The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-09
AMERICANS QUIT
MEXICAN MINES
Latest Developments in the In
ternatiOnaI Squabble on x
Southern Border.

Bisbee. Ariz.. June S.-As a result Of
the strike at Cananea, Mex, mines of
Colonel W. c. Greene, last week, the
American miners in the camp viii be
very few in number in the future, it
is believed. They are crossing the line
in drOves, and several hundred have
arrived in Bisbee during the last for
ty-eight hours. On Thursday the Mex
! lean authorities sent a man through
the mines notifying all American mi
neTs that those who were under suS-
piciOn of having agitated the trouble
at Cananea and had openly synpa-
thized with the striking NeXicans
would on the day following be placed
under arrest The result was gen
/ eral exodus Of Americans. Il can be
! reliably stated that the American au-
thOTities believe that members of the
/ Western Federation Of Miners at Ca
! nanea secretly encOurag ed and abGtted
| the strike and members Of this organ
| ization were the first to receive the no
/ tice to leave. As a consequence the
/ Mexican authorities have adopted
+ strong measures to enforce orders to
return to work. Thursday morning
/ seventy Of the Mexican ring leaders
! were arrested and placed in Jail As
I soon as it became known that these
men were in jail the Mexican miners
! began returning to work and 1,50O
/ made application for work at the old
/ wages.
No Increase of 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 men resumed work un-
/ der exactly the same conditions as be-
. fore. and furthermore, no change in
I wages would be made under any cir
1 cUmstances-
/ The number killed in the riots will
/ probably never be known. The Mexi-
I can authorities buried the dead on Sat
urday and Sunday nights without any
attempt at Identification 7
( The governor of Arizona and MeXi-
/ can officers have been requested TO
/ send official reports 10 their respective
J governments concerning the taking Of
/ armed forces of American volunteers
( to Cananea Saturday morning by GOV
4 ernor Ysabel.
/ The Associated Press correspondent.
/ after a personal investigation Of the
/ matter and interviews with officials Of
+ both sides Of the line, submits the fol-
! lowing as a correct version Of the in
/ cident which is now under investiga-
! ton by both governments:
Governor YsabeI Arrives.
Governor. YsabeI arrived at Naco at
/ $50 d. IN. on the second day Of June,
I travelling in a special train. The train
/ stopped as usual within American ter
/ ritOry. \ number of armed Americans
/ u ere gathered at this point where the
+ train stopped Somebody who was
/ known TO Governor Ysabel approached
/ him and introduced several men as
. ing company. among them being doc
4 tors. lawyers and others. These men
manifested a will to accompany Gov
/ ernOr YSabeI to Canauea- The latter
/ answered that he was on urgent bust
ness, that ne would cross the boundary
. line and on the Mexican side would
/ speak to them. Governor YSabel
/ crossed the line on foot and spoke TO
4 the custom house collectors who in
( formed him of the trouble of the previ-
/ Gus night Governor YsabeI went TO
/ the Telegram Office and inquired for
instructions from Mexico City. There
he communicated with Cauanea and
/ received direct from Colonel Greene
/ the most alarming news about the sit
I uatiOn. Fears were entertained at
/ Cananea that dynamite would be used
by rioters. Colonel Greene reported
that the police were insufficient, etc.
In view of this Governor Ysabel asked
the Mexican customs officers 70 allow
the armed Americans to pass the fine
I which was agreed to. These Americans
numbered about 200. Upon arriving in
Mexican territory, Governor Ysabel
told the Americans that he had no aU-
thOrity 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 upon himself the responsible
lily Of bringing the Americans to Mex
leo. But before that he wanted to
know whether they were soldiers iT-
regular troops or what. To his reply
was made that the Americans were
not soldiers but citizens employed al
the mining camps Of Bisbee and Doug
lass. that the arms they carried were
their personal property and all Of then
came with the proper permission OF
their chiefs. Governor Ysabel then
/ stated that while on Mexican soil they
1 were under his immediate orders and
/ subject TO Mexican laws. All agreed
to this It is known that Governor
YsabeI has praised TO the Mexican gov
eminent the excellent behavior Of these
; men, who fulfilled their promise Of re-
. turning home when their presence was
no longer needed at Cananea.