El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-03

stories OF Su1er1ng as result Oh the
Mexican revolution continue to come
to light And Ell Paso. of all United
States cities and towns, has been COM
PEELED to bear the brunt of the troubles
to the south. AS county judge A S. j..
Eylar phrases it, 'It seems as though
Ell Paso has to take all of the hard
luck without getting any of the COM
,nercial prosperity which is generally
supposed to spring out of war"
For FL Paso has caught it coming
and going Not only have many of
the refugees reached here penniless'
but labor agencies report that hun
dreds of Mexicans who have been at
work in the United States have been
held up here at the border while at
tempting to reach their homes. Upon
reaching Ell Paso, they have found all
railway trains to the south 'out or
commission" In a great majority OF
instances Mexicans arriving from the
north have been supplied with money
earned during their sojourn in the
mining camps and on the farms OF the
United States, but il has often hap
pened that they have. become pubic
charges upon reaching the Dorder.
Those willing and able to work have
D66Q sent ny IdbOA agents ~
points where work is waiting for them,
but DR.. F. W. Lynch, assistant county
physician, estimates that hundreds OF
cases have been treated at the public
expense since the beginning or the
revolution Masonic and other 1rater-
nal societies have found 1t necessary
to loan thousands Of dollars to mem
bers of their organizations because OF
this socalled Mexican revolution, but
these loans are of course repaid as
soon as the persons stranded can ger
in touch with their friends or reacn
their homes. Many refugees have had
narrowing experiences For instance
there is the story of senior Fuentes,
now connected with the Mexican junta
in this city, who having gone to Mex
leo CITY to protest against the manner
in which the elections mad been con-
Quoted in his home town Of Aguascal1-
entes, found it necessary to have MS
friends ship him out of the ancient
city of the Moctezumas concealed in
coffin, according to report
Big Family; No Money.
Yesterday a woman called at the Of
fee of the Women's Associated Char1-
ties with a letter which read as fol-
lows:
This poor woman got her husband
very SICK Can SOU PAOeSO 90
any medicines?
.aThese poor people have been here
only a few days and they are so poor.
please do something for her.
VERY respectfully,
Mrs. G. Mulligan."
The superintendent of the Women's
Associated Charities asked the woman
where they had come from The re-
ply was Casas Grandes. Being asked
how long they had been in the city, the
reply was three weeks Asked II they
had any money when they arrived
negative answer was received. Asked
how they had been able to get into the
United States in violation of the immi-
grafton laws, which provide that per-
sons must not enter the country who
are liable to become public charges.
the woman said they had come from
Juarez on street car. The family
consisted of a man, his wife and seven
children. She was sent to Dr. H j.
EmanueTs class at the county d1spen-
sary. where the desired medicines were
furnished The head of the family IS
Justa Chavez The family is living at
327 West Seventh street
No Food Nor Clothes.
According to the Women's Assoc1-
ated Charities management newly ar
rived Mexicans often come into the Of
fees of that organization at the county
court house practically naked and
claiming that they have had nothing
to eat for days.
County Judge .Eylar says that the
worst case which has come under his
observation was that of nine refugees
from one house at Guadalupe, all SUI
fering from smallpox. Inasmuch as
smallpox is the one thing dreaded by
the officers in command of the United
States troops now stationed along the
border. this case was of interest not
only to the immigration officials. but
of Importance TO the military authori-
ties as well.
According to judge Eylar the county
authorities have a kind Of working
arrangement with the immigration ofIl-
Gals by which the refugees can be
turned over to the United States OIL
Gals for deportation. but it is neces-
sary on humanitarian grounds, 10 ex-
ercise considera BILE discretion IN max
ing complaints to the federal officials.
Merry Little InsurrectOs-
DR.. Frank w. Lynch. in discussing
the county cases in Chihuahua IN the
southern part of FL Paso, said:
"One of the most interesting Incl
dents which has come under my obser-
walton was that Of a boy is years old
who was suffering from gunshot
wound He was very appreciative or
everything that 1 tried to do for MIN.
No sooner had the wound pretty We'll
healed UP than he told me he must GO
back to Mexico. OF course l under
stood that he was anxious to get back
and join his comrades fighting for Ma
dero. He had succeeded in getting
into Mexico quite a distance when his
wound reopened and it was necessary
for him to return and have it treated
again Again when it healed to all
appearances he started for Mexico. He
was a nervy little fellow. Every time
1 would hurt him little bit he would
shout, viva Maderor Then he would
laugh"
Why He Joined MaderO.
One of the most intelligent OF re
insurgents at the insurrecto hospital in
Ell Paso is Abraham Oros. formerly OF
Ocampo, but more recently mer-
chant, and, under the Maderistas, jefe
politico of the town of Guerrero Be-
ing asked why he Joined the rebels,
Oros said that he started in by OBJ
jecting to the elections held by the
present Mexican government. He claims
that the Diaz candidates had soldiers