The Washington herald., 1913-02-17
REAL CONDITIONS IN
MEXICO CONCEALED

their defense. Their father was fatally
| stabbed, aid one of the Mexicans was
killed.
Make MininE Engineer . Chauffeur.
Howard w. Squires, mining engi-
nerr connected with the San Geranamo
consolidated Mining Company in the
State of Sonora. told of raid by the
iinsursent leader Campo. whose men took
all the supplies belonging to the COM
pany and pressed Mr.. Squires into serv-
ice with his automobile to carry messages
to Gen. Rojas. Squires and his COM
panions were cruelty treated.
| When Squires returned from one of his
enforced messenger trips he saw no
| signs of the raiders, and Curtis and Cum
ningham, two American mining engi-
neers, were missing. Mr.. Squires saw
three dead Mexfcans in the brush. He
later learned that about twenty insur-
gents had ridden into the camp after
the main body of Campa's force had
gone. Suddenly one of these insurgents,
| Capt. Martinez, threw up his pistol and
shot three times at Cunningham, but
missed him.
Curtis lodged into the house. Cum
ningham seized a shotgun. killed Martinez
from his horse, shot another Mexican.
seized his rife. and killed a third man.
| Then Curtis and Cunningham lodged
into the brush. After travelling all night,
Curtis and Cunningham Joined a force
OF Mexican Federal soldiers. In a fight
the next day with insurgents these two
| Americans killed twenty-seven Mexicans.
Shortly before his death, Col William
Green, the famous American copper
king, learned of an outbreak at the COM
pany's mines in Cananea. Sonora, and
with three American friends. in his auto
mobile. rushed for the scene. When they
dashed up to the mines they found that
| a mob was about to shoot the mine fore
man. All four Americans were armed
with revolvcrs. and thirty seconds after
the automobile stopped in the midst of
the rioters there were twenty-one dead
Mexicans lying on the ground and the
remainder of the mob had fled.
Frank s. Kirkland. a mining engineer
employed to examine the river Balsas
with a view to improving the navigation,
and William e. zimmerman were in
Balsas preparing to run down the river
in a motor boat. when they were seized
by insurgents under the command of
SaIgado. who demanded money from
them. kirkland. who was working in
the boat in his shirt sleeves. had no
money with him. and he was seized.
bound with ropes and maltreated until
he fell unconscious. Some Mexican
women united the ropes and revived
him.
Margaret CariIn. an American woman.
who. with her husband has been living
at Colonia Dublan. testified to robbery
and personal injuries by MXeican SOL
diers. On July q about 10 soldiers
came to- their house where her husband
was sick. and demanded money.
Carlin told the soldiers they had moth
ing. but the soldiers threatened to kill
him. One soldier struck Carlin with the
Of n
clothes out Of her wardrobe. threw them
on the ground and tramped on them.
When she protested they showed her
about cursing her. They carried away
everything portable. cursing the Ameri-
cans as they left. The soldiers said
they Were treating Americans in that
way because the United States allowed
Madero to get all the ammunition ans
guns he wanted. but would not extend
the same privilege to them.
Contractors Are DespoiIed.
Niels Larsen. of the contracting firm
of Bowman & Larsen. was engaged
in the construction of a railroad grade
between Pearson and Pacheco. Chihua-
hua, having an investment of about s10.-
600 in movable property. In February,
1872, the rebel soldiers of Gen. Salazar
overran the country. and began seizingI
their horses. wagons, provisions. and
other supplies Salazar told all the
Americans that they would be killed IL
the rebes thought il necessary. and that
all their property would be taken. The
Americans tried to avoid all trouble but
were finally compelled to fee the coun-
try. after loss Of property amounting
to S7o.OIo
Adalbert T. Springer. an American en-
r!neer In charge of a mining property
at AQuita apilto, said the better class of
McXicans have absolutely no hope that
TIE present government will succeed. but
they believe there will be a continuous
revolution.
There is no patriotism. and everybody
who gets disguised or gets tired Of sit
ting around and doing nothing. says
Let us go and do something and fif-
teen or twenty men rise. and in the
next village they get forty. and so on
until there are enough TO take a city
SAM Mr.. Springer. When Federal troops
are sent after them they retire to the
mountains. and this condition of unrest
overlics the whole country.
Nobody knows how many Americans
are killed on lonely mountain trails in
Mexico. and nothing said about ii. The
man who does the killing goes over into |
the next county or the next state. and |
II is all over. The American is dead. !
and that is all the satisfaction the Amer |
killed him cannot be found.
The Mexican newspapers say. You |
must not maintain a strict prosecution |
of criminals. because II would make un-
friendly feelings: it would make the peo- |
pie nervous, They say that the feelings |
of the people must he respected and no |
noise made. SO that they will not re-
taliate. The fear of rousinC the people |
is always a nightmare.
we are at a disadvantage as COM
pared with other nations. They say IL |
il was any other government, England |
or Germany. their soldiers would have
been In there long ago"
Oroxco's Men Despoil Ranches.
Winifred Pence. superintendent for the
of Morris & Co. stated that that
owned 1.25s.000 acres of land
In Chihuahua. At the beginning of the
revolution they had between 5000 and
10000 head of cattle. In the first. or
Madero revolution. they were not mo-
Tested in any way. The Orozco revolu-
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