The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-08
HAYAS MASSACRE WHITES
MEXICAN TROOPS RUSHED To
SUPPRESS INDIAN RISING.
TrOuble IN Yucatan and QulnlaRa Roo
Old sPanlaFtls said tn Ne Promp'Ins
tire neyOlt indians Armed With
Modern Guns Advance on Merida.

MedeEn Guns Advance on Merida.
VERA CEUE. Mexico. June The
Government Ia taking prompt and Wig
OFous action toward quelling the Maya
Indian uprising In the State Of iuOatan
and territory Of Quintana Roo. Trans
ports are being loaded here with troops
20 be sent 20 Progreso whence they will
be moved to the scCne Of warfare by Spe-
cial trains. Il is expected that more
than lO.OOO troops will be in the field
against the Indians within ten days.
The report that more than 500 Mayas
are moving In one body toward Merida
10 believed by military authorities here
10 be an exaggeration Of tho situation.
Il 10 not thought that there are that many
available fighting men In the Maya tribe,
but there 10 little actually known a. to
their numbers owing TO the fact that
they inhabit remote localities and seldom
come in contact with the Nexicans eX-
capt in their raids.
According 70 a report received from
Merida many Yaqui Indians, Who we're
exiled to the henequin plantations. have
escaped and joined the Mays The
fact that the Indians are srmed with
modern rifles leads 70 the belief that
they we're supplied with arms and am
munitiOn by traders Of british Honduras
which adjoins their territory.
MERIDA. Me1ico. lurs g. The whole
peninsula Of Yucatsn is IA terror over
the uprising Of the Maya Indians. The
Government troops in Qu.niaTa Roo
and the Territory or YucatGn within a
hundred miles Of Merida ere unable 70
cope with the situation rnd hands "
Indians are hurrying from place 10 D. .
xith guns and torch. carrying deaih al
deat rlction before them. II r. esi'f1 vi
hat not lcss than On soldiers ant pearc-
able Mevoans have bcan Killed hy the
Mayas during the last three days
Hundreds li Iayas wNn were sap
rosed % bsiong q the ucgCe faction have
deserted their homes Brd 'oire,' IN 'hc
revolt. More than 7,OoN Indians Pr'
On the varpaih. SON Of them icing
collected Ia one body This force
s piarchin. toward tu.s city sarLmg
t,vng and massgcring the Inhabitants
% they O. along The ,nyr'irE ho,y ~
rri.ns g. reflorir1 .r .r wi,liv r'"ur.g
f-c miles II Mcridr % .s .o'Ioy. Ibri
N.-.Gg - -slc 81. ~. sHu,' ssill .i. rN.
even Il The mdl. no should Get 'Fia i.r
Ihc report igl' the h.dIaE. sr's ',l DO"
town of Valladu,.d. nin'. y.'iFe -''i.c. rom
Merida, kilhug al the municipal oiiicrrr
aud about FITS ~ her pc7sonz. "A ooIfs. Ied.
Trs Indians not onlv sr-ureH iar g.
ut4 nifty ~ arms nd ammunition. ns'
,h,rd the municipal Treasury u, E,rE"
sun.
GA .hr m.-y diGrir.F 80 a.Iiiane
rsr, are .,.in~ rgesseC 'r'u miiifs-r ser-
VICE Msnv miles Il .iirTt tr 5 md
,c,arrapU mes have ueen u'S'rursd uf
he rsbals he revolt covers 90 1 guiu.
tuna Hon Territory ard a large n1ri OBJ,
YHIc.'An. Feres ere r1'e-'a'n"d 'I~ 10"
safety % mani Amer cans in the ,tlgi"
and mahogany camps IA the interior
"a pAsp. June - AdyiCes from Aleuco
cit- diTer A. 10 the casualties In luostar
ard CampechS ~ a result ~ the uprising
az MAYA Indians ari Spaniards, ard tpev
differ Tor the very goOc reason rat even
the officials az MeyiCo uiy are unable
10 obi san the exact information.
ANlNNlNHfINF u NAANANFlN NANAN'NNN NeNNNhsN.N
communication and luCafan hos bat
a few short railway lines II s generally
conceded. however that several hundred
have been killed and BE- now develops
that the lighting has heen IN progress
for q week and the insurgents have ihings
their own way az the present time. a.
few soldiers are In the country.
The total dead thus far. according %
the hest information. u SDo. but inasmuch
a. the Indians have teen shooting. Kill
irg and burning IN the Interior Of the two
States for several days only tbs casialt'e
IN the cities ara hgurei a. a certainty
The extent ~ tho deaths hack among the
haciendas and farms is rot known. On
some ~ the large sugar plantations ir
Camuerhe and NuCa'an. als1 on tho
banana plantations and among the cattle
owners men. women and chilirrn. have
laan killet IN a number ~ INSTANCES ami
/ the piantations burned. Cattle have loo
driven 0h Tor tho susteuauCe NJ tho rc-
bailioua army ari puhiir huiliings have
bean wrecked and the officials taken
pris0ners. ~ killed. IN all the small town.
encourtetet.
The Texas news service this afternoon
sUyplies 10. papers with a cahlrgrap
wiiiAh II saws got through from Vera Cruz
before the Mexican censorship went on,
In which u = stated that IN people
have been killed. and thai iD.0n Maya
Indians arr IN the uprising There are
more than 1000 Indians ia the two States
and Il would bs easily nos>ihle Tor them
10 raise a much larger army.
A. i customary with the Mexican
cfirials everything possible is hushed up.
The higher ofirials declare that the revolt
amounts 10 nothing.
Two Runboats are now On the shores
81 YucatSn. having just transported a
number OF troops 20 the terribly from
Vera Cruz. but these are Of no value tn
tho present campaign. az there are no
rivers or streams big enough % enable
them % 90 into the IL terror.
MERIDA, the capital 81 luc1tan. IL said
10 bs az the mercy of the Indians and
their Span ish leaders u they care q prees
on before neeniOroenenia arrive. The
city n ten miles from the coast and II
without f0rtihcati0na. Troops arc sta
| toned there. but the garrison IA small
/ Troops we're ordered - rendezvous to-
day NJ several coast points % BE- trans
| ported 40 once 10 Campeche and Aucntan.
One consignment % infantry hf Coat
zacnaloos, IN the state % Vera Cruz, to-
/ day 10 BE- transported acrOes the Gulf
/ of Campechs. Other troops are preparing
IN embark from Vera Cruz and even a.
ihs north along the Gulf Of Mexico being
az present In q peaceful state, most %
/ the tro0ps Tor the tWO revolving territories
viii be- drawn from there.
The towns ~ Miguel. Chami, feabo and
sotuln u addition tO Valladolid are said
20 have been attacked and 20 have capitu-
lated % TIE rebel army. These are all
In Yucatan but on the railroad. The
entire STATE % Cam pechs 10 without
railroad communication and Il q veritabls
WiidsFneus % tropical vegetation. which