The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12
American
Miners
Shotby
Villa

Ell PASO. Tex. Jan.
1z-In a helpless rage,
this city today awaited
arrival OF a special train
bearing the bodies of i6
Americans and two Brit
ishers. bullet-riddled by
Mexicans in Chihuahua
Monday.
Apparently nothing has been
-4one by either Zack Cobb. repre-
xentin9 the state department. nor
Gen. Garcia. Carranxista command
er at Juarez. toward avengfng the
massacre OF this party OF mining
men OF the CsihuirtachIo mining
company.
Bitter at Adu,inistrssion
On every hand there was denun-
citation OF the staying. and a spirit
OF bitterness toward the Wilson ad.
mlnlstration which found express
sion In sharp protests 10 Washing
ton.
Official messages today told how
the is United States citizens and
two citizens OF Great Britain were
dragged from a Mexican North.
western train Monday. robbed OF
their $4,000 payroll, stripped OF
their clothing. and shot in cold
blood.
Direct order from Gen. villa 10
his subordinates to kill every
American or other foreigner caus-
ed the slaughter.
Report Villa In Command
Villa personally commanded the
firing squad which slew the unfor-
tunate victims one by one. II was
reported In some quarters.
When the Americans were cap
tnred the yIllistas began to shoot
them one at n time.
Seeing death was inevitable. sew
eral attempted TO make a run for
IL. and were shot down as they ran.
The shrieks OF the men as they
we're murdered we're heard by
Thomas Holmes. another American
passenger on the train. who escaped
the vengeance OF the Mexicans By
hiding in the toilet room OF one OF
the coaches.
Brings News of Massacre
Later he succeeded In escaping
to Chihuahua, bringing the first
news of the massacre.
The bodies are expected to reach
here today.
The border Is aroused to fever
heat
The slowness OF Carranzista OF.
ficials TO take sympathetic action
resulted in a mass meeting OF mine
owners and others here last night.
at which the delegates denounced
the Washington administration
-sMexican policy.
Lured back to work by passports
granted by the Washington govern.
ment and thru the Carranza admin
istration's guarantees OF protection.
the miners who went 10 their death
we're refused an escort OF 100 Car
rama soldiers.
IS Bandits Stop Train
Fifteen bandits stopped the train
at Santa Ysabel.
In the party on board were Of
ficials and employees OF a mine com
pany OF which Potter Palmer OF
Chicago Is president.
They we're going 10 reopen the
company's rich silver mines at
Cnsihuiriachie.
The bandits attifed themselves in
the Americans clothing, then
marched their victims to a ravine
close to tho track and shot them.
List Of the Dead
The slain men we're: G. A.
Pringle. San Francisco: G. X. Wat
son. manager, FL Paso; VIM. J. Wal
re. III Paso: ]. NJ. Evans. OF FL
Paso. a Canadian; NJ. u. Romero,
VI Paso. naturalized American.
Maurice Anderson. ri Paso; w. ID.
Pierce. Los Angeles. X. r. McHat-
ton, III Paso; j. r. Coy, represent
Ek Union Iron Works, San Fran.
sisco; +. H. Robinson. III Paso
George w. Newman. III Paso: Jack
Hase, Miami. Ariz.; J. W. Woorn.
VI Paso. II. n. Simmons. address not
given; Avery A. Couch. Canadian;
Alexander ~. Hall. Douglas, Ariz.;