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FA T GROW IMG F A P. I TH C A'R O L I N A PAGES TODAY ic a t e r C ka r I 1 1 e y s H hi a paper Established: Daily, 1888 Simdav 1910. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1914. Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c tern THE NEWS NOR rp NIGHT a EDITION Ufc 89 j GS j JJUJilSl L V QUI Fedeml Troops Are fdeted Colorado After Fighting All Night, Battle! Is Renewed With Vigor Many Already Killed in Fierce1 , Conflict in Colorado Strike Zone. Rockefeller Refuses to Take Any Hand in Peaceful Settle-1 ment Matter Discussed at I Cabinet Meeting Federal j Troops Will Be Ordered to the Scene. By Associated Press. Denver, Colo., April 2S. The issu ance of a proclamation by Governor Amnions to "ah law abiding and peace loving citizens" of Colorado, "to give their moral and active support to the effort to restore peace in the strike district' called attention today to con ditions which were described as a ' state of insurrection." The proclamation said the state au thorities had but ,one desire, "to re-, store and maintain order,", and de clared that until this was accomplish ed "there can bq no machinery to se cure justice in the courts." . The proclamation declared there "cee be no further bloodshed if the strikers will quit and return to their homes. If they refuse, every availa ble power will be brought to bear to compel them to do so." The proclamation concludes: "Peace officers throughout the state are urg ed to arrest and hold for conspiracy every man caught collecting arms or anmuntion to ship to any part of the state, calling for volunteers or organ izing companies of men to be used against the constituted authorities of the state." Desperate Struggle Feared. Trinidad, Colo., April 28. A force of fi50 militiamen, split into four di visions, today was facing a body of strikers estimated at more than 2,000. The strikers' army was concentrated in Last Animas and Huerfano counties, the southern field in Fremont county, where on Sunday the Chandler mine f as captured, and in Boulder county -he Lignite geld north of Denver. Troops to' Be Ordered Out. At 2:30 o'clock Secretary Garrison left the white house to go to the war aepartraent, Where he will prepare the order for troops to the Colorado strike region. A proclamation from the president was being prepared for announcement later. Vv'alsenburg, Col., April 28.--At . 7 o'clock this morning Sheriff Farr re Ported that the fighting at the Wal sen mine, near here, had assumed re newed vigor. The 50 members of the state militia who arrived last night -e outnumbered i0 to 1 and a clash batween them and the strikers is ex pected at any moment. No further fatalities were reported. The fighting continued all night. Rockefeller Refuses to Act. V.ashington, April 28. After talking frith Secretary Garrison the president received a report from Chairman Fos of the house mines committee, on tbe litter's interview with John D. Rockefeller, jr.t in New York yester-3av- Mr. Foster said that the interview jad failed to relieve the situation. The Occident delayed actio non the matetr Jatil it could be discussed at the regu sr cabinet meeting. Grave Situation, i Denver, Col., April 28. Conditions' in nt Colorado coal fields have become Kon... serious than at any time since inception or tne strine last eep teii:i;er. Violence spread from the southern fields to those of the extreme 'orvh, continuing with vigor in the M?.Ul!ieru zone wnich probably cost the yr;i: of seven mine guards at the Wal ?e" mine near Walsenburg, and being inaugurated in the northern field by 3l;mtltaneou6 attacks on the mines of L.oui3iiief Lafayette and Marshall vV'tli an unknown casualty list. fie conflicts between strikers and guards at Walsen and at the Hec d mine at Louisville continued through ?ut the night.'The arrival of the militia "m Ludlow at the Walsen mine ap Pruly had no effect upon the many 'trikers who kept up their fire at the me from long range even after the rops reinforced the defenders, - At midnight the militia reached Wal--ea.jurg and its force of 50 men was Wed, half remaining in Walsen "7S and the other half going to the v,aK:n mine. Huerta H at s Take up Reach ve To Strike Zone Many Outbreaks. Fresh outbreaks in the Trinidad dis trict were reported from the Forbes mine camp early today with no casual ties. The main body of state troops is located at Ludlow, only a short dis tance from the Forbes camp, but no orders went forth for troops to move upon strikers there. Late yesterday the guards were driven from the McNally mine by strik ers after two men had been killed and two persons wounded, one a wom an. The strikers then fired the tipple and other buildings in the mine camp, taking possession of the property. In the meantime in Denver state offi cials awaited word from Washington that President Wilson had determined to send Federal troops into the state. Governor Ammons today faced anoth er large committee of women. Many Children Missing. They asked for the appointment-of a committee of women to be sent, to Ludlow and search the old strikers' tent colony site where they claimed there are more bodies. They told the governor that 100 children of strikers' families are yet unaccounted for in .spite -of the fact that -other investigat ing parties had announced no more bodies could be found. All yesterday and until late in the night Governor Ammons refused to grant official recognition to any com mittee the women suggested for their announced purpose. No estimate of fatalities on the strik. ers' side in any of the clashes could be had from union headquarters here today. The fighting at both Walsen and Louisville was heavy and to partici pants it seemed that there must have been losses to the strikers. At La fayette two machine guns