Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1889 — A MOB IN GUTHRIE, [ARTICLE]

A MOB IN GUTHRIE,

The Metropolis of Oklahoma in a State of Turmoil—Militia Galled Out. For several nights about twelve hundred men, who have lost their lots in Guthrie, I. T., through contests, have been holding revolutionary meetings, but nothing has resulted, except to declare the citv officers usurpers. Thursday the marshals undertook to enforce au ordinance which provides for the ejectment of persons who have lost their lots through the decision of the arbitration boards. Adjoining the postoffice a lot had been awarded to the occupant of the rear end, who had a building erected. An old man Jived in a tent on the front end, and when the marshals tore his tent down and carried him oft, a mob of 1,500 men, came to his rescue. They drove the marshals away and leleased a man from prison who bad been arrested for inciting the mob. For several hours the mob had possession of the city, and it was not until a company of soldiers arrived that order was restored. The marshal, under the protection of the military, dragged the old man from the lot where he had slept sfhee the 22d of April. Had not the soldiers arrived in time the mob would have demolished the city hall and caused bloodshed. The soldiers ere parading the city and the business men are organizing for protection. Many of us can remember when women had not a college of their own, and only Oberlin opened her doors to equal and co-education. And that opening raised a tempestuous opposition and war of indignation. Now, says Kate Htevens, women have more than 200 colleges wheie they can matriculate and carry off honorsjand there are 4,000 women in attendance. Among theee institutions are several State Universities besides Cornell, and Howard, and Columbia and a half a doaen owned and occupied by the woman alone. N’ eanwhile, women iui teachers are rece vin[, in place of a mere pittance, a sum almost equivalent to that paid to men.