El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-31
MEXICAN
ARTILLERY
Intended for the Yaqui Cam
paign Will Pass Through
Ell Paso
SOLDIERS ARE MASSING

At the Scene of HOstilities and tn
War ls Believed to Be About t
Begin in Earnest.
A large amount Of artillery and am
munitiOn with guard of IA men from
chihuahua will be in this city tod ay
or tomorrow, destined for the Yaqu
country in lower Sonora, where the
Yaqui Indians are at war with the
Mexican government.
It is now thought that the war may
reach considerable proportions and be
as stubbornly contested and as.prolong
ed as the last one.
Mexico is apparently preparing for
the worst and is rushing arms and am
munitiou to the scene of the outbreak.
An Austin special of July %, says:
Gov. Sayers today received tele-
gram from United States Secretary of
State John Hay stating that the Mexi-
can government asks permission to
send to the state OF Sonora, Mex, via
| Ell Paso and Nogales, artillery and am
munition with guard of fourteen SOL
diers, that the United States assents to
| the proposed transportation of an
| armed force through this country and
that the governors permission is also
desired. Gov. Sayers granted the re-
quest.
"Tnis artillery and ammunition Is to
be shipped from chihuahua, Mex,
among faction of the Yaqui
Indians.
ga large body of these Indians went
on the warpath few days ago and in a
fight which they bad with Mexican
soldiers over twenty of them were kill.
ed"
The Los Angeles Times contains the
following:
Felipe Seldnar of the state of Sonora,
who with relatives and Gen. Yberri,
is staying at the Nadeau hotel, receiv-
ed letter yesterday giving further in
forms, about the Yaqui uprising in
SonorI. In addition to the murder of
Charles F. Hale of this city, reported
several days ago, Seldnar has informa
tion to the effect that the Indians out
ragged two nuns and two society girls
The body of dale has not yet been re-
covered.
"Col. Pernado, who psciied the In
dians in 1897, with 200 soldiers, and a
half ba' talon under Gen.L. Torres and
Maj. Rivera, are fighting the rebels.
| Chief Tetabiate (since reported killed)
| was assisting the government forces at
| the time the letter was written. A
missionary, Father Beltran, and an un-
|
They, with the murdered woman, were
trying to pacify the Indians. The
priests were killed with knives and
their bodies were terribly mutilsted.
"Seldner says the Indians are well
treated by the Mexican government,
but they want to be independent of
government restraint. Most of their
fighting is done from ambush"
Newspaper correspondents are hast
ening to the scene of hostilities and
Americans in the outlying district are
coming in toward the towns.
The latest news from Sonora is thai
the Yaqui Indians surprised the Mex
lean troops Friday. putting them tG
flight and killing Lorenzo Torres the
general in command, and uncle o.
young Torres, who was slain by then
early in the week.
Ell Correo de Sonora, published a.
Guaymas, contains the followingspecia
from POtam:
IAN outbreak of the Yaqui Indian.
against their native leaders serving
under the government, has just occurred
Juan Maldonodo alias 'Tetabiate,
principal commander of the Yaauis il
trying to suppress the rebellion. Other
chiefs have also been killed at Vican
and Bacum.
I'm 1897 Tetabiate, the old war chic
of the Yaqui tribes, with the consent O
his people, entered into a treaty with
the Mexican government and accord
ing to the provisions of the treaty G
large tract of land was set aside for the
exclusive use of the Indisns. But II
seems that recently the Mexican auth
critics have granted people-Ameri
cans and MeXicans-concessi tC
prospect for gold on land set aside fol
the exclusive use of the Yaquis. Thi:
aroused the resentment of the Indiant
land many of them wanted TO declare
the treaty off then and there; they
want to renew their ten years war with
MeXico.''
| ARMS AND MEN.
The officer and men of the artillery
arrived here from chihuahua last nigh
on the Mexican Central train and will
go to Nogales with the big guns
which are expected this afternoon.
Sixty cases of arms went through
here last Thursday, via Nogales to the
Yaqui country for the use of the Mex
can soldiers being mobilized there fol
the camDaipn