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THE COWBOY S STRIKE.Sti hum a if, April lfl.—Joe Gunter and Jules Gunter, of the firmof (Inntor, Munson Gunter, the heaviest cattlemen in tin* Pan-, handle, returned from their ranch | in the Panhandle to-day. They) went to the Panhandle to iuves ligate and take action on thestrike of the cowboys. When^ *they reached their ranch, they concluded to take the bull by the j horns. They at once paid off the j strikers and pat new hands in,their places at theold wages, The strikers are under command of )one Harris, a former boss of the iLeo ranch, lb* has them under perfect control, and they willobey his slightest command.WThey are camped in an (Uit-campof Leo's ranch, having taken a font horse load of from Lee's ranch. They are badly armed, having only six-shoot-ers. They number some forty• *or fifty. Gunter, Munson »V Own* ter are the only ones that luivefttak«n action to tin* date* t‘i*» Iother ruitrltfium luniiif aliwiit.! Lee's Hey Hold’s and Green's)men are all awa\ from theirranches, and the men have ail ,struck and lelt and are camped j about twenty miles from AlamoPitas, on Lee’s ranch.Two days after Gunter paid his hands and sent them oft the strikers sent two men to* theirranch intending to warn the men Ithat they could not work for less*than $f»Oa mouth. Joe and Jules jGunter met them at the much and made them leave before tiny saw the men. They met the ne-*!Ofgro cook, who told them he was ;getting $00 per mouth. The |matter will be settled when Lee iarrives. It is supjiosed that hewill not come without a sufficient tforce to quell any outbreak.;Trouble is anticipated, as Harris,'the leader is a bold, had man,1and will not Is* circumvented if |he can avoid it. Is*e is at ent the only sufferer. The Gun ters had to net without consult* tug, as the other ranchmen were not at fla ir ranches. Theeattle- i men here all glory in the spunkof Gunter and my they will i■W *stand by the other rauehuien if!thev will follow suit.Miller, the man reported shot some day sago by Butter Parpen ter, is reported this evening as sinking rapidly.
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Graham Leader
Graham, Texas, US
Sat, Apr 21, 1883
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