The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
FIGHT NEAR YUMA.
Striking Section Men and Off,
 cers Have @ Battle.

The following dispatches give the particulars of bloody fight which took place on the desert, in California, Rear Yuma:
 YUMA. ARIZONA, October 25 A desperate bat tie was fought this afternoon at Mammoth Tank fifty miles west of Yuma, in which several Mex jeans were shot and deputy sheriff was nor tally wounded by being struck with stone. On one side was Sheriff Mel Greenleaf and two dep- uties, and opposing them were 2jO Mexican sec ton hands
 The sectio hands at Mammoth went on strike and became very insolent and abusive this after noon, and violence wa feared by the foreman Deputy sherlfs George Wilder and James Jones who happened to be in that country looking for Juan Juerves, & murderer, were summoned to quell the trouble. Sheriff Mel GIeenleaf fwas on the east-bound passenger train, returning to Yuma from Los Angeles, and he was requested to stop at Mammoth Tank and head the charge of his subordinates in the trouble which was likely to ensue.
 It did ensue, and with an emphasis wholly unexpected and exceedingly disastrous. The Mexicans gathered a couple of hundred yards from the st ton, 26J strong. and. armed with picks, shovels, hammers clubs and rocks, they formed a formidable array. The officers ad yanced, dcterminei to make 0 desperate at tempt to capture the ridgleaCers They ached the strikers and had selected the men wanted when the Mexicans attacked them. and rocks fell around them thick as ha lstones,
 Wilder fell, and Mexican D ssing him on the run struck him on the head with large, sharp stone, infiaiug deep wound. The Sheriff was Al. uty's inanimate form in his a:ms and carried him to the waiting passenger train.
 In the meantime Deputy Jones had retraeted in double-qIick time to the express car, where he secured the messengers double barre ed shotgun and opened fire on the advancing mob. Several NJ xii ans fell and were quickly picked up by their comrades After the second shot the men stopped, and the section foreman. who was clo> ely pursued and would undoubtedly have been killed, escaped. he officers boarded the rain and brought their wounded comrade to Yuma, where it was discovered that he will live.
 A posse Is rapidly forming and will leave in a short time for the scene of the trouble In tn next battle the odds will not be so desperate, and if further resistance is offered many dead Mexicans will b the result It is not known how many were killed by the officers, but pas sengers on the train who witnessed the fight say they saw as many as five or six picked up by their comrades
 YUMA, ARIZONA, October 26 The battle which occurred at Mammoth Tank yes erday between Yuma county officers and 260 striking Mexican employees of the Southern Pacific railroad re- sulting in the killing of several A exicans and the fatal wounding of Deputy Sheriff George Wilder of Yuma county was not renewed to-day for eighteen of the ringleaders of the murderous mob were captured an all others in any way implicatedi in the affair were discharged.
 The capture was made by posse offorty men from Yuma, sworn in by Deputy Sheriff Peter Burke ofSan Diego county. They were taken to Mammoth Tank on special train and sur prised the strikers just at daybreak. They were surrounded, and though at first they of fered some resistance, finally surrendered with out a shot being fired.
 During the night attempts were made on the lives of Al Muir, conductor of a construction train at Mammoth Tank and a son of Division Superintendent J. Muir and upon a Yaoui Indian boy, who attempted to go to work. Both escaped on foot and were picked up by he spec ial train bearing the posse some miles this side of Mammoth Tank
 How many, Mexicans were killei in yester- days battle cannot be determined as they were carried away under cover of night. Two wounded Ones were captured today t is thou sht that hudred rebeliious and discharged Mexicans, among hom are several of those yet wanted, are camped in an alm St inaccessi- ble mountain astuess five miles rom the scene of trouble, and to dislodge them will pr, ve diff frn lo hoc i- nf Q pected, but if this party is disturbed there will he hICOIv develoDmeutS