The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-24
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|jJ1 THE YAQU|S
nj Barbarities Inflicted
IInon This Race by Mexi-
can Soldiers.
|1P1uRED AND MADE =, a
! WORSE THAN SLAVES
ns Noble Race Will Soon Be
Eyterminated to Crafty
Land Owners.

"a, tribune. Evidently laborers are
"r 4, demand in the Henequen dis
ps ~ n Yucatan and on the tobacco plan
- ., The Vale Nacienal, old Mexico.
-c,se ago the dispatches were full
vnchausen stories OF an uprising OF
~.,ess southeast of Merida and of
!. ,fiorls Of the Mexican authorities to
| .-bh the rebels
80 fables were sent out 10 conceal
w, w, ohIsct of the movement OF troops,
~ uas OF course 10 capture and en-
=. ,.rre numbers of the Mayas for the
W, ~ the land owners around Merida
| n PropeSo. e
yas word comes from Sonora that
Jry.l three MeXicans were surrounded at
'ss-dszyous in Cananca last Thursday
~, hundred rifles seized and the
gs',s-ans failed. II is also announced that
~ troops arc en- route 10 CaHanea from
l,rriosilio, the capital of the state.
To Enslave People.
Il c,,,nea is near the Yaqui country. and
/ !. AIS not need powers OF divination to
.-brslsnd that the state and federal
49, are to be used TO capture and en-
40 some thousands Of the indcpen-
-
I7r.ihr,e or moro jailed last Thursday.
. II march them TO Yucatan and the
5Vg1rd
Ia view Of The world wide criticism OF
~ nearly universal custom OF employ
= slaye labor In Mexico, aroused by the
.g1rfaro,ls Mexico" exposures. the au-
aodtIes do not consider II polite for the
P,1csn army at present 10 continue the
;7ctic Of kidnapping men and boys from
~ rities OF Mexico, PaChuca, Zacatecas.
eui,lsjara Chihuahua and other CEN
nj points. and therefore. the slaves re-
Ind will for while be taken principal
lrom among the independent tribes like
NJ Yaquis and Mayas. Laborers must
h secured and held by force or the plan
ntbns around the Gulf OF Mexico will
ave 10 be abandoled. or their manage
-szt turned over 70 more humane men.
Sanitary Conditions Horrible.
7dt sanitary conditions are so dreadful
I'D lhe cruetics universally practiced so
hzTbt that free labor will not remain
q he plantations long enough to mature
~ take care OF the crops. IL by any
s,stfuge people are induced to go there
I'd arc left free 10 choose they run
lssy. prefeHing TO face tigers and SER
tst IN the forest alligators in the |
s'rlars and sharks in the gulf. rather !
nan remain in such climate and sub |
<i 10 the will OF the land owners and
nsk brutal orerseers.
Torres Usurper.
G6'rDor Torrcs's name was mentioned |
3 reunt dispatches. This is the man !
10 e supposed TO be elected for term
+'r tenn as governor OF Sonora. when
( matter OF fact. he has never been |
'Hdt1 even once 10 that office He lis n |
.ftaloiiicer In the Mexican army, well |
neEn Tor his absolute heartlessncsS, and |
~ elected many years ago to take |
an In Sonora when the general gov
tis,nt determined 70 disposscss the |
,lsss Of The territory they had held for |
1ap centuries. and reduce the people TO |
y fessnt condition Of the tribes over |
r.e,u ~ the sixteenth century by the |
s''ien con1uercrs. Weaker governments |
Wy that OF General Diaz had for more |
- tnree centuries striyen to subjugate |
= iequis Without succeeding.
i,,i cpuuirf. the richest perhaps in |
nshicp had from the first tempted the |
INV OF the Spanlards, and continued |
Smpl that Of the degenerate mixed |
~ Who succeeded the Spaniards in |
ng% % oi The country further south. but |
y -',"s 10 get the land away from the |
t-,n and enslavc the people failed CEN
=: 1''er century, UP 10 1876.
tlre and Sword Used.
fr5-s fi.s'aI oisz then sprang mp. and after I
,y.S, es'sohshing himself in power
|cLiansP csionr,P between the Rio Grandc and
';',c, s;,r,.S' c.p cNcept IN fucatan and Sonora,
f,sa1' 1encrai Torres to settle The
riv. am l.sstlon This warrior made cam
"a Ut 1T campaign with fire and sword
4, s,nn rmo,l 10 conquer the Yaquis and al
.-'"e 'lme 10 retain them in Sonora.