Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-09
ASK DIAz ID STEP
 DOWN AS PRESIDENT
Mexicans of Douglas DeSir1 Peace in Mexico -Coun-
 try Lies Devastated
Douglas International

AIexicans who have sought refuge in this city during the disturbed lccnditions in she neighboring repub- lie today politely bul firmly sought the retirement of DiaZ. A largely signed telegram was sent to the Mexican president at the capital ask linz that for the sake of their coun- try he resign or state publicly his intention to do so.
 There are nov ii Douglas a large number of Mexican refugees, some O. them men of prominence and large property owners. They have been forced to leave their homes and their property because of the revolutionary troubles. some desir- ing to avoid taking sides in the warfare that has been going on These are the people that today telegraphed to Diaz. The telegram stated that there are thousands of Mexicans who have been compelled to flee to this country. who long 10 get back to their homes, who are deeply desirOus of seeing peace re- stored and that they realize that this lis impossible until he relinquish or state his intention of so doing, the tenure of his office.
 Several hundred signed the telc- gram.
 May Cause More Trouble. Word comes today through a rel able source that the recent killing l of the American at Cumpas. after he and a small band had footed sev- 1 eral business houses there was likely Co result in more trouble in that flown. The American who was so lsammarily dealt wit4 was named Johnson and Is said to have come | to Mexico from Los Angeles. After he had been killed, Triblctt's band went to Cumpas and took some of | the local police responsible for the ,death Of Johnson away with him land it was reported that they had Iteen Killed. but this report is not lzenerally believed After Triblett left Cumpas a party of insurrectos icame to Cumpas from the vicinity Icf Moctezuma and immediately start led searching investigation of the | occurrences.
 Word was sent to Triblett to re- turn to Cumpas with his party but i he had not arrived on Thursday. 1 Tt was reported there that George ! iGreenbush had been placed under ar rest by the insurrecto commander who came from 2loctezuma and IS lbeing held because of the charge : that he had been instrumental in lcausing the death of Johnson. f While it cannot be denied that 1 ohnson was guilty of footing there
 S widespread condemnation of the manner in which he was put to death.
 ] Country Devastated. l Declaring that the country to the south Of Douglas, including the So-
 nora valley and the Cumpas valley.
 is being rapidly devastated by the
 continuance of the war in Mexico.
 O. l.. Neer, the well known mining
 man, returned to Douglas yesterday.
 He says that along the Sonora river
 the growing crops have been desert
 ed and that there is no one left 10
 give them attention and that the re
 suit will be extended suffering
 among the people for lack or any
 subsistence whatever, if present con
 ditions continue much longer. On
 his trip to the Veta Grande mine.
 which he has been working in the
 vicinity of ocoachi, he saw fieldBs of
 wheat being eaten up by horses turn
 ed into them by insurrectos who
 are numerous in that part of the
 country.
 Mir. Neer stated that he had clos
 ed down both his mining camps be-