Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-02

Mexican bullet. Two hosemsn who turned water on them ih the hope that their advance might be checked, met a similar fate, one of them going down with crushed skull He was literally bearen to death.
 It is told by one of the refugees who witnessed the occurrence that an American happened to be in the path of the mob when he was set upon by d number of Mexicans, who chose, rather than shoot him down merci- fully, 70 beat him to death with rocks, picked up from the roadway. It was a grewsome sight.
 The special train which arrived in Bisbee last night brought, among others. Eugene Brown, a plasterer contractor, who was working on a contract for-Metcalf brothers. Brown $ story is a graphic one of the day occurrences.
 "The Mexicans had been forming sll day long. Two thousand strong hey came up on the Mesa at s o'clock forcing every Mexican workman they net in their path to fall in with them They took my laborers away so quick ly that 1 had scarcely time to realize . what had happened. How they hap pened to leave me unmolested is more than 1 can understand. I guess they must have been looking for bigger game.
 q saw five autos with men armed to the teeth stop the mob, but the latter refused to halt for them. The men in the autos fired on the mob, killing two of them.
 Then the mob came right up to Metcalf's yard. George Metcalf rush ed ouu with a gun, l hsard-l didn see that myself-and he was shot down before he could do a thing. Will Met calf, his brother. met a similar fate within a few feet of his dead brother
 "The mob then set fire to the lum Der yard, destroying it. That was the only fire that saw up to the time we left at 7:20 o'clock.
 All the mob were not armed, but mary of them were. I do not think they were quite ready for real trouble They seemed to be getting their men together to prepare for battle. Their leaders were making speeches, tell ing the men 10 go home and get .heir guns and meet again at the court house. From the mob arose cries of Viva Mexicano," and curses and in precautions were called down on the head of the Americans. It looked mighty bad, can tell you.
 q understand that the men demand ed 5 pesos ($5) a day pay and eight hours work. This being refused them, a speech made by Colonel Greene did not have any quieting effect on them, so the mob was gathered. At least that is my understanding of it.
 Yes, Greene made speech from the steps of the store, think, but 1t only seemed to make the Mexicans worse. There were some threats made and then Greene went to his house.
 ''I saw several of the Mexican off, cials going back and forth from the Greene residence, but we did not hear what they were doing.
 The report that telegraphic and telephonic communications between Cananea and Naco had been terminal ed may be true. l would not be sur prised if the fire at the Metcalf lum- Der yard burned through the wires. l. was a hot fire and the wires pass close to the yard.
 "I saw one white man clubbed to death with stones. He was given no chance for his life. and so far as l could see did not modest any one. IL was simply cold-blooded murder.
 'The family of John Campbell came up on the train, as we'll as many oth- CTS whom I do not l-now."
 From a lady who. to use her own
 T,s,, bot C1n entirely forgot her name. the safe arrival of the John Campbell family was also learned.
 This lady lived at the Star lodging house on the Mesa. near the Metcah lumber yard. and further corroborates the rumor that fully Seventy-five met death in the riot following the strike. She also reports that the line men were working hard with the wires at the time of her departure. Lights were still burning in the city, so it is presumed that the electric system re- nained in good shape up 10 that time
 Several of the refugees came with out any other belongings than those which they wore and many who have friends or acnuaintances in Bisbee started out at once to reach places where they might get accommodations for the rest of the night.
 All were of the opinion that re- ports which had reached here coulC not have bee nexasgerated in he least. Conditions, they say, were in- describable.
 Rev. Harvey NJ. Shields, as chap lain of the Rangers, was among those who left with the posse.
 Officers Jack White, Biddy Doyle and Frank Johnson. all heavily armed with rifles. made up the contingent from Bisbee's police force.
 Dr. Diver volunteered his services as surgeon.