Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Concise Account of
 The Cananea Riot

- suSt city.
 About 5p m. Thursday authentic information wss received tha . meet ing oi a soc'slistic club formed of mal- contents opposed so the Diaz admin- 'stration had made plans to create Q rising among the Mexican population cf ehe camp to commence at 3 &. m. Friday. Steps were immediately aken hy the Cansnea Copper company to organize for the protection of the com. psny propersy. Friday morning the Oversight mine =.:s.s o..os~d down by a large hum'e of Mexicans who pre- vented the 2 o'clock shift fro going to work. During the morning the smel'ing plant was compelled to sus peEd operations. At about noon the Capote and the Veta Granda mines and the concentrating plant of the c mpsny were also forc-i 10 suspend About 2,OO0 Mexicsns gathered in front of the office of the local judge and the chief of police of Ronquillo in- sisting on a shorter days work and higher pay. M.. Greene addressed them in Spanish . d mingled freely 1 with the throng alone and unarmed advising them 70 return to their work, stating to them that the wares now pal them were higher than those paid by any other company operating Mexico, and assuring them that the i company would in tine future, as it i,sd in She past, treat all its employes fairly. A large ortion of the assem . blaze dispersed, hut soon after assem- blesi and ok the direction of the company's lumber yard on the mesa. MT. Kirk and Mir. Greene drove ID buggy as far as the C,po'e mine, pass- ing different parties of Mexicsns along the road who were all taking she di
 rection of the mesa lumber va d. General Manager Dwight organized what emp oyes of the company for whom arms could he employed, while the chief of police with the mount. d force at his command tried to disperse the gathering. The mob suddenly made < rush toward the lumber yard. setting it afire in . number of places and killing Mir. Geo'ge A. Metcsli tn
 superintendent Of the rental and lum- Der depar ment Of the company, to- g-ther with his brother, William. who were brayely defending the compsny's 6 interests, killing two If the mob and ~ounding others before they were overpowered. After setting fire to ,e
 lumber yard the cry was raised iy the
 mob [, rush to Ronquillo and destrny the company's smelting plant and office. The entire mob ten moved
 rHp.3.s toward tie court house and jail, where the uth"rities made num-
 her of arrests and did all that was pos
 eible restore order.
 The mob passing both sides of the
 ;sil, procee ding westward toward on. quillo, made rush on the rescue
 party Of employees of the company who
 were on theIr way toward she burning
 lumber yard Several of the mob
 leaders fired on the party, who imme- diateiy returned he fire, scattering ! the mob in all dir. ctions with several fatalities. The mob then gathered at the foot of the hill and footed several stores for the purpose of securing more arms and ammunition. Here the po- lice charged them and arrested srv- eral of the leaders, taking them to the jail The mob then scattered. refo, m- ing at Buena Vlsts. vest of the smell ters A number of collisions occurred betw'en the mob and the police, ss- sisted by employees of the company, in which several casualties occurred in the mob. The mob failed to de- stroy sny more of the compa ny's prop erty. A train on iis way to the Capote mine was fired upon and driven back, while . party of the mob who were tent on destroy ing the Vets Grende ore bins were charged by the police and comi i-sny employees and number of their leaders captured, among them being three of the Junta Of the Rsvo- 'utionAry Club who had instigated the outbreak.
 The Meanwhile Naco, Bisbee and Douglas had been telegrsphed to . xssirtance and responded with uam- her of volunteers, while dispatches were ent to the governor of the state and General Torres, commander of the federal troops in the state, both of whom immediately responded and on special trains gre on their way to Can- anss st the time of this writing with troups tv suppress the 0Uttreak Mean