Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-27
indian MASSACRE
GROESONE SIGHT
MEXICAN INSURRECrOS WREAK
BARBARIOUS ATROCITIES.
ACOLA MAN CRUCIFIED
Two Fatally Wounded, Is Hurt, in
Mexico City Riots-Political
/ Confusion Intense.


Mexico city, Sept. 26,-Wenceslao
Franco, "a resident Of Acala, a small
town in the state of Chipas, was cru
Gifted by the rebellious Chamula
Indians, when they sacked that place
last Sunday, according to kilograms
received by El impartial tonight
from TuXtla Gutierrez, the state cap
ital.
The story was brought to the Red
Cross headquarters by Frances wife,
and later confirmed from other
sources The woman herself had
been stabbed seven times by an
Indian using a lance, the popular
weapon of the half savage hordes.
According to the stories that have
reached Tuxtla Gutierrez, the insur-
rectos committed their depredatlons
in a manner most barbarious. Wo-
men and children We're slaughtered
by the mobs, one of whose leaders
was a fanatical priest He was one
of those killed Refugees claim the
Indians made the massacre a grew
some sight tossing them high into
the air and catching them on the tips
OF their lances.
Semi-offlcally, 1t is stated tonight
that a military governor General
Blanco, of revolutionary fame, Will
DE sent to Chipas to restore order.
Another uprising reported tonight
IS that of a man called "Nayrith' in
the territory of Tepicu. Disappro-
baton Of the acts of the jefeo po-
litico is given as the cause of this in
surrecton. He has proclaimed new
jcfeo politlco in Sierra De Alica. E'ilo
Zepata, who has been terrorizing the
southern part Of the state of Morlos
and a part of the state of Puebla, has
sent a letter to to General Huerta in
Chietla, Puebla, asking on what terms
their surrender will be accepted
Their forces are reported to have
qwindled greatly in the past few
DAYS.
Mexico city, Sept. 26.-Within a
few hours after the return of Fran
cisco |. Madero from his speaking
tour through the South today, Mexico
City again became the scene of riots,
whose quelling by the mounted police
resulted in two fatally wounded and
fifteen injured To restore order, the
police were forced to charge the mobs
with sabres drawn.
Groups of manifestants had not
ceased to parade the streets and shout
"Nivas" for the returning candidate,
when the police were called upon to
dsperse the rioters, gathered in the
Zocalo in front of the city hall, shout
ing their demand for the resignation
Of the secretary of the governor of
the federal district.
The work Of the authorities accom-
pished here was repeated half an
hour later in factory district ten
blocks away, where the same drastic
methods were employed to suppress
another outbreak of the lawlessness.
Neither OF these riots had any real
political suggestion and their origin
on the day of Madero's return was
either merely a coincidence. or due
to the fact that the thousands of
manifestants on the streets made II
easy for the leaders of the mobs to
secure recruits.
believe that Antonio Rivero, the gov
ernor's secretary, was responsible for
the political confusion In the state of
Chipas, the mob marched to the 70
Gallo. Its numbers steadily increased
and the cries became so nsistent and
insulting that the authorities consid-
cred imperative the calling out of the
mounted police. But little tempor-
izlng was INDUCED in by the officers
who had received their instructions
10 "dlsperse the mob
They called on the people to dis
perse, but made confident by pre-
vious leniency, the rioters held their
ground and hurled insulting epithets
at the horsemen. But their conf
Idence was misplaced. Sabers were
drawn and the squadron charged into
the midst of the mob. which gave
way. but not until a few scattering
shots from revolvers had been fired
by the rioters. One of these fatally
wounded member of the mob.
Rioters and citizens who had gath
cred on the outskirts hurried into the
streets. while merchants hastily threw
up their shutters. Ten minutes later.
the place was deserted.
Gathering fresh recruits the hood
lums marched to the La Crona textile
mills IN the Northern part OF the city. !
labor dispute was pending there. |
and the rioters efforts were directed
toward precipitating a strike. Warned
by the previous manifestation. the po-
lice department sent antoher squad |
ron of mounted men to the factory. |
when it was found again necessary
TO charge the rioters. This time the |
mob did not reform.
The Red Cross Society assisted in |
caring for the wounded
En- Route to the "Ditch."