Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-01-11
UNI0NISTS
ACTIVELY SUPPORT
OREGON IN FIGHT
Continued from Page u

munists and Their apologists in the
United States.
In a four-page report to President
Gompers, Reynoldo Cervantes Torres,
secretary, Mexican Federation OF La
Dor, furnishes a detailed account Of
the military situation and of the meas
ures which Mexican workers are TAX
ing to support the government.
Backing Government.
Torres, who was one OF the Mexi-
can delegates to the recent FL Paso
conference with A. F. of L. represent
tatives, reports that 100 trade union
lists form the military guard at Cha
pultepec, the presidential residence.
Further In his letter Torres says:
"On December the central COM
mittee Of the Mexican Federation Of
Labor issued a circular letter, with
the character of pressing business, to
all the affiliated organizations In the
country, asking them to proceed to the
organization Of armed groups for the
purpose of combating the reactionary
rebellion directed by the disloyal gen.
erals, Guadalupe Sanchez, Enrique Es-
trada and Fortunate Maycotte. Our
exhortation was accepted with the
greatest enthusiasm, and to this date
the greater part of the organized
workers of the republic are ready to
take the field, If necessary, against the
rebels in according with instructions
that will be issued by the govern
ment's previous consultation and
agreement with the central committee
of the Mexican Federation of Labor.
Forces Ready to Act.
"As the labor forces will only take
the field If that should be necessary,
for the present they are performing
guard duty in the points to which they
are being assigned. For instance, the
city of Aguascalientes is guarded by
1000 peasants affiliated with the Mex
ican Federation of Labor; Ojo Cali
ente, Palmillas, Rio Grande, Jerez,
Pinos, and other points in the state
of Zacatecas, as we'll as the capital
of the state, are being guarded by fed
Grated peasants well armed in ac-
cordance with instructions from this
committee In the state of Puebla
$4,000 men belonging to our federation
are under the command Of our own
brother and colleague, General Ce-
lestine Gasca, whom we assigned to
that state. The city of Torreon, in
the state Of Coahuila, 1000 trade un-
ionists are ready. In the state of HI
dalgo we have organized 1000 men,
who are now engaged in keeping that
state clear of all bandits or rebel
groups. In the coal fields of the state
of Coahuila the Miners Union Of Mex
leo, affiliated to our federation, has
10000 men ready at moments no
tice. The farming communities in
the state of Jalisco, though they are
in the midst of one of the strang-
holds of the rebel movement, are en-
trenched in the mountains of that
state to the tune of 100000 men alto
gether, who as soon as the govern
ment alunches its general attack upon
the rebel forces under General En-
rique Estrada, will take an active
part in the attack, mainly in cutting
off the retreat of the rebels.
"Our federated bodies in the states
of Chihuahua, Durango, Michoacan,
Tamaulipas, Mexico (state), Vera
Cruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and our organ
izations allthroughout the republic
from the beginning have been prepar-
ing themselves to combat the rebel
lion il their services should be need
ed. From all this it can very well be
asserted that the suppression of the
rebellious movement will be accom-
plished within a reasonably short
time, particularly when public opin-
ion in general is in our favor.
Gas for the labor organization in
the feleral district and the City of
Mexico itself, they were the very
first to respond to the call of duty.
The photographs we are sending you
enclosed herewith are the first met
ropolitan groups of trade unionists or
ganized under the direction of this
central committee and other promi-
nent officers of the Mexican trade un-
ion movement The Mexican Fedora
ton Of Labor is highly honored in