El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-07
REBELS APPEAR AGAIN IN MORMON
COLONIES, CAPTURING AsCENCI0N
Gen ALBERT Sends Renforc ements to Casa Grandes
Aid Gen. Rabago-Mormon Colonists Returning
Here Report Fighting in Casas Grandes Satur-
day Night and on Sunday They Fear the
Confiscation of Their Homes There

unless necessary to prevent federal
troop movements or the transmission
Of information regarding his move
mentS. The regular train from the
south arrived at Juarez Sunday, bring
ing passengers from various points
over the line as far south as the City
of Chihuahua Another train departed
Monday morning for the south This
alternating schedule will be continued
Officials of the road making an inSpec-
ton trip over the line are proceeding
slowly, visiting the various points en-
route before arriving at the state CAPT
tai
FiEhtinx at CasaS Grandes.
The Bentley family and the Romney
family came in from Colonia JuareZ
last evening. They say there was some
fighting at Casas Grandes Saturday
evening One or two rebels were out
Sunday with their arms in sings.
Word reached them while on the
train that soon after the train pulled
out Sunday, fighting commenced again
at CaSas Grandes.
Rebels are collecting at the Tapecita
and they have sent word both to Pear
son and to Casas Grandes that if the
federals do not surrender, they would
take the place by force of arms. It is
thought that neither place will surren-
der.
The colonists say it is hard to choose
between the rebels and federals. The
rebels steal and confiscate their prop
erty and claim it by right of conquest;
the federalS are collecting all loose
property and selling it as unclaimed
property or in the case of cattle as
strays, Notwithstanding they go to pri-
vate pastures to collect the "strays."
1t is feared that the real estate viii be
sold for delinquent taxes, and to make
this possible that they will keep the
taxpayers out by force of arms.
No Spare Homes in Utah.
Mrs Done, who has been to Utah and
returned with the hope Of immediately
entering Mexico again, says it is diff
cult to find a vacant house IN the north
ern settlements. Those refugees not
having friends with whom they can
stay are placed at a great inconvenf-
ence. The cold, too, is becoming to Sc
we're that fires are already necessary,
and when they seek employment for
winter, they are facing a problem.
Mrs. Alice Young and her two small
children have found z home with a very
nice family. Mrs. Young will act as
goTerness for the children and in re-
turn will have room and board for her
self and two babies and also receive
a wage.
It is feared that one of the Wilson
boys who is yet at the camps has the
typhoid fever. He has been sick for
Since the word has come from presi-
dent Smith not to return Immediately
to Mexico, the people are preparing to
scatter as fast as they can decide where
to seek employment and where they
can find shelter.
ing their cattle out of the mountains,
Iney were interrupted by rebels. A rebel
officer asked:
who is in command of this bunch
Of cowboys"
one of the Spanish speaking boys
spurred his horse and after Saluting
said: No one in particular is in com
Spanish and we are at your service"
TO whom do these cattle belong%
Each driver owns portion of
them"
b. hat do you propose to do with
them asked the officer.
We are trying to drive them to
market"
THAT is what we understood and I
was sent here by the rebels to com
mand you to disperse the cowboys and
turn the cattle loose"
But we own the cattle; we have
raised them; they are ours. You have
against all law and prestige, driven US
from our lands, and despoiled our
homes. Now you propose to contiscate
the few cattle we have been able to
gather and leave US at the opening of
winter without resources.
The Mexican looked to the right and
70 the left His faithful followers in
he rear gave him assurance and he
hen turning his eyes upward, he add
ID: Yes, and the sky, are ours They
1elong to US. they were given by God as
In Inheritance to the Mexican people. !
You foreigners have come IN here. |
aiken the best of everything, converted /
he offspring of the soil into servants. [
We do the work. you walk of with the 1
money; you live in the finest houses.
md claim the richest soil. while we /
Who inherit the land"
What AIOrmOns Have Done.
Hold If you sell your inheritance, |
[ is no longer yours. But you never /
lad any anyway. When we came into /
his country the land was all owned /
" such men as Terrazas and Herman
les. They peoned all of you and paid
gu 36 cents per day for a long days
york and you had to accept or starve |
-ou plowed the ground with a wooden
tick drawn by oxen, for Terrazas, then |
GU gathered the corn by the hundreds !
{ bushels and stored it in the Terrazas !
ranaries. and corn was dealt out to
GU by the pound for your wives to
lake tortillas of.
Now many of you own your own
inds. Many of you enter into contracts |
nd farm a piece of land on percent;
GU are able to earn from one peso |
D two pesos per day and you are able