Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-28
GRINGO EXODUS
FROM mexico
TRY TO KEEP IT DOWN


A isstsr from chihushua. N~xieo.
written BY . lady Who has lived
there Tor q number a years To . lady
of Las VEGAS tells Of the unrest pre-.
saiiink here. She states that the
snttfossign feeling b spreading 20 q
remarkable degree and the hatred h
intense. Americans are fearful of
ieastns their homes after dark. and
are suLisesed 10 insult upon the pub.
lie streets during the day time. The
raiifoaders are the ones Who seem to
he made the center of attack. Mexi.
cans declaring that they must leave
the republic before the 18Th day os
September. which In independence
day. All Who can are leaving right
away. the lady further stating that
her own son had gone 10 III Pzno and
that she would follow Immediately.
An effort In being made to put down
the movement. but Il seems 20 have
taken such . hold that nothing less
than the use Of the military win nc.
eomplish II. The Mexican army Is an
uncertain institution, as many Of tn
regiments are made up Of political
prisoners. Who are made TO serve sen.
fences In the army instead Of In pris.
ons. They are poorly uniformed and
not well trained. What stand these
regiments would take Ia not known.
II In probable they would Join the
ranks Of the antiforeigners. Cover.
nor Ysabei Of the state Of Chihuahua
Is now In the City OF Mexico along
with the other governors Of the var.
ions states. where they we're sum.
moned by President Parfirio niax to
discuss the situation and decide ON
what steps 10 take to prevent the up.
rising. What they win do has not
been definitely decided. The influx
Of American capital into Mevico has
been slowly causing a bitter feeling.
Al the present time there l. some
seven hundred millions Of doi.a.s
gold. invested in Mexican enterprises
by Americans. The best mines In tha
republic are owned by Americans. the
smelters are controlled by the Amer.
ican smelling company. the steel
works at Monterey Ii a United States
Steel Corporation property. the coffee
and sugar plantations az well as the
cotton fields are owned largely BY
Americans. These enterprises are
all under American management. The
fact has been kept down by the Mex.
lean government: the press. subsidiz.
ed as II Is. IL censored. La Imparcial,
an influential paper In the republic.
published the facts. and II has been
put out Of business by the officials
for 80 doing. This has caused the
people to talk and gather in meeting
places. and finally the day selected
on which they shall drive the foregn.
ers out Of the country. The Ameri.
cans are the people against whom
they sfe most bitter. Uncle Sam,
however. Is not asleep TO the fact. a.
is evidenced by a dispatch recently
published to the effect that troops
have been ordered to Fort Bliss and
Fort Riggold. on the Mexican border.
one at Ell Paso and the other at Lare.
do.
There are many former Las vegans
in the republic. and there is some
anxiety as to their safety. II may not
be so bad, but the lady's letter surely
shows conditions to be anything but
bright.
shopmen on Strike -
], E Paso, Texas, July 2s.--Mexican
shop men are striking at Agaus Cali
entes as well as at Chihuahua on the
Mexican Central, asking the same
wages as is paid to Americans. The
strike threatens to tie up the road.
The head OF the New Mexican railway
union declares these strikers have
unions Of their own and do not belong
to the big organization which is at.
] tracing attention at the present.