Arizona republican., 1895-06-20
Hears of Italian Trouble
 at Congress Mine
And Wires Baron de Fava and
 Governor Hughes About It.
International Complication Which Lasted About an Hour
 ana Half.

Surprise WAS created at the govern or's office yesterday by the receipt of a telegram from the Italian consul at Denver in which it was stated that rumor had reached Denver of the op- precision of Italian miners at the Con- gress mine. The consul asked the CO., operation of the governor in the pro- tection of the miners. The consul ad- ded that he had communicated with the state department through the Italian am bassador, Baron de Fava.
 This dispatch was quickly followed by one from Secretary Olney, of the department of state, in which he said he had received a communication from the Italian minister, who had just received dispatch from the consul at Denver descri ibing the troubles or rumor of troubles at Congress mine. Governor Hughes was directed to in- vestigate the matter and proceed at once to quell any disturbance which might result in disaster to the Italians.
 There was 8 vagueness about the rumor which reached Denver or an am- biguity about the consul's transmission of 1t to both the state department and the executive office here that left a doubt as to whether there had been an uprising of the Americans against the Italians or whether there was system of oppression going on which was likely to drive the Italians to rebellion.
 Nothing had been heard here of any friction st the mine and certainly no dangerous outbreak could have occurred there that would net have been heard of here.
 Governor Hughes was at Tucson and his private secretary, Jordan. at once telegraphed to perintendent F. B. Gage making inquiry concerning the reported trouble. The superintendent was at the miue three miles away from the telegraph etation. The station agent at Congress in the meantime re- piled that nothing unusual could have occurred at the mine. There were very few Italians employed there and there was no ill-feelirg against them by the l American miners.
 Later dispatch was received from Superintendent Gage in which the length. There was no trouble, he said of any character at the mine. There was no dissatisfaction among the Italian miners and no cause for any had been given by either the American employes CT the management of the mine. The superintendent expressed in his dispatch curiosity to know on what the rumcr was based and he asked to be put in possession of the cor respondence concerning it. There was a tone of indignation iE his telegram that the consul had acted so hastily in building an international complication upon baseless report.
 Private Secretary Jordan telegram phed both the consul and Secretary Olney that the matter had been thoroughly investigated and that the dangerous report had been found to be without any foundation.
 Since the uprising at New Orleans seven years ago against the Mafa, the Iynching of several of it's members and the ensuing vexstious and expensive complication with Italy, the United States has acted with great prompti- tude in all cases in which the person, property or lives of King Hum bert's subjects have been threatened.
 HI e0 HlcHtAa nSO c iot ol SpiOl tidO miners made matters unpleasant for their Italian co coempioyes and in conse- quence the wires between Washington and Denver were kept hot until quiet WAS restored. Since the New Orleans affair Italian representatives in this country guard the welfare of their countrymen jeal0us!y. l. was this national peculiarly Of abnormal watchfulness, 10, doubt, that led the consul at Denver to act with that im- proper precipitation described as Ego. ing off at half cock"