward senator from Colo- ado , over behind the Sungre > dp Chrlsto In he little town of Alumosn. Wlllard Teller 'or ' the Santu Fo promptly applied for a change of venue , alleging lu language that could not bo misunderstood that Judge Imveu was piejudtred against his clients and that ho could not hope to get justice u &uch n court. It was not to ha supposed hat a man who played pokc-r , as Judge luwei : did , would lay down nt Mr , Tellers list fire. The Judgu Icd off with a spirited rejoinder to the attorney's attack , and 'tided by Uuulng n writ enjoining the Santa "o and all Its olllctrs , agents and employes lorn operating the Kin Grande load or any > art thereof and from exercising in any naiinur corporate ) rights In tbo xtatu of oloiiulo. In short , ho turned the icjuU over fo the owners. Mr. Teller commanded thu conduelur of ono of the trr.lns than I ) ins at the termlniu of the track to "hitch up" aiJ | tak htm ID Jeiiver with all posblhle speed. The cm- ilojes had , of louue , watrhed nil ihu law- ul unJ unlawful contests &t > chisel. ' , as Iho ilgber utllecrs , and were rcay lu tnko Hi'i with their former umplojei * . m.ii co the onduutor. who had heard Jinl e. llowon'h eclslon refuted to Ic'&vo before ccludulc line. This conductor , vhei < 3 name I nm amble to titarn. secured a copy of the vult , ud , feurinx n hoMup cnroute , plured It fn ila bo.ut vnd pulUd out for Dcuvur. ULOCICUO THH GAM . At PAluor l Va. whtu wlthla O.MAIIA AND VICINITY know w.s ahviys kcjp o.i hind tin I ftirn'sh them with thu best and newest KOO.IS i" the in irkets. OUR MHl'IIOD OF IMIN'fi BUSINESS Is t' ftir.it 11 * s > 3Jsofevjrv It In I : O.u billet $10 01) ) you pay $1.01) ) down and $1.0. ) caihVJ.k. . Any .nin.int in ly b. ojt.ilu l. Tor ns mirJj to stilt. OUR CU5TO.UKR5 do i't w.int to s ly anything ; n ; > 'it t\s.llt w i ; i tluy C-MHJ to in. They RO riiht ; nluiid anJ pllt out \v i itivcr tlicy njjJ. 1) > .i't o.ifo.i id our h m with others.VK SKLL ON CltUDIT AT CASH PKIGHS. ALL WHO DEAL WITH U3 have this s > ' - - t ndv mtvje. In all our in my dep irtmunts we carry live tlni.-s the am nint of stoik of .my thrjj s.nll ; ir ho MM i i O n ih i o.1 els jw.urj. Yon y t tlu vir'y best cure and attention , with prices lju'jr th m jlsiw.ure. Oar promi-us are ahvnys kept , and if the goods do not prove satisfactory wo allow all rjastinahle claim ? . On a Bill of $ 10.00- - $ ( . Per Walk OP $ 4.00 Per Month. On a Bill of $ 20.00- -SI 25 Per Week or $ 5.00 Per Month. Oiia Bill of $ 30.00- -51,00 Per Wosk or $ 6.00 Ptr Moth. On a Bill of $ 50.00 -$2.00 Per Week .or $8.00 Per Month , On a Bill of $ 75.OO -$2.25Pci'Weekor $9.00 Per Month. On a Bill of $100.00- -$2.50 Per Week or $10.00 Per Month- Oita Bill of $200.00 -$4.00 $ Per Week or $15,00 Per Month. Wood Cofteo 'nh Tot. . . ( in I vti 1117. rd Ten Iron } C AVtiNh AVatei- Iloaril Pall. . . Dipper at , TiiinhlerM at Spoon. . . . SnltN mid Chiipplnur 1'eppcrH , ench Itoul S > rnp 5G .Tniiaii licit Kloiir DOT. . . . -piece Cream Set. . . Celery Stiini ! 3C 3G CillIKH C Oljiss Sliuul C , Imil li IlniMH llnii- Ijiiiiin IlriiHH llmiK IIIKI.niiip. . , UUD Hull Ta Cusiililor lit REASONS WHY OUR STORE IS THE GREATEST IN AMERICA : Polite Attention , Prompt Delivery , Giving What We Advertise , No Misrepresentations , Prices Always thu lowest , Qualities the Hest , Always Something New and Original , lluving All Articles Asked For New , Fashionable ami Staple Merchandise. inllca of Denver , this enterprising Conductor gave additional evidence of his loyalty to ledge & Palmer by slipping out and dis abling the locomotive. Ho removed one of the main rods ( they were not so heavy then as they are now ) , and threw It Into the lake. Ho must have done more , for that , unless he had "seen" the engineer , would not prevent tbo engine , still having one side connected , from taking the train In. After crippling