The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-01

t0ASfSltIQ W t44 ~ NAt8 0hA ScAffnf'S
and the Spanish consul. who was
ordered to pay ioe.eee pesos- they
! have not been able TO obtain any
| concessions for the unfortunate bust
ness men OF the city.
Paw. or die" is the command. and
the victims are so thoroughly guard
ed they cannot escape.
Father Manuel Viramontes. who re-
manned at his post when his brother
priests fed. Was released this morn
ine. His ransom OF SO, goo pesos was
paid, Tor the most part by his faithful
women parishioners. and by ether
women of the district. When the
priest announced reslgnedly that
there was no earthly hope of his pro-
curing the heavy ransom the women
decided to take action. On their
knees they besought mercy for the
parda from Cabarello. only to be In
formed that payment of the ransom
was the only way In which the
traitors" llfe could be saved. They
went out to raise the money Wo-
men contributed cash and jewelry;
the poorest gave their last centavos
and tr.nkets Thus they collected
about forty thousand pesos.
Rebels Secure Hanson.
las soon as / was arrested said
the padre to me this morning. the
rebels demanded $4,000 pesos for my
Yclensa. threatening me with execu-
ton II the money was not fortheom-
InE j had no money and ! knew
1T would be impossible for me- TO
raise The amount ] told them THIS
and they answered that was a iria-
tor. and that had aided the fed
erals and they would shoot me II my
par4shioners did not raise the sum.
4 collected altogether $40 pesos,
and "a all the other priests had fed
TO Europe or the United States, ] had
no hope Of getting any more when
/ offered this SUM to them they
Iaughfed at me, refused to accept it,
ard told me to- prepare for e&ocu'
ton
THE devoted women of the parish
rane to me with the funds they hao
raised Ati ! s-nft!aaa- 10 accept -thefn-
because I knew the sacrifice It en-
tailed. Then they went to the rebels
with a similar offer, which ~as ac-
ceptea They had almost enough to
paw.
Il finally sold my furniture and
raised 7. 500 pesos. which I handed
over TO the rebels, who thereupon re-
leased me. am "a Mexican by birth
and educated In Mexico City ! came
to Tampico six years ago. ana was
never before molested
THE Catholic church In closed, ana
cannot sBy mass. The rebels are
robfing the churches and priests
wherever they gain control"
The last Of the fcderals moved out
If panuco Yesterday, the main army
under Generals ZaraGoza and ARullar
having evacuated the town the Gay
before, although they were strongly
entrenched. They left behind about
$50 federal soldiers disguised as
lahorers but the latter fed at the
a-pproach of five hundred rebels.
Just southwest Of Tampico con-
dltjnns are very bad About two hum
dred acres in one place are covered
with crude oil, which overftowed from
fhe large wells The American COM
panies suffered much from this. The
loss Of OH through the overflow 10
estimated at ten thousand haffeis
daily
Next Big Battle at Oxuluama.
ii looks as II the next big battle
will he at Ozuluama, and not MT
panuco, because the federal army. the
rebels believed was en- route to san
I1e,ls Potosi, turned bark and is now
oniy forty miles from Tampico, while
oanueo il eixty five miles up the
river. This army, commanded py
General Zaragoza, ard the real fight
(
MEMBERS not less than four thousand
/ MIA, all brave. seasoned fighters, whe
/ are well equipped and have with them
! heavy cannon, including some Of the
I high-class guns taken from the decks
Of the gunboat Vera Cruz before she
! was a abandoned
! Most of the rebels have left Tam
pico, some going toward Monterey
while fifteen hundred have started
/ toward the federal army, which
evacuated Tampico- This leaves only
nine hundred rebel soldiers in the
1 mort. and the federals could easily re-
capture it
+ Americans and other foreigners
+ here now are practically as safe as
j they were before the outbreak or any
trouble, as the rebel commanders ano
officers treat them with courtesy anc
respect, bat II is not safe to be alone
and far from the poiiced or patrollee
districts as many OF the natives SHOW
intense hatred for foreigners.
War prices still prevail and many
commodities are getting higher every
day