Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-19

with the people about him. II he
got $500. say IN a raid he would
leiVe half Of it away But when he
beaan to gather power he seized ev-
erything for himself Those people
among whom he Is now have a long
history OF murders ana attacks upon
their women 60 avenge The only
hold he has 0n them ~ fear
North central MEXICO, IA the neigh
borhood ~ forrtr villa stfonghoids OF
Toireon and Durlngo, furnished roe
/ ports OF battles between small bands
1 OF outlaws ana constilutlonalist
troops one of these bandit organ
liztNOne Nm the fight near TofreOn.
! was credited with being a villa or
annizaton Nothing was available
tonight upon the outcome Of this fight
near Torrcon
lIardships Of imcricans.
Americans who said ihey dared not
! permit the uar ~ their names arr
rived here today with details Of tho
/ hardships Of their exodus.
we met last sunday" said one OF
these Americans, "in hotel room IN
Torrcnu
Twenty Of tho Americans decided
10 stay behind and take their chances
Some Of this numher said they would
have to remain until they could pelt
their business into some sort of shape.
ron Monday there WAC no trnln.
We became very anxious. The off
GERS of tbc commandment were not
discourtenus. but there was feeling
Of resentment among the soldiers that
we did not Ike ON Tuesday morn
ing ~ o'clock we succeeded IN maxi !
ing up a train ia which the employees
and their families from the Tlahnali- !
20 plantation had one box car the
employees Of The Continental Rubber
company Of Torreon, another; and
the third box car WIS occupied by the
employees OF the forrc0n sneltef.
without any accommodation
whatever and sitting on the. floor ana
our baggage. We began the journey
northeast Ai pantano we had 70
wait for some twenty hours TO mako
connection with the train 20 Eagle |
PGss. while the majority of the reiu-
gees went up few hours earlier by |
the Laredo route.
Feared Intervention.
wa lefl Torreon because # looked /
to rs as II Intervention had come Wei
felt that II the constitutiouaists retail |
lated that we would be made PRISON
ers. and We knew that II villa or his I
many Fvmpathizors In Torreon were
able 60 take the city or murdered the I
small garrison. we. would all be mus
aacrcd and taking everything into
consideration, we foit there was only
ono thing to do and thnt was 10 come
out ana wait until the country was re-
stored TO order.
"1he food supply IN Torreon is very
ecani and the lower classes have lite
tie, f anything. They have no work
to onnble them TO earn money and the
supply of corn and beans Is much
drawn upon. The people with money
can buy pretty much what they wish,
but 1t takes money ! should not hes
itnte to SAY that there are ten thous-
and unemployed men IN Toueon.
1T is the lack OF work that makes
The MeXicans Of the lower class follow
soldering al all | know them well
enough to know that they would much
rather be engaged in peaceful pur-
suits The middle classes IN Torreon,
~ Won az In AL Mexico. are RESPONSE
biz for the state of anarchy ana nat
lrnily they are fighting, not for any
but for their own protec
Ion.
MI We're Fleeing
In the party that came up from
rOrreon We had some forty-two men,
women ana children or this number
twenty-five were Americans. the re
nainder being Germans, French aud
English AZ The junction point where
ana train went To- Eagle Pass and the
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