th'o engine , the conductor boarded a. push car ( handcar without handles ) , stood up , spread out his rain coat to rnako a sail , and the west wind pushed him down the long slope into Denver , while Attorney Teller In the delayed train sat at the sum mit and swore. It would seem that with all the advantage it held in the courts , the Hlo Qrando was not content , but was still Increasing Its armed force In Iho Grandu canyon , where J. II. Ilcmer , one of the engineers , with a force of fifty men , blocked the trail. "By what authority , " demanded the Santa Fo men , looking Into the fifty rifles , "do you hold this pass ? " "By the authority of the supreme court and the fifty men behind me , " was Homer's reply. The action of the regular officers and em ployes of the two roads was prompted by a seiiEo of loyalty to their respective em ployers , but the common heid which tool ; service did BO simply for the pay of $5 a day and had no higher Interest In the con test. test.Sometimes Sometimes the camps of the opposing armies were close together , Sometimes thu officers and men met , mingled and mixed toddy under the same cednr. If President Strong of the Santa Fe had realized the nuilousness of the situation , or , if ho had been less considerate and humane It were better to say ho might , by weed ing out the old Illo Grande agents and em ployes , and replacing them with men In , ( sympathy with his company , have put him self In a stronger position for what was ip , follow ; but , to his credft , ho allowed the old men , whose only offense tp the new regime was their loyalty to the old , to le- inaln , LOYALTY OF EMPLOYKS. Although the Santa Fe people appear to have paid no heed to the attitude of the employes along the leased line , the Denver & Hlo Grande people did , and upon the loy alty of their old men they risked everything , The Santa Fe managers , however , were not Idle. They had , located upoi ) their main line , a camp called Dodge City , as tough a community as ever flourished under any ( lag , From these rich recruiting grounds they Imported Into Colorado a string of slaughterers headed by "flat" Mastcrson , whose hands were red with the blood of no less than a BCOIO of his fellow men. In jus tice to Mastcrson thu explanation should be made hero that ho did most of this work In UnjIlRht , with the hedge of "City Marshal" upon his unpiotected breast ; that a good majority of these men deserved killing , but had been neglected by more timid officers of the law. wholly on account of tlulr ex treme toughness , their familiarity with fire arms and an ovenu-anlim fondicea ( for the taking off of city marshals , Furthcn than this uo may not cxcuco him ; the rest remains - mains with him end his God , There was not a men on cither side who would not argue that his company was vholly In Iho right , "and , " he would add , rcfctliiK bis rlllo In the hollaw of his left in in , "priKccdlng within the law. " For ex- nmplr , n Hg Irishman In u red shirt was heard to say "I'm a lau'-ublJln1 man , 'an' I Lellrvo In kllln' th' law hae Its course nt nil tlnuonly In this case I know the Ijlo arniidu's right , an , ' beqorry , I'll light for Vm. " Judio Botrca's declilijn caused the great est confusion. By It he directed the sheriffs of the several counties to take possession of the Rio Grande property and they began to servo writs upon the officers and agents along the line. TRAINS HUN UNDER DIFFICULTIES. On the night of Juno 10 , 1879 , President Palmer tapped the wires on either side of the station at Colorado Springs , made a loop through his residence and sat all night lis tening to the messages sent over the line by the Santa Fe. Colonel Dodge. Palmer's general raan&gcr , bad established a line o' mounted couriers , with stations every twenty miles , over the entire road , for they must not attempt to use the telegraph. By these