, 1881-08-19
Interview with Con. Jose Atorea,
Commander Of the Mex
lean Troops.
Ho Wishes to Cooperate with Amer
ican Officials In suppressing
the Desperadoes.
Ten Cit1zons Murdered and $780,
600 fn Property Destroyed
Within n Mouth.
Eight Moxioans Killed In Fight with
Oattlo-Thtoves In tho Vicinity
Of Bariope,

TOMBSTONE, ArlzOnn, Aug. 1S.-Gen. At1olfc
Donn1ncz Ena Just arrived from tho frontier
Of Sonort, whcro he holds tile position ut Adtu'
TINT Under Con. Jes6 Atorca, now III command
ot tho troops on tho Mexican border.
An Eptthph Reporter
INTERVIEWED GEN. ItUatlaQuEz
AMI obtainc.l tllo following Infortnatton:
"0ur poopls huve boon Krnnt su'!crurs. We
hay1 lost many citizens killetl nud
property stolen. Wo nro tlloroforo
tnktnE aotiyo steps to protect ol,t
cltfzens ntl1 repel raiders Thoro nro =, GO rcgtl.
lars, besides tho inllltla, on tho lno, and sup.
ply oamps nro to be established nt olloc. Evury
l'roeant'on will bo taken to protect both oil,
own clttzcns and such Amorlcnns rs nre uuyuEcd
III Legitimate industry Within our llnrs."
Reporter" Arc you III Arizona on oElica
business p
ucneral-"I mn. Il pNrt Of my business wns
to purchase supplies for now forts. IpllrrhRsnd
s0nip 1t nisoce aud Chnrlestun, and will aotil
moro fr0nl TUCSON. l wAnt to tnlk with tho ruT,.
rcsentntyo men OF your uitlea, amt MISC hnvo TN
intervlow with YOUR Governor and commanding
dcncrai. leave Tonight for TUCSON. aad Wit
80 from thnrc to Prescott ils sohn III possible"
lteporter-What Will you propose to cur CHIEF
otllrnl r.
GoHeral-"1 hopo to OBJECT an arrangement by
which tho most thorough hurtnony and ,eltelcnt
cooperation may 0xiat botw1en Atnsrlean ind
MGxicAn troops operating OH tho border. We
Gun only drive out those thieves nnd mitr1ercrt
by united nct1pn. We aru not only willing but
worry anxious that such united action should
'oxtst."
Ruportor-" 1Iayo American raltlers done
much damnge in your Country rcce,,tly1'
GcncrAl-"Y Yes; AtYdtrs have gradually bcc
growing moro aud more desperate. 1t ts csti-
matcd that within tho lust month tlloro thun
TEN CITIZENS HAVE t3EEN KILLED
and upwards Of $4,000 worth Of property
tukon.'
lsoportor-"Aro your pooplo under tho In
preston TINT this disposition to rld Is general
among tho citizens OF this section p
0cnorai-" No; we bulevc that tho American
officials and tho groat maturity OF your cltizcns
deprccat0 those nuts Of lawicsnass, and, below
frs thls, we have c0nrago to l,npo that by uultcl
effort tho outlaws may bo suppressed nnd MI
cAsy djustnlent OF difficulties effected"
Two companies of tho Sixth Cavalry have
beon ortlarctt from Camp tfunchuuca to Cnu1p
Grnnt, tho nearest post to tho scene ct TIC
troubles.
An American Just In from Sonora gives the
following additional infor,nntlon:
About week. hgo II purity Of Americans num-
berIng abnnt twenty-five, supposed to 10 frori
San Simon, malo
A RAID IN TUE VICINITY or l,A1siorE,
gathered NJ. I'LL tho loose stock they could lind
and started holnuwar.l. Tho stoxic,,ns organized
nparty, ovcrtouls tho r,dcrs and light cnsue.l,
in which tho Me1icnBs wcro defeated and eight
nj their humber killed. 4 collrtor was sent post
hnsto to Con. Otcro Mt Fronteraa With full par
ticuInra Ut tho rail.
Con. Otpro ut once ordered Capt, Carrlllo With
bis compnry to tho limo whore tho ruislprs werd
expected to cross with tho plumber. as hla com!
tnand md ridden tiuy aud night, Capt. Carrtd
thought ho must be snInu Distance nhcal uf tho
raiders. 1t 10 not improbable that tho killing Id
0uadaiono CAIion might hlvo bean done by
Moxlcan regulars ,l&ler Capt, Carrillo, as t,,oy
were headol In that Direction. Carrillo hud
about llfty men Ia bis cuMpAuy. 4