The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-04-25
AMERICANS IN
WEST MEXICO
FACE DANGER
Sugar Refiner Charters Special
Steamer to Transport U. 5.
Citizens
INDIANS ON WAR PATH
Action. Of Bandits May Throw On
All Trains on Southern
Pacific
INDIANS ON WAR PATH

Odu hhtohtoy IVA hpa
advices received here, today, from
Guaymas, Sonora, and dated April
%, tell of imminent danger threat
ening upwards of one thousand
Americans along the west coast Of
Mexi O. SO critical is the situation
that special steamer has been
chartered by Nelson Rhoades, Jr,
manager of sugar refinery, to aid
those citizens of the United States,
who may be able to reach the coast
at points between Guaymas and
Mazatlan.
The steamer was scheduled to sail
from Guaymas yesterday. 1t is pro-
posed to visit all harbors in south
ern Sonora and northern Sinaloa.
According to the adslces 1900
Zapitastas are looting sat Culiacan.
Hunger Is making the natives desc
late and II is stated that American
planters are In danger OF being
raided.
The situation along the west
coast of northern Mexico is summed
|up as fellows; the Yacquis Indians
are on the warpath lin Sonora sficpt-
ing at passenger trains and looting
ranches and small towns The south
ern portion of Sonora is in state OF
anarchy and small parties of bandits
are roaming the country.
Send Women Away.
At Esparanza, where there arc
supposedly $50 Americans, all the
women and children have been sent
from the country and the men have
armed themselves and are prepared
for a siege.
Similar conditions prevail at
Navarro, where there are one hun
dred Americans on small farms at
San Plas and Los Mochie, there are
l75 Americans, and at Navolato,
where the Rhoades sugar refinery
still is operating, although the woH-
en- and children were sent from
those places several days ago, to
take steamer for San Francisco.
From Navolato there Is opportun
| ity to escape through the port o.
Altata, then down to the coast o.
Mazotland, whence steamers will
sail for California points Navolatt
is reported quiet, although ther'
have been many changes of govern
| ment of late and the absence of con
troll in Sianloa has practically para
lyzed business.
Cannot Furnish Troops.
Senior Rivenos. who was electe,
governor by the Legislature of Sina
loa, was told by the federal govern
ment that no troops could be fur
nished to protect the state nor wa
any money available, unless 1t CAM
from the state. The state treasur!
was reported empty. Meanwhile
the banks were closed, credit stop
| ped and merchants are paying II
per cent insurance against riot loss
The Southern Pacific railway l.
running no trains south of Sandal
and word has been sent out tha
after next Sunday the service ma!
be discontinued entirely, depending
upon the actions of the bandits. Thii
of course, will mean the blocking o
all immediate avenues Of escape fol
many. It Is stated that fully 70 pei
cent of the people desire peace anc
THAT bandits are not operating II
concert,
Favor Different Leaders,
Some bands cry "zapata,' some
"Orozco." some "vive Renterias" anc
the band that took Mazatland, re
Gently, cried viva Madero."
No especial violence to American
as such was mentioned, but the ad
vices say there are not enough gov
ernment soldiers to protect eithc
foreigners or natives. In Sfuaio'
there are two hundred federals AM
three thousand rebels. In Sonora
there are 500 federals, who face so
Yacquis anM numerous bandits
I No crops have been planted b.
others than foreigners and the foo'
supply in sight is less than one-tentl
OF the normal.
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