couriers they hoped to be able to run trains until such time as they could get posses sion of the telegraph offices. They were reasonably sure that Judge Hallett would reverse Judge Bowcn on the llth and so the order went forth to Palmer's people and to the ehcrlffs along the line to swoop down upon the enemy at C n.t m , and canturo the road. Accordingly , on" the morning of the llth a posse under a sheriff , 'armed with a Bowcn Injunction , marched upon the station at East Denver and cap tured It. At West Dcnvev the station was forced "and an operator Installed at the key. To and from along the line the mounted coulters were galloping with messages from General Palmer or Colonel Dodge. Up from the south cnmo eoc-Go\crnor A. C. Hunt , another Hlo Grande general , with a formidable army tbat swept everything be fore It as effectually as did the army of Sherman In Its march to the sen. The Santa Fo people , as soon as they learned what was going on , concentrated their forces nt Pueblo , That Impaitant point they had de termined to hold. Bat Masterson , with hla Inported slayers.was In possesblon of the stone round houseand all Hlo Grande men walked a wide .space a\iuy. The Santa Fe people had /prty-elght hours been urg ing Governor Pltkln to call out the state troops , but the governor said ho could not until there was some demonstration of un lawful forco. aiidft vcn then ( ho sheriffs must first exhaust nl ) means in their power to preserve the ) iuxo before ho could act , When the fight was once on It was found that the Hlo Grande men were in need of restraint Instead' of encouragement. Santa Fo employes werci pqlled from their engines and thumped Intoin elite of obedience to the commands of Iho Rio Grande officer * . Santa Fo sympathizers fought as fiercely , only they appeared , .at all points to be In the minority. Uifdrr the direction of Gen eral Manager Dojjgo,1 , a train yns made up at Denver to sUrtiitfUth , Manager Kramer of the Adams' JJxpscss company hung his messenger about' with six shooters and locked him up In the car. Colonel Dodge said the Hlo 0randy company would run the evpsess business frpm now on , but , to ovoid delay , allowing thu > Adams' car to remain In the train. President Strong , with a team at a de-id run , drove from his hotel to the station , where Colonel Dodge was making up the train , and nil the peopli of the town who wpro awake ran after him , i oxpectlnt ; that upon his arrival at the sta tion the shooting would surely begin. Prob- , [ pbly at no time In their lives , before nor Blnco , have these two officers known such a trying moment , but they were too wise to begin themselves a battle which they Knew they could not stop. Finding Dodge In pos session of everything In slsht Mr , Strong made a rush for the court. APPROACH OF THE CRISIS. The greatest excitement prevailed among the employes all along the line Operators at small stations were so confuted they hardly know what Bourse to take. At some of the stations the agents were with the Santa Fe , and , thes ; made it Impossible for the Hlo Grande to use the wire for handling their trains. We have seen by the character and votlnp place of the men employed by the Santa I > that Mr. Strong was desperately In ear nest. To show that General Palmer was malting a great effort to avoid mistakes , 1 will quote from a letter lately received from .1 prominent railway officer , who was In the fight : "With the exception of about half a dozen employes , the men were all In sympathy with General Palmer and desired that he bo Eiicccbsful In his efforts to regain posses sion of the road , and as each train passed through Colorado Springs up to midnight , June 10 , as the trainmen applied at the Rio Grande headquarters , which were then lo cated at Colorado Springs , they were sup plied with whatever they thought would bo necessary to bo used In defending