The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
TWO AMERICANS DIE
IN PERUVIAN RIOTS.
Foreigners Flee From Big Cop
per Nine; Martial Law
Is Ordered

Lima, Peru, Nov. 13.-(P)-Martial
law was established by the govern
ment in the departments Of Junin
and Lima today in an effort to put
down Widespread disorders of a dis
tinct anti-foreign complexion.
A force of 200 infantry was sent to
the Cerro de Pasco copper mining re-
gion where IS men were killed and
rs wounded in riots yesterday growing
out OF disSenSion between the Amer
lean and British mine operators and
native employees.
Two Americans we're among those
killed. One of these, John w. Chap
man, was from Chicago, the home adj
dress of the other. E. L.. Tripary. was
not disclosed. AN Austrian also was
among those killed. All foreigners in
the neighborhood, including about $50
Americans and British subjects. evac-
uated in special trains for Lima. 125
miles distant.
Meanwhile, another serious threat
developed at Lima and Callao, the
capitals port, where a general strike
was ordered by the General Fedora
ton Of Workmen as a consequence OF
a dispute between the British cotton
mill firm, Dun IAN. Fox g. Co., and
employees.
The government decree establishing
martial law stated that all workmen
desiring protection would be assured
full guarantees Of safety while re-
naming at their posts. The dec!e exc
outlaws the General Federation OF
Workmen and states that all those,
including foreigners. who incite the
workmeH to strike will be arrested
and expelled from the country.
The General Federation of Work.
men threatened to extend the general
strike to other Peruvian cities Of its de-
mands on the British concern were
not fulfilled.
The Cerro de Pasco riots occurred
after a small body of police at
tempted. Lnsucccssfully. to turn back
1900 Peruvian workmen who were
or their way from Oroya to Nal PaSo,
where one Of the American mines is
located. for a demonstration. Twenty
men were injured in the clash will,
the police. The workers, Infatuated,
looted business houses and some pri-
vate residences when they reached
Nal Paso.
Chapman. an electrician. and
Tripary. a stOrekceper, were killed in
a futile attempt TO drive away the
inavdccs.
Communist agitators were blamed
by the authorities for the disorders
Yesterday in the Cerro de Pasco re-
gion.
Reports reaching the capital today
from the departments Of Junin ane
Lima. indicated fifteen hundred min
crs. aroused by radical organizers
participated in an attack upon dwell
ings and shops at Malpaso.
When the police attempted TO dis
perse the rioters IL workers were
killed by gunfire.
Officials Of the Cerro de Pasc'
Copper corporation in a statemen
today. said they had warned the au'
thorities repeatedly against permit
ting the mine workers to conven'
what they called "A Miners Con
gress' at La Oroya. the pr1ncipa
mining center in the Andes region.
But the congress opened last Fri
day. the statement said. and It's mem
bers. instead OF discussing miners
problems, disseminated comnlunis
propaganda melting the miners u
revolt against their employers.
This was the first serious outbreal
Of the kind in IL years. since the min'
strike in May. 1919. when the con
stabulary made free use of machin'
guns to put down a riot Of major pro
portions. Several hundred were kiliet
in that clash.