Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-05
To RENEW FIGHT
! ON D|AZ' REGIME
ViIIareaI, Magon and Rivera Re-
turn After Three Years in
Arizona Prison
WELCOMED HOME BY CROWDS
Liberals viii Begin Again Their
Campaign to Overthrow
President of Mexico
WELCOMED HOME. BY CROWDS

Three hundred persons assembled at
the Arcade station yesterday afternoon
and welcomed Ricardo Flores Magon,
Antonio Villareal and Liberado Rivera,
the Mexican liberals who were released
from the Arizona state prison Tuesday
after serving a three years sentence,
due to their desire to bring about a
revolution in Mexico against the Dta2
regime.
When they stepped from the train
men and women began to clap and
cheer, and on seeing that the demon
straton was for them the three men,
with tears in their eyes, doffed their
hats.
Women embraced the men. There
were cheers and cries of "MagonW
"Villareal!" "Rivera!" could be heard
above the noise of the moving trains.
Foremost among the welcomers were
L. C. De Lara, Mrs. De Lara and f.
H. Arismendez, both men having been
arrested at the time the returning lib
erals were first taken into custody.
De Lara and Arismendez secured their
release and have carried on their work
against DiaZ.
RIVERA HAPPY
De Lara fondly placed his arms
around each one of the liberals and
bade each a fervent welcome. Rivera
seemed exceedingly happy, for at his
side walked his wife, while their two
children, Cuca, girl aged II, and An
tonic, aged 7, clung to him and re-
peatedly caressed him. The mother
and children took up residence in Flor
ence. Ariz., so as to be near him.
Villareal bore an air of sadness, for
two days prior to his release word
came to him in his prison cell that his
brother had died in San Antonio, Tex.
At each step the trio took toward
the doorway of the station Mexicans
and Americans, men and women,
grasped their hands and many in
formed them that they, too, would
work for the cause of Mexican liberty.
WILL RENEW WORK
Some in the crowd were apprehen-
sive that the liberals would be re-
arrested, and at the approach of news
paper men they eagerly sought in
formation. They said that they ex-
pect agents of the Mexican president
will try to again have the men i'm
prisoned, for Magon, Villareal and Ri
vera are firm in the resolve to take up
the revolutionary work where they
left off.
1t was nearly an hour after their
arrival in Los Angeles before the men
were enabled to leave the depot. VIII
lareal was taken to the De Lara home,
while Magon and the Rivera family
went to the Hotel Chapman. Many
people called on them throughout the
afternoon.
Sunday evening in the auditorium
of Labor temple a mass meeting will |
be held. L. G. De Lara, Mrs. b. w.
Starkweather, Mrs. De Lara and
others. Job Hartman and c. K. Bro |
neer are in charge of arrangements |
At this meeting speeches will be de-
livered by Magon, A r. Holston, ].
Hartman, L. G. De Lara and ]. K. |
Turner.
Villareal and Rivera do not speak |
English fluently therefore Magon will |
address the .assemblage and formally |
thank their friends and sympathizers
in behalf of himself and companions.
The other speakers are representatives
of labor unions and of the Socialist /
party.
MACON SATISFIED
While listening to the shouts of the
people Magon said:
Il am very much satisfied and en-
couraged with the outlook for our
work in Los Angeles. The welcome of
these people makes things look all the
brighter"
With his hand resting on the shoul-
der of De Lara, Villareal said:
1--WE are thankful to our friends in
Los Angeles for this welcome and will
repay their kindness by continuing to
fight for our good and just cause"
Rivera, the little man of the three,
through an interpreter spoke as fol-
lows:
IT know not what to say, for I am
overjoyed at being with my wife and
children. 1 was kept from them for
nearly four years"
The men show the signs of their i'm
prisonment, for their faces still bear
the prison pallor, but they are deter
mined to resume their work.