their trains the next day , It having been previ ously arranged that posscsxlon would be taken at C o'clock on the following morning. " It Is safe to assume that they ns'cd for all they wanted and got all they asked for. By the time the first train pulled out of Denver the .whole state was swarming with armed men. But from n filnglo county , Pueblo , came the cry of a sheriff who had hern unable to servo the Bowcn writ nnd dls'odge ' the Santa Fe. There MaHterson lioul , not only the roundhouse , but the sta tion and the offices. The Rio Grande forecR nt Pueblo were under Chief Engineer Me- Murtrle and R. F. Weltbrec , treasurer of the company. Some of the Hlo Orando men conceived the idea of stealing a cannon from the mil- Itla , with which they might batter down the roundhouse and capture the killers therein , but found at the last moment that the gun hail already been atolcn by the gentlemen upon the other side , It was even asserted that the gun was within the round house walls , and the Hlo Grande people moved , yet a llttlo space nuay. THE BOSS FIGHTER SEEN. Mr. Weltbree , It would appear , hejd the belief that a man who could be lilted by ail entire stranger to go out and slay pcopld for a few dollars a day could be seen , and BO ho went over to the roundhouse to see Mastcrson. When they had spokcn softly together for a spell , Bat called his captain , who went presently to the lieutenant , who was standIng - Ing at the other end of the houce where the men were massed , and sold ; "Yous ducks 'II trow yer heavy guns down , keep your light oics , on * slide. " "What ? " said the lieutenant , "Ynus fellies are to lay down 'ees nibs 'as sen Bat. " "Well , " said the lieutenant , " 'spose he have seen Bat , where da we como In ? Wlmt'u In the pot ? Yo kin till Mr. Bat we'll not quit till we ucc some dough , " The captain icported to Bat and return ing to the lieutenant , who btood surrounded by his faithful EOkMcrs , eald ; "Bat sa > s the gentleman 'as seen Mm , an' If } ouce guyed don't come off at once he'll have to como over personally , Th' gen'Pman 'as ten Mm sec ? " anil ulili that the captain spieail cut. bU broad hand on a level with hU plEtol pocket , pushed the atmosphere down and strode away , The army laid down Its arm * , for Mr. Wrltbrce had seen Bat. We are unable to give tbo exact figures , but o know that Bat had been "seen " Tbo surrounding of the roundhouse , how- pver. did not mean the giving over of the whole toun , and the Santa Fc men still hold the dU'jatcher's office. POSSESSION SECURED. In the meantime Colonel Dodge's train was coming down from ! the north and Gov ernor Hunt was coming up from ( be couth. , Till * l HIP riinlr on ! of n fi-ippe | I'nrlor Suit. The frninpN nrp of onk or ttlrpli , iniilinuiuiy lln- li P il iilnno l.ncU rnrt oil full M | i r I n 3&- piit ntiil tipIn In 3&T The Milt uordi UilN - T -n M neil MPII ( O h n I r , li \S vtortli ' " - ( ! ( cent * . work OOp V -l-liole Steel Itntine , nllli ( their , nit imrts Nccnrcl ) ' rlxeleil mill unllx 11 n oil Mid iniiilt * from enlil rolleil tnallnlite Nloel , uorlli 9lUm ( Hit * : t.ilece | lleil llooni M H. coiiMlNtliiK of full KUc tilth Inrjic mirror , iien | | > eiirieil Jieil mill u nice eoiiiiuoile , * > orlli A Iliiely eiinmeleil AVhlte Iron lleil , hriiNH nu.vslr.c . , iv ill-Ill a ljIO.OO Iron lleil for \&Ki llrnni licit. ! { tl ( > .OI ) , Ililfi V carloa < I of ConclieH just reeeneil , ami MClll place on wale thlN neck ! ! . * ! ( > TniK-Nlrj ConclieH , milled Mtirth 1S.OO , for If Cnrvliinr Sc ( JlOp .f.'t I'lclurcN ijtl.l- WS Con ( or Tnltlo. . . . H7o 1S Dinner Set lfS.no fx Toiici Set jji.ir ; ji. ( ciiiiut rioNot. . r I'lilN open ) ? (1 ( Kllchcii Safe.Ct. . Hook C'liHf. l > roH > - , ntniuls C feet pi.no inci noc r o o in y o ii Uliltli and : it 75c KIIK . . . . . . . . UIo lOe Oil Clolli Illc Ifi : lllnokliiK' CitMpN. . 