The San Francisco call., 1906-06-04
RANGERS READY
FOR TROUBLE
Arizona "Gun-F Fighters
Now Assembling
at Cananea.
Armed Force of Yankees
to Be Kept at Cop
per Camps.
Special Dispatch to The can.

Los ANGELES. June S.-A strong
guard composed of men who know how
TO use firearms and who are willing
TO use them promptly whenever the
occasion demands such action. is TO be
organized at Cananea for the prOtec-
tion OF the property of the Greene Cop
per Company An arsenal is 10 be es-
tablished at the mines and will be sup
piled with arms sufficient TO repel an
army
With the consent of the Mexican
Government. a band Of gun-f fighters
capable of coping with twenty times
their number of Mexicans is TO be
maintained there for the purpose OF
preventing a repetition of the riots Of
Friday and Saturday and of maintain
ing peace in the copper camps. There
may be other attempts in future TO de-
stToy the property OF the American
company, but never again viii the COM
pany be unprepared for Just such an
emergency.
As soon as the present trouble at
Cananea has been settled. and it seems
to be practically settled now. Colonel
w. G. Greene will have at his command
force Of men who can be relied upon
TO promptly put down any uprising OF
the ignorant Mexican laborers who may
be again melted to riot by socialistic
The plan is to secure the service OF
two score Of able men from along the
Arizona border. place them under prop
er officers and while nOminauy they
will be employees of the mining COM
pany, doing such work as may be re-
quired of them, their real work will
be that of preserving order Rapfd-fre
guns OF various patterns will be sta
toned at various points throughout
the camp and will be housed in build
ings so that those who operate them
will be in small fOrtresses. The possess
sion of arms by the Mexican labOrers
within the limits of the camp will be
forbidden Agitators who would stir
up discomfort among the miners will
not be permitted 20 enter the camp,
and every possible precaution will be
taken to render impossible another
outbreak. IL. after these precautions
have been taken. there is another out
break, the company will be prepared
TO deal with it in the manner best cal
culated 10 put il down promptly. II
is understood that the Mexican Gov
ernment has given it's consent to this
plan and that orders have already
been given for the necessary arms and
other equipment.
BIsBEE. June 3.-The situation at
Cananea is again normal The Ameri-
can volunteers who went across the
line at LacO with Governor isabel OF
Sonora on Saturday morning returned
TO Bisbee at o'clock this morning
Their services were no longer needed
although their presence there before
the arrival of Colonel Kosterlisky with
Mexican RuraleS held the situation in
check.
The town is now under martial law
and Colonel Kosterlisky is disarming
Americans and Mexicans alike A tele-
phone message TO the Review today
says not a single shot has been fred
since Saturday afternoon at o'clock
Colonel KOsterlisky. Governor Ysabel
and the Governor General of Sonora.
assisted by General Torres are on the
ground. and Colonel Greene makes the
statement that the trouble is over
A conservative estimate of the num-
Der killed in the two days lighting is
thirty-six Mexicans and six Americans.