The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-29

days ago to intercede for foreigners held in the capital, returned here late ] yesterday and reported that his m1s- sion had been successful President Huerta, Minister of War Blanquet ana Foreign Minister Portillo Rojas as- sured Tweedie they would release all American prisoners and that all Amer jeans desiring to do so might leave via Puerto Mexico, but that the trains on which they would go would not pc provided with escorts.
 The train on which Commander Tweedie came back to Vera Cruz pick ious points who were assembled at Soledad These refugees who came from Tierra Blanca, Cordoba and Or iza.ba presented 9 pitiable spectacle and were worn, dirty and tired frem their frightful experiences. Women with babies in their arms and young girls carrying heavy bundles contain-z | ing all that remained of their earthly possessions, wearily trudged with the Eothers. British Minister Garden visited Min l lister RoJas and it was easily noticea- lble when he left the foreign office that 1 he as annoyed General Huerta ds-H lclared there was no reason fR placing Ian escort on the refugee trains and ianyway he, did not care to assume Iresponsibiiaky for the safety of pass engers
 FEzAR TROUBLE FEN ROUTE.
 It was planned. according to Com I n1ander Tweedie. to start three trains from Mexico City last night It was estimated by General Huerta that Ithese trains, which were to be oper- ated by Eng1ishmen would be able to take out all Americans and other for eigners who wished to go. This. however is regarded here as doubt Ifu1 since there has been growing evil Il dence that Americans are not the only bones anxious to escape from the cap 5litaI-
 Keen disappointment was displayed 1 here by wives of the men yet in the capital and other members of broken l families on learning that. to join l them. the missing ones would be com peIled to make a long and dangerous t journey The fact that the arrested l had been relased was only slight as- ! surance to those who knew that the I refugees now must pass through a | region in which so many have been
 arrested and taken northward to Cor 1 doba and Orizaba~ It is regarded as
 unlikely that General Huerta, even if I deteEnined to stop arresting Amerf-
 caI4 will be able to get in touch with
 all Che little leaders in the south and
 hold them off unguarded trains.
 Commander Tweedie and General Franco. the interpreter from Vera
 soledad from which place they made 2 their way over the broken line to the
 American train near Tejera
 T Commander Tweedie brings assur- 2 ances that the capital is quiet and
 that immediate danger from mobs
 Sixty-three members Of the Medina J colony in the state of Oaxaca. were
 among the refugees who arrived here. They were held two days in Cordoba for the fact that they were obliged to :. sleep on the floors of the barracks.
 Theyp were relieved of guns but not of scanty belongings which they were
 able to bring with them.
 PAID GUARDS FOR SAFETY.
 J N Elliott, a locomotive engineer,
 was in Tierra Blanca when the news
 of the occupation of Vera Cruz reach ed him With his wife and children he started for Cordoba under guard of Mexican soldiers. Arrived there, the guards said they were hungry and ,l demanded 50 pesos on the threat to 3 turn the Elliott family over to a l bowling mob which surrounded the : station and filled the streets.
 The money was paid and Elliott and his family were marched through the
 streets for more than a mile, hounded
 mob. For six days they were kept in
 barrac cks, during the first two of } which crowds surrounded the place
 bowling for their lives.
 On two occas sions some of the mob forced their way into the barracks and, had it not been for the efforts of the colonel and two other oh1cers EI I1iott and his family undolbtedly
 would have been killed. During their stay the demonstrations ceased to a large extent.
 ? ssI was placed with 10 others in 6 train which was left standing ove, night surrounded by 8 mob wnicf
 continually threatened to attack us,
 he said. "The guards ate up every
 thing available on the train. compell t Iup to Cordoba on the following day al similar crowds footed the train an6 \ | threatened us.
 while being taken through tn. 1 streets of Cordoba a squad of yol1ns | tl volunteers who had just been present
 ed with a flag swept down upon U,
 and tried to run us down. This hap k pened at the corner where the 1nuni cipaI palace is located or otherwis, f we would not have escaped as well al
 we did. As it was. was rapped ovel ! the head with flagstaff and a mar ' walking beside me was struck on tn, , head with a rock and his scalp badl, lieut.
 Ut was due to the fine conduct o \ the Mexican colonel that we ever mad hl the palace He rushed from the doc ! and plunged into the crowd. scatter
 ing them.
 .sOnce in the palace, we were lodge, \ upstairs in front Of the jefe politico' E office. but all night mob continue, E to yell in the streets and several time | we thought they would break in an, \ try to get us. This colonel and hi
 men stood by us, however, with gun / ' ready for business.
 Later we were put in the peni | tertiary which is in the same buildin
 and for six days we slept on the ston \ fla gging. There were two women i ! the party, one with a little baby. W [ were allowed to send out and bu | blankets and managed to get enoug