Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
YUCATAN REBELS
SLAY OFFICIALS
Town Sacked; Forty Persons Are
Killed Government Sending
Troops to QueII' Revolt
ASSOCIATED Press1

VERA CRUZ, Mex, June b.-Ine
most serious uprising with which the
Mexican government has had TO deal in
long time has occurred in the state
of Yucatan, and troops are being
rushed to the troubled area.
| In the meantime, reports indicate
| there has been much bloodshed and
| that the insurgents are prepared for
battle with the government forces.
The independent newspaper, Ell Die
tomen, published dispatches from Me-
rida, the capital of Yucatan, to the eff
feet that forty persons were killed by
Mayo Indians on Saturday.
TOWN SACKED
Further dispatches received here say
that 5000 of these insurgents sacked
the town of Valladolid, ninety-tlve
miles to the southeast of Merida, kill
ing all the principal government en-
ployes, the chief of police and others.
They seized rifles and pistols and insti-
tuted a reign of terror. Many of the
inhabitants of Valladolid are fleeing to
Merida.
The gunboat Morales has already left
this port with 600 soldiers aboard, while
the Yucatan guntboat Saragossa Is ly-
ing in the harbor, ready to take 1000
additional troops.
Railroad and telegraph communica-
ton between Merida and the scene of
the trouble is cut off.
Twenty miles of the Yucatan railroad
have been destroyed. 1t is reported
many telegraph operators have been
killed or are prisoners. The jefe po-
litico and a judge of the criminal court
are among the dead.
REBELS ENTRENCHED
The rebels are strongly entrenched in
anticipation of the federal troops. Max
imilian Ramirez Bonilla, the former
rebel leader, and Col. Victor Monteno-
gro are said to be at the head of the
uprising.
The towns of Tinum, Uayama and
Tunkas, all between Merida ana Valla-
dolid, have been attacked, but reports
say the families of all the residents
except officials have been left unmo-
Tested.
To what extent the insurgents pill
laged or killed at these places has not
been learned, as a strict censorship
has now been established, and the tele-
grams giving the first details of the up
rising were sent by the government,
which took charge of the news.
1t is said the cause of the trouble is
dissatisfaction on the part of the In
dams over action of officials regarding
lands, but the exact point of contro-
versy is not clear. 1t is not thought
any Americans are involved.
INDIANS RESTLESS
The Mayo Indians have recently
been showing serious signs of rebellion.
Last April several Mexican soldiers
were killed and there have been reports
of several other acts of violence.
The Indians are armed with modern
rifles and are apparently supplied with
an unlimited quantity of ammunition.
After the proclamation of independ-
ence in 1921, Yucatan, which had
formed a special division of New Spain,
became a province of Mexico, but in
1S4O arose against the oppression of the
central government. At first the white
people were successful and even OBJ
tained full recognition of their auton-
omy. But factions at Merida and Cam
peche began quarreling among them
selves, which gave the Mexicans the
opportunity of returning and oyerpow-
ering both parties.
Meanwhile the Mayos, tempted by
these dissensions, had revolted and car
ried on desultory warfare, accom-
plishing a measure of success in the
southern part of the peninsula, where
they have maintained their independ-
ence TO this day.