The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21

resulted III the Capture VI CulS CITY by
rebels, led by Red Lopez. American
troops crossed the border and succeed
ed in persuading the combatants to
cease fighting. The action was taken
after one man had been killed and
several wounded in Douglas, and while
continued firing was endangering the
lives of Americans on United States
territory. Douglas was under constant
fire for three hours.
Aqua Prieta is the terminal of the
Nacozari railroad into Sonora and is
the most important point on the Dor.
der between Ell Paso and the Pacific
Ocean.
Robert Harrington, switchman EN-.
ployed in the yards of Douglas, was
on his train at Fourth street. A bullet
struck him in the head and he tum-
bled from the car. He was picked up
and taken in a wagon to the Copper
Queen hospital, where he died within
an hour, never regaining conscious
ness.
E.. E. Crow another switchman, was
| ley that killed Harrington swept him
from the car also. He is shot
through the body from side to side
and will probably die. Crows family
reside in Colorado.
A. r. Dickson, half owner of the
Washington mine in the Arizpe dis
trict, is shot through the thigh. The
bone is broken and the wound may
prove fatal. Dickson is single and
lives in Douglas.
Forest Rutherford, assistant super.
intendent of the Copper Queen
smelter, when the battle opened, went
to his home, which is located near the
smelter. One of the many bullets
which entered his home struck him in
the foot. The injury is slight.
Struck by Two Bullets.
Charles Lennon, a baker from Bis
bee, was among the sightseers when a
bullet partially spent, struck him in
the leg, passing through the flesh.
HE turned and started toward Doug.
las when another struck him in the
back. His wounds will not prove fatal
]. c.. Edwards, young man OF
about rs years, was fighting with the
insurrectos and was killed. His home
is in Virginia.
Genevieve Cole, 16 years old. daugh.
ter of A. w. Cole, formerly alderman
in the Douglas city council, and prom.
inent as clerk of the Arizona constitu.
tional convention, was sitting in her
fathers home when federal bullet
passed through her arm.
w. Singleton, chemist at the Copper
Queen smelter, was shot in the arm,
making flesh wound that is not ser.
ious.
Capt. j. E. Gaujot. of Troop K, First
Cavalry, U. s. A., received notice OF
the battles opening at 1886. A long
line of dust heralded the coming of
the American cavalry, as it dashed
down the international line from the
city ball park headquarters.
| American Troops in Fire Zone.
With the troop of forty were the
captain and Lieut.. Lawson Moore. Be
tween the customs house and the first
monument the federal bullets and
those from the rebel rifles farthest
south pecked and busted the desert
Into this rode the United States cav.
airy. deploying along the line.
| Douglas Suffering, Too.
| The bullets whistled through the line
and one trooper was grazed on the
arm. It had become fight in which
Douglas, the American city, was sui
fering almost as much as Aqua Prieta
AS the federal fire continued to pour
into the city, bullets struck as far
north as Fifteenth street. One plowed
through the Calisher store, and an
other struck the Western Union Tele.
graph Office building. At the Douglas
freight depot for time there was a
hail of steel missiles. Foreman Curley
| of the yards, was struck on the arm
Another bullet entered the home OF
George B. Lee, superintendent of the
Copper Queen smelter, while others
passed through the home of Alex Ad
ANS, also of the Copper Company.
/ A hail of steel struck the Copper
Queen power, house, passing into the
machinery. Four shots punctured the
machine shop.
Federals Fire voIiey at Town.
1t is claimed by many that just be.
fore the federals blew up the Quartet
they elevated their gums and swept
Douglas with a vo1ley. This volley
accounts for the striking Of Grow and
Harrington on their trains.
Surrender TO Americans.
I'VE will surrender If our captain
returns and so ORDERS" said the fed
eral force. Finally Capt. Gaujot sug
tgested that the federal garrison, many
of whom were fighting, despite their
wounds, surrender themselves to the
American troops, their guns and am
munition to be given up to the rebels
and the prisoners to be conducted
across the line under escort of Ameri
can cavalry. Lopez arrived few min
|ntes before this suggestion. The forces
were not hundred feet apart and still