Bisbee daily review., 1906-09-11
DOUGLAS SENDS STATEMENT ID
 EXAMINER
Mass Meeting Held in Copper City to Protest Against Sen sationaI Stories Being Sent to Outside Papers.

| DOUGLAS, Sept. 10.-(Special.)-| l A statement presenting the truth as to conditions which have prevailed in Douglas the fast week witn reference to the revolutionary activity of agita- tors, and covering other phases of the affair, has. as the result of the public mass meeting held at the city hall Sat urday night, been sent to the Los An geles Examiner, upon the assurance of the managing editor that he would not only publish it in the Examiner but would also have it published in all the Hearst papers. The statement was signed by the mayor, members of the city council, the city attorney, Marshal Stambaugh and others.
 The statement was prepared by committee composed of George H. Kelly, Mayor Adamson and F. B. Dorr | The meeting Saturday night follow ed brief session of the city council. | MT. Adamson having called the meet ing to order he invited George H. Kelly to take the chair, who announced fully the object of the meeting. F. B. Dorr was made secretary. After the ques- tion of recent newspaper sensational i ism had been discussed the action mentioned in the foregoing was taken. ! The statement prepared by the com mittee and which has been sent the Examiner is as follows:
 T DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 9.
 Examiner,
 Los Angeles, Cal:
 At a mass meeting held by the citi- zens of Douglas last night the under signed were appointed to send a state ment to your paper eontradicting many lrNf fha f,,I statements sent you by your cores pondent here concerning what has oc- cured in this city in connection with an organization of Mexicans here hay ing for its purpose the aiding of pro posed revolution against Mexico.
 The people of Douglas feel that the publication of such stories as appeared in the Examiner on September will hurt our city by unnecessarily alarm ing people who are interested in min eral development in the country tri-
 butary to it and preventing people from becoming interested in this sec tion of the country.
 What occurred in Douglas on the evening of September 4th was caused by a report which came from Agua Prieta, the border town across the line. According to this report Mex fcan woman entered the store of Mrs. Shepperd, who runs a curio store and begged of her to move her stock across the line as the revolutionists were going to make raid on the town and would levy on her stock. This in- formation was sent to the American customs office on this side of the lire and from there a messenger was sent to the city hall and informed the city l tcnnnnfl fhof tho rovnltttinniafc on their way to loot the Copper Queen store here. The council left the cham Der in some haste and two men were sent over to investigate the rumor. On their return they reported that there was absolutely no truth in the report whatever. Your correspondent claims there were one hundred shots fired when as a matter of fact there were no shots fired on the border and only three or four shots fired during the evening by drunken men in the tender loin district. It was further stated that there were 2000 revolutionists in the halfway house on the border arm ed with rifles when the truth is there were eight Mexican officials on guard at the Mexican custom house, headed by Collector of Customs Garcia. The I Copper Queen store was reported to have sold 10000 rifles recently accord ing to the report sent you but the man. ager states that they have not sold anything like half that many during the five years they have been in bus mess in Douglas and their sales dur ing this year have not been above the average.
 II There was an organization or com | pany of Mexicans in this city, said to contain sixty members. Sixteen of the leaders were arrested and are now held by the United States authorities. The arrest of these men, it is believ- ed, has ended the attempt of local Mexicans to make trouble for the gov ernment of their native country. II There is some revolutionary feeling among a good many Mexicans here | against the Diaz government, but it cannot be said truthfully that there is any animosity in Douglas between Americans and Mexicans. H The conditions of Douglas, so far as tranquility is concerned, is not diff | ferent to what it has always been, |iexcept the presence of both Mexican and federal officials who are here to see that no invasion of Mexico shall occur at this point.
 II The sixteen men arrested here are of no consequence or importance what ever, except that some of them are known to have made criminal record in the past. In this city there are em- ployed probably eight hundred Mex jeans and there are some engaged in i business. Among these are men of intelligence and good standing in the community. Very few of these take any interest or give any attention to the so-called revolutionary talk.
 It is reported on good authority that some United States soldiers will be sent here in few days from Fort Huachuca, at the request of Gen. Tor
 res, of the Mexican army, who thinks
 the presence of troops here would have a good effect on the remaining remnant of revolutionists. Should
 troops come to Douglas, however. it
 will not be the result of a request
 made by the citizens of Douglas, who consider even suggestion of any harm