The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-02
Federal General Rabago in
MADEIRA Preparing to Fight
InSurrectos.

Special to The Tribune.
I'll PASO Tex. Aug. 1.-Hud~
III died in the pen-like shell
ters of the refugee camp the
Mormon women are praying to-
night that the arrival of Rabago. hero
of hundred campaigns for the gen
eral government, in MADEIRA, Chi
huahua, with 1900 seasoned federal
troops. will result in the restoration of
their homes and their return from the
rebe-cnforced exile in land where
they are dependent for their bread
upon an alien people, although their
grancries at home are filed and their
trees are heavy with fruit.
General Rabago, with his veterans,
arrived in MADEIRA on Wednesday
night, This means that the rebel reign
of terror in the Mormon colonies is
ended, and that their homes will be
restored to them and lawlessness and
murder will cease.
Government Gives Tents.
All are uniting 10 make the refugees
as comfortable as possible in the rude
shelters on Magohin avenue, where
the rain pours through the roof and
the children are forced TO play in
ground.
The United States government has
wired that 500 small tents are now
enroute from the supply department
at st. Louis. The comma uder of the
department. of Texas at Fort Bliss has
issued orders that rations be issued
to all who are needy among the
refugees. Townspeople are furnishing
magazines for the women to read and
toys for the children. il
Bishop o. P. Miller of Salt Lake
is expected Friday,
Concert for Refugees.
a military band has given one con-
cert for the refugees, and is planning
another popular concert in the lumber
yard where they are sheltered.
All of the women and children of
the Mormon colonies are now north of
the Rio Grande in what they tenderly
refer to as "God 8 country" The
last arrived today exhausted from
days of riding in springless wagons
from the mountain colonies of Pache.
co and Gracia down unbroken trails
and down PERCEPTIONS mountain sides.
These pioneer women have braved a
hundred perils TO reach FL Paso and
| safety.
Completely exhausted, completely
| covered with the desert dust and half
starved the refugees arrived here with
only strength enough to enter the
waiting automobiles which had been
furnished for their transportation to
| the refugee camp.
Men in Fighting Mood.
One old settler, ]. L. Clawson, wept
bitterly when he piloted mis- family
to safety. They had left a ten-roon
modern home with the pantry fllled
with food and now his wife must be
satisfied with a bare board compart
HSHt III an hudnuOueQ lum Ger yArQ
These Mormon men have said little
and have endured much. But now that
the women and children are out of the
country. they are defiant. A clasl
between the rebels and the Mormont
means disaster for the former. Not
all of the arms have been delivered
and a fight would mean the desperation
Of men fighting for their homes against
professional looters.
Demand Intervention.
Indignation in FL Psso because o,
the treatment Of Mormon settlers IL
A supposedly civilized country boiled
over today when the FL Pasr
Herald the afternoon paper, printed
four columns Of interview with tn.
Leading business men OF the city 10