7.io 5uortll j7-00 _ ! < : . . ' , hlilclnuird SIL'.dd uortli > thlH week. # 7 l A.piihlon $4.05 A line ( Inl ; fa-ii ; ' * x&t JjXyt * ± . HAM , THICK iSSS VStUfyiaS SS ulth n | > la < mirror , uorth I-UIMK ) for TlilH Sprlnprvorlli U.RO , ivlll , l > c Hold to i-\cry plii-- 35 i'luiNor of 11 Iluil Itooni nA Suit for < $ C \s s\ Be sure you get the rig-lit place , No. < % I3l5-r3'7 ' Farnam street , between i3th and y i4'h , 3 doors from Paxton Hotel corner. The excitement was hourly Increasing Wherever the Santa Fe men refused to open up , the doors were smashed and thu Rio Grande men , usually headed by a sheriff , took possession. When the train reached Pueblo the ex press car was bioken Inlo , the Adams ex press matter was dumped upon the plat form and Mr. Kiamcr's mesbonsci , loaded down like u Clulbtm.is ticu In a mining camp , where the favorite gift is a sU- shootcr , was dumped out on top of his freight. The excitement throughout the state was unparalleled. Telegrams poured over the wires to the governor's olllce. One from the sheriff of Pueblo county was to the ef fect that an armed mob had seized tbo Den ver & Hlo Grande piupctty them nnd re sisted his efforts Uv dislodge them. Ho had exhausted all peaceable means to that end and felt that he must resort to force , hut asked for Instructions. The govcinor re sponded that he must act within thu utilct commands of the couit. It v.as not fur him ( Pltkln ) to coiihtiuo Iho legal effect of writs In the hands of shcilffa ; they imi.sl act upon their own i expansibility. Tluoun upon his own resources , Inter In the duy , the blierlrf. with a largo posse , forced the door of the train dispatcher's olllce. A number of shots weio llrud , but nu one In jured. About dark the tame evening ex- Governor Hunt , that whirlwind of energy and Indiscretion , urrhul on the scene fium the south with a foico af 2'JO ' men. They had captured all the munll Millions along the line , bilnging the a oiits awa > \\ltli them on n captured train. It was stated that two of the Suntu Fo men hud been killed and a like number wounded. At Pueblo all unH excitement uiul confusion , whcro Hunt swept ou'rythlng brforo him. Having placed the property of the com pany In thu hamld of Hlii Urmi'lo men , Mr. Hunt wont up the liver to Canon City , anil when he had finished thcio thu JJcmer & . Hlo Grande mil way -u.is in the hands of HL ov/ncrs , HOSTILITIES IN THE COURTS. We often hear of railway tiulns being held up sometimes by a single man but tills Is probably the only Instance whcro an entire railway system has been captured In a single glo day by an armed force. When tha min ramo up on June 1" It thonc upon General Palmci In all Ills glee , nin- nlnu every ilcpai tniont of Hit1 joad , but the end was not yet. Judge Hiillett promptly declared Judge Doucn'a decision null and void. Jtidgo JJowrn rallied , and two daa } later landed once moie with a dccieu plac ing the Hlo Grande in tlio hawU of n le- celvcr. Again the Santa Fo went to the federal ciuit , and In the meantime rumor * , of t lot and bloudnbud ramo up from nil along the lino. At Pueblo the Rio Grande men had crcctod heavy timber forU about the station Up In the ranyon Uo Hemer had his army well supplied , and BIXXV that ' no work was done by tiio opposing compun ) Judge Hallett , Judo Mlllor concurIng then ordered all property unlawfully tokei to bo rcstoicd to the Santa Fo , after whlcli Iho Rio Giaii'le might Initlluto proceedlnge for the cancellation of the Irusr. Three days uc-ro glicu for the complete icftlorutlon of the property to thu lessees The Santa Fe now atlied that the receive ) bo discharged , which , after flnboratu argu ments , was done. The Hlo Grande promptlj restored the road to tha leasccu and anknl for an order lutrainlng Dm Santa To from operating It , Thin order was lueuri'l , a now receiver was appointed and the road restore' ! to