Show THE i RUSTLERS WAR They Are Lead by a Young Methodist Minister THE SITUATION I IS YERS SERIOUS Colonel Van Horn Fears the Jail hay be Attacked At-tacked Great Activity 13 ort Omaha A Battle Probable CHICAGO April 16An Inter Ocean special from Cneyenne Wyo says Today To-day news from Johnson county predicts another outbreak of the rustler war Tho ruster rustlers are greatly excited and very bitter nrrnlnsh the ratt1nmon imnriRonpil it Fort McKinney They threaten to lynch l them i they can capture them The prisoners are to be moved to Fort Douglas near Salt i Lake city Colonel Van Horn boo been I warned that the troops will bo attacked en route Ho is preparing for and expects an engagement I the rustlers make an attack at-tacK there is certain to be a sanguinary battle The rustlers who number rusters 10000 and all well armed insist that Hcsae Ford and Elliott tho imprisoned cattlemen be delivered to them I they get tho prisoners they will certainly be landed Colonel Van Horh hesitates to remove re-move the prisoners fearing tho troops will be overpowered The leader of the rustlers is M A Reidor a young Methodist I preacher who possesses the absolute confidence i dence his followers I Acting Governor Barbour of Wyoming 1 is much concerned over the situation and has telegraphed to the sheriff ot Jpnnsou county that under no circumstances will tho prisoners bo delivered de-livered to tho civil autho rities till they can be safely and a lair trial guaranteed He has also requested Van Horn to obtain the custody of the five cattlemen now in Buffalo Buf-falo jail and ordered Sheri Angus to do liver them at Fort McKinney Governor Pnhn hnn nn s h 1 H n fare nit he has to call u on the government govern-ment for troops Everybody familiar with tho oituation is apprehensive of another outbreak Col Van Horn Fears an Attack on the Jai OMAHA April 1GCol Van Horn commandant com-mandant at Fort McKinney Wyo telegraphs I tele-graphs for permission to transfer Sutherland Suther-land and Carpenter the invading cattlemen captured by the sheriff and rustlers before tho fight at the T A ranch from the jail at Buffalo Wyo to the guard house as he fears an attack on the jail by tho rustlers He was granted authority to make the transfer The prisoners at Fort McKinney are anxious to be taken to Cheyenne under a military escort as they are atraid if they are not they will not get out of northwestern north-western Wyoming alive Great Activity at Jleadqnartcrs OMAHA Neb April 16There is great activity at the headquarters of the department depart-ment of tho Platte General Brooko has v ade arrangements to stay up all night Ho refuses to give any details but it is knoTii important news has been received om Wyoming f o Lieutenant Johnson to ba Tried SOLOMOSVILLE Ariz April 16Time The district court meets hero to morrow Jurors and witnesses poured into lown today to-day Sieuteoant C P Johnson of tho Tenth cavalry will bo tried foo murder Ho is charged with killing Henry Barry at Fort Thomas in October |