El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-29
CARRANZA TO COIN
MANY REBEL PESOS
Americans, Travelling in Scavenger
carts, Tell OF Ovation to Rebel
Commander in ParraE

Gov Carranza- rebel commander in
Coahuila. was in ParraI on August II
10 investigate the plans which had been
MADE by Manuel ChaO the rebel leader
to coin revolutionary silver coins al
Parral for use in revolutionary terri
tory. Seven Americans who have ar
rived here from Santa Barbara, having
made the trip to the border In three
ScaVenger carts drawn by mules. were
held 10 in Parral for several hours on
the nth while the demOnStra tiOn in
honor Of the Coahuila rebel governor
was In progress They did NOT see thu.
rebel leader, but say they did see his
carriage pass through the streets of
Parral. heard the shouts of Viva Car
rama! and saw the troops which ac-
compared him to Paral as an escort
The Americans are s. T. GOuld r {
Glonon. both OF Canada; John and h
- Anderson. Of Minneapolis and Pitts
DurSi william Sumley, of Detroit,
Mich; NJ. n. Short. of San lose Calf
and Lawrence A. Thomas of St Louis
MO 1heSe men were employed at the
Iecolotes Mining cOmpany's mines. az
santa barDara, Chth. They left Santa
BARBARA at daybreak on Sunday morn
ing. August II, and arrived in ParraI
IIaI same afternoon. They were trav-
cling in the three scaveDs-er carts
winch they had rented from the Next
cans OF Santa Barbara These were
drawn by seven mules. In addition. The
party Of Americans had three saddle
horses, and they took turns riding these
aLu lHe oumpy. springless, two
wheeled carts in their 36O-miIe trek to
Maria and the border.
>" men we arrived in Parral," Gould
and GibbOn say, we were STONED Inv
the great crowds in the streets and we
could not proceed with our OIIeer cara
van for the border. We were forced
70 wait until the crowds were gone
ON the streets. While we were wait
ing: private train carrying one car
a. iNSu IN the station from JimeneZ
oil
rama had arrived They shouted and
Threw their hats in the air and svvarn1ed
around the carriage, which passed
LOuSh the street We could not see
t SIe reDel governor. but were sure that
ne was IN the carriage. They told us
tnst ne had come there to investigate
mao plans for coming silver coins
LOT LOT the revolution He came down To
Ine 1ecoIotes mines and Communicated
Our hydraulic press, with which to
stamp out the silver from the mines
INTO coins carrying the same number
u sFalnS OF pure silver as the Mexican
PeSO- we did not see any of these
CONS, but they told us that they were
70 pear the words, Parral- Hidalgo' on
theIn and that thousands of them were /
TO be issued.
AFTER we got away from Parral, we /
came TO the border as fast as our slow /
caravan could move, and we saw a I
NUMBER or rebels bands but no fed :
era4s- One Of these bands was acting
Is an escort to the mule team wagons !
Wmch had brought the silver bullion /
I rom the Palmilla mines at Parral to
MARIA There were 10 of these wagons,
zen ufaWn by II mules, and there were
50 or the rebel escort We passed them
ABOUT 80 miles below Ojinaga as they
we're returning with the empty wagons. |
w men We left Santa Barbara there were /
prODably 30 Americans. including the !
american women and children. They
we're making no effort to get out then.
Ahey told US in Parral that Carranza !
ldd 1000 men with him. but we saw
only few and doubt if there were
over 100, We heard nothing of his re-
ported plans for attacking Chihuahua
he came from Gomez PalaciO on his
special train and was expected to re-
urn there"
The American refugees are staying