Arizona republican., 1906-06-09
WILD HEGIRA
 OF AMERICANS
There Will Soon Be None
 Left at CdRdned
The Mexican Authorities Hunting Out the AbettOrs of the Outbre ak Last Saturday.

Bisbee. Ariz., June S.-As a result of the strike at Colonel w. C. Greene's | mines at Cananea, Mex, last week, : American miners in that camp will be very few in number in the future, it is believed. They are crossing the line now in droves, and several hundred have arrived in Bisbee during the last forty-eight hours. On Thursday the Mexican authorities sent man through the mines notifying all Amer ican miners that those who were un- | der suspicion of having agitated the trouble at Cananea and had openly 1 sympathized with the striking Mex jeans would on the following day be placed under arrest. The result was d general exodus of Americans. It can be reliably stated that the American authorities believe that the members of the Western Federation of Miners at Cananea secretly encouraged and abetted the strike, and the mem bers of this organization were the first to receive the notice to leave in conse- quence. The Mexican authorities adopted strong measures to enforce or 1 ders to return to work. Thursday morning seventy of the Mexican ring leaders were arrested and placed ipI 1 jail As soon as it became known that | lIlcSC HIGH were III Jdll lile A1tAlCdli miners began returning to work. and | 1.500 made application for work at the | old wages.
 Colonel w. C. Greene denies the re- port that the wages of the Mexican miners have been increased. In a signed statement issued this afternoon he says that all the men resumed work under exactly the same conditions as | before and. furthermore. no changes in wages will be made under any circum- | stances. The number killed in the riots will probably never be known. The Mexican authorities buried the dead on Saturday and Saturday night without any attempt at identification.
 The governor of Arizona and the Mexican officials have been requested | to send official reports to their respec- 1 tive governments concerning the talk ing of an armed force of American l volunteers to Cananea on Saturday morning by Governor Ysabel. The As 1 sOciated Press correspondent. after a personal investigation of the matter and interviews with officials on both sides of the line, submits the follow ing as q correct version of the incl
 dent. which is now under investigation by both governments:
 Governor Ysabel arrived at Mace a. e:3O a. m. on the second day of June.
 travelling in a special train. The train
 stopped as usual within American ter. ritory. 4 number of armed Americans
 were gathered at that point when the ! train stopped. Somebody known to
 Governor YsabeI approached him and ! introduced the men as employees of the
 Bisbee and Douglas mining cOmpa-
 nies, among them being doctors. law
 yers and others. These men manifest -
 ed willingness to accompany Cover
 nor YsabeI to Cananea. The latter aR-
 swered that he was on urgent busi-
 ness. sthat he would cross the line and
 on the Mexican side he would speak
 to them.
 Ysabel crossed the line on foot and spoke to the custom house collectors. who informed him of the trouble of the
 previous night Governor YsabeI went
 to the telegraph office and inquired for
 instructions from the City of Mexico.
 Then he communicated with Cananea
 and received direct from Colonel
 Greene the most alarming news about
 the situation. Fears were entertained
 that dynamite would be used by the
 rioters, reported Colonel Greene. The
 police were insufficient etc. In view
 of this. Governor Ysabel asked the i Mexican customs officers to allow the
 armed Americans to pass the line | which was agreed to. These Amer
 jeans numbered about 200. Upon ar- irving in Mexican territory. Governor | Ysabel told the Americans he had no
 authority to allow the passing of
 armed men from American to Mexican soil, but that in view of the very
 alarming reports from Cananea he was willing to take on himself the respon- sibility of bringing Americans to Mex
 ico- But before that he wanted to know if they were soldiers, irregular troops, or what.
 To this, reply was made that the Americans were not soldiers, but citi- | zens, employed at the mini"g camps Of Bisbee and Douglas; that the arms they carried were their personal prop erty, and all of them came with the proper permission of their chiefs. Gov- 1 ernor Ysabel then stated that while on Mexican soil they were under his i'm mediate orders and subject to Mexican
 law. All agreed to this. It is known | that Governor YsabeI has received the praise of the Mexican government for | the excellent behavior of these rner. who fulfilled their promise of returning
 to their homes when their presence waH no longer needed at Cananea