People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1896 — TO STOP THE FIGHT. [ARTICLE]

TO STOP THE FIGHT.

Arizona’s Governor Orders State Militia to Be Ready. Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 12. —The governor and adjutant general Tuesday issued orders to the militia companies at Phoenix. Tempe, Mesa, Yuma and Tuscon to hold themselves in readiness for immediate service. This action was caused by private advices that Dan Stuart intends to load his prize fighters and their spectators on the cars at El Paso and make a quick run into Arizona, where it is believed the fight can be pulled off near San Simon station without molestation. This would be less than four hours’ running from El Paso and tents could be pitched and the big fight settled the authorities could get to the ground. Governor Hughes is determined that the fight shall not occur on Arizona soil.*