its owners. Jay Gould tame to the front with money , bought EiO per cent of stock , , \U'I \ ' the flxht was declared off , Looking back over the tuvcnUsn tununvrt which , alnco tlil > excitement , have ( .lipprd away , a the rovtUbK iallc flip out frou under a sleeper , oito Is apt to conclude that the end of It all was a good ending. Mot or the men , Including the great lawjcrs. who took part In the unpleasantness , nru still hero to criticise this tame picture of these stirring scenes. Judge Hallett's equity mill Is still gilnillng out justice at Denver Pres ident Palmer and General Manager Dodge fill the same positions today on 'the ' Rio Grande Western that they hold then on thi > Denver & Hlo Grande. Governor Hunt has gene away. Mr. Strong , I brlloo , Is at the head of one of tbe great Mexican railways , uhllo removing hia gold-mounted WlnchcH- ter fiom nn ambulance at Guyamas , Old Mexico , Mr. Morley , the hero of the momlng ride , was accidentally bliot and killed. Mr. Mustcrson has re'licd. He is now a imldent of Denver and divides Ills time between lec turing the cleigy of that city and urnplrlns prlzo fights. _ CY WAHMAN. KnlcrprlNc of A'IIN ! MiiKiillmlo. It Is more than half 11 score yrar * slnco the announcement has been made hero of the approaching appearance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West , to which I now added-a Con- KI-CHH of the Rough Hlneis of the World. In that lime they hove inured the world ever , uiul pursued paths which led them Into stiango c-llmea and made Btiango con trasts. What the ghcats of the Roman gladiators must have thought when they haw the painted red mrn deploy upon the historic arena of the mighty Colosseum at Rome would make Interchtlng leading , But not alone thcro were their tents pitched , for they followed the stream of history from the battle giomuls of Floildcn FlolO. nnd Wateiloo to Sedan uiul .Sevastopol. They left the IloclJt.-i behind , but they grossed the Alps nnd Pyrenees In the foot steps of Napoleon Honaparto , and camped at thn fcot of the Caucasus. They personally paid proud but leapectfiil tilbuto to thu rrlgiilng monurchs ( if the world , and it-crlvcd in return the lined of praise duo to unciowned royalty ami to bravo deeds. And now , having gathered In Ills travels thu leprcsentatlvc native and pilmlllvu Hough Kldcr.of the Woild , Buffalo Bill como back once more to his unlive land. The magnitude of hU present entcrpilso Is startling. Two railway trains transport nn army of men and horses , their habita tions and KilbfllHtrnce , a grand stjiii'l cap able of seating 0,000 persons , and a poit- able electric light plant the largeM over built. The educational value of this oxhl- bltlon need not bo einphadzed , for It to apparent that never again will there b' ' Mich a ( onowirse. Civilization hag "wiped out" thu buffalo , the Indians : iru leduccit to n meie handful , the haidy plonccm of whom Ctil. Cody ( Uuffala 1)111) ) ) b the ack nowledged chieftain , HID iH'Kluulng to wntcli Iho silvering of their lock * by Father Time. This U an opportunity which no one plionlil neglect , or he will rt-gict It In the fntuio. In the morning theio will be a frea street cnvalcadu wltlil detachments front every division , enlivened with three hand * of iniiUc , Including ( ho turnout * Buffalo. Hill's Cowboy Hand. It Is hardly necexraiy to zay that thin lomnrkablo entertainment , which romblneH to much of Instruction with entertainment of the ir.OBt unliuo | elmnirter , inrrlls a. most liberal patronage. Buffalo Bill will' appear at every pciformance. Thu Wild Wefct exhibition will oppean- hero on Saturday , October 10. Balmoral , the palace In nhleh Queen Vlft- lorla received tbo czar- and ciurlua. U & va > t pile of building * which look like toino great public Inntltutlou It Is very "Kir und it co arranged Inxldo that It U alto * marvel of dlitoiuforu