The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-23

uyut+ htit we're titht HHtlhuHe dNu
six rlflcs IN camp. including the one
Mannlicher German army rifle, used
generally throughout South America,
and the one Mauser which belonged TO
the rifle club at the smelter
"a fElahom le 1nso ssvefe made for iAe
lstauonipg of the men ~ fhe smehefl
lint dAee ID Was decitied 10 oppose lie.
adyanoe OF the insureents Ny arnia-
ment consisted OF one .SS Coli and a
I.22 target rifle that had been givon
me by friend leaving the smelter
Few OF us went TO bed that night un
On about 4 o'clock in the morning
when nothing having been heard of the
insurgents, we turned Ia TO wait for
daylight.
THE engine In the meantime had
gone to Cerro de Pasco and spread the
alarming news there The sub-prefect.
az official who corresponds more to
our lieutenant governor In the Eates,
was stationed there with 2 company
of about one hundred soldiers with
about one hundred rounds. He imnle-
diately threw his men out so as 20
guard the railway track approaching
Cerro and so prevent the revolution
lists entering the town, should they
come on that night They had an ar
senal there with about fifty additional
rifles in It; these they distributed to
what Is called the Guardia civil, a sort
of citizens militia. liable to be called.
upon In time of trouble or any upris-
ing, but not allowed to be taken out
OF the town
Morning eawned. cold and foggy;
A was impOssible TO see your hand two
feet in front of your face The scouts
returned about o'clock, reporting
that the reyolntionsts had not left
Carhuamayo as nearly as they could
discover Work was not attempted
where ii was not absolutely necessary
only the furnace men and the yardmen
worked. They gathered in little groups,
Examining their firearms talking In
whispers, discussing what we would
do TO EN- II they showed up and that
sort OF thing until about 3 o'clock n
1.-The afternoon. when the scouts who
lhad been stationed three miles away
from the smelter during the day re.
lported that the reyolutionists We're en-
terlng a small village about two miles
ldistant from The smelter They stayed
there until about dusk when three sep.
larate detachments started for the
smelter. in such direction as to sur
round il. AS nearly as our scouts
could see they numbered about three
hundred and had about thirty horses
with them Everybody had finished
their dinner earlier than usual that ey
lening aad were waiting for something
| no one knew exactly what
SThe men were assembled; Super
intendent Gormly made Them a short
talk; it had been decided that no re-
sistance would be made to the destruc.
| tion of any OF the company's property;
we were too poorly armed and too
badly outnumbered tc offer any serl-
Gus resistance; that # we were at
tackled or Offered any personal VIC.
lence we were TO conduct ourselves as
befitted Americans. Hip, Hip, Hur-
ran
The women were all placed In one
room, well protected by the strong
stone walls of the hotel, and we sta
i toned ourselves at the upper and low.
er windows OF the Hotel Piedra.
"In a mighty short time the reyoli
Itionists reached The cholo camp and
Immediately thereafter the railway
station They destroyed the Telegraph
instrument, cut the telegraph and telc-
phone wires and then sent a very po-
llitely worded request to Mr. G0rmly
for an engine TO convey their troops
Ito Cerro dc Pasco This was. Of
lcourse, refused, but 1t was intimated
Ito Duran the leader of the revolution
land the presidential aspirant, that II
ne would give his word of honor and
sign a written agreement that II al
lowed to take these engines unmole g..
ed he wopid restrain his men from mo
llesiing the eompany's properly both at
the smelter and In Cerro de Pasco, An
lagreement 10 this effect was drawn ur
land signed Durant conducted himself
like a gentleman all the way through
THE negotiations, and at their close
made yeFy eloquent talk 10 the ma
tiyes assembled. In which he stated
that all he desired was 10 obtain an
election, that he stood no chance what
ever under the existing state Of affairs
Previous to this. when the troubie
began, the valve stems had been re
moved from the engines, thus effect
lively spiking them. These We're nov
replaced, and the revolutionists al
= lloWed TO gather up some hali-baked
p engineers from around the plant and
. depart with them.
Volunteers were now called for tC
carry the glad tidings % Cerro ahea,
of the reyolutiOnists. Always Johnnie
on-the-spot. ! and a friend We're named
The horses belonging TO the company
had been driven away out on th'
Pampa when the reyolufionists reach
ed the smelter and the only mounts
we could secure were a couple Of oil,
cart mules which had never Worn
saddle Ia their lives. The night wal
dark as pitch and when we got tn
bultes sadGleG and away from the cor
ral, we had 10 depend greatly upoi
their Judgment for we could not FOL
low the beaten trail on account of tn
Insurgents, The beastly mules wer
trying all the time TO turn around an
so back 20 the stable, bu by dint o
much cussing ard labOrlous use O
spurs We succeeded in getting them OF
the railway tracH, about mile ava,
2 from the smelier. As soon as we strucl
The track We pulled them sauareiy "a
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