were turned upon the strikers and poured a rain of bullets in their direction. The same was true of the attack at Marshall. More Fighting. Bouldes, Colo., April 2S. Fghting be tween strikers and mine guards at the Hecla mine at Louisville which began at 10:30 o'clock last night, continued today. Two guards had been slightly wounded, according to Sheriff .Buster. No fatalities were reported. A posse of Boulder citizens is being organized by Under-Sheriff Euler and Deputy District Attorney Martin to go to the relief of the besieged mine. ' The Hecla mine, the property of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, is about one mile from Louisville, bound ed on one side at some distance by a public road beyond which is a row of houses and cabins. Sheriff Buster in his account of the night's fighting, given by telephone today, said the strikers were using these houses and cabins as protection. For two hours last night the sheriff was between the lines of fire and took refuge in a store. There came a lull in the shooting and the sheriff, and his deputy A. J. Krist, and L. McDonald, former' marshal of Louisville, made a dash and gained the mine enclosure. A brisk fire was resumed at 6:30. Sheriff Buster stated that under his orders machine guns had not been used by the mine defenders. This pre caution, he said, was taken that women and children might not be injured. The women and children of the strik ers have taken protection in the cellars of their homes. . Theattacks on the Vulcan mine at Lafayette and the Borham mine at Marshall last night were of short du ration. No casulties were reported and today advices were that hostilities had not been resumed. By Associated Press. ? London,, April 28 Mexico City was quiet today according to a cablegram received from the staff of a British commercial house there. The mes sage said that the employees were well and safe. May Remain. Rome, Italy, Apjril 28. A dispatch today from Mexico City says: . "The fact that foreigners are author ized to leave constitutes a pledge of safety for all , foreigners. Very few Italians, French or Spaniards have left, but many Germans and a number of British have departed." i he Mexico cm IS OUIET TODAY as Acce Th 9 etr ra Cruz jSluffer HIES Eighty Five Foreigners, Mostly Americans, Held in Jail at Cordoba Drunken Jailors Offer Repeated Insults While Prisoners Constantly Jeer Americans. Maas Promises to Set Them Free Eighty Seven Foreign ers Said to be in Jail at Tux tepec; Consular Agent White Among the Number. By - Associated Press. Vera Cruz, April 28. Steeping on the stone flagging of the jail pa"t:o with insufficient food, no sanitation and threatened every night with as sination by drunken jailers is tho ex perience of the Americans and other foreigners, including women and chil dren, confined at Cordoba. Their release today has-been prom ised by General Maas in reply to a request from American Consul Can ada through a messenger who return ed to Vera Cruz today. W. H. Mechling .of - the---Geological Survey of Canada who has been for some time in Mexico in behalf of the Universities of Harvard, Pennsylvaria and Columbia, spent two days at Cor doba. He was detained but not put in jail and finally was permitted to pro ceed here as an Englishman though he is in reality an American. Mechling went to the jail in Cordo ba Sunday afternoon and talked to he prisoners, among whom are several he is acquainted with. They begged him to communicate their plight to Con sul Canada and Rear Admiral Fletch er in an endeavor to secure their re lease. . The prisoners are herded like cat tle and are jeered almost constantly either by the keepers of the Mexican inmates of the jail. They are permit ted to have food and drink only when the whim suits the jailers and are kept in a state of terror by frequent threats of death. Among the prisoners is a young American woman with a four months old infant. There are several other women and children and the total number of all nationalities, accord ing to Mechling is 85. One of the imprisoned men is Su perintendent Emery of the Vista Her mosa sugar plantation of Vera Cruz state," who entertained John Lind, President Wilson's representatives, a few months ago. Mechling says there are 87 persons, chiefly Americans, held at Tuxtepec, state of Vera Cruz, from surrounding plantations and that Con sular Agent White is in jail at El Hule, near Tuxtepec. Mechling left Tuxtepec last Wed nesday with a pass giving an assum ed name and his nationality as Brit ish. An excited crowd of Mexicans surrounded the train and it was with difficulty that he persuaded them to allow him to board it. At El Burro, another mob searched the train and robbed him of all but two bills which he had hidden in his shoe. At Tierra Blanca fourteen whites and thirty-two negroes were brought aboard the train. A howling mob met " the irain at Cordoba and shouted insultt at the Americans. The crowd surrounded the jail long after the doors had closed on the prisoners. E. B. Weems, a sugar plantation owner, who was previously held at Cordoba escaped by descending the river in a launch to Alvarado. . He ar rived safely in Vera Cruz and sailed for the United States yesterday on the steamer Mexico. NEXT The Charlotte News will publish the first installment of the most fascinating seriel story of the present day "Lucile Love, The Girl of Mystery." During the week, following, the leading picture shows in Salis bury, Concord, Gastonia, Rockingham, Rock Hill, Chester, and THE OTTOWAY, in Charlotte, (on Wednesday) will show a two reel pic ture of the first installment of the story. This story will be pub lished in THE CHARLOTTE NEWS every Sunday morning, for fif teen weeks, and. the same program will be carried out at the picture shows the week following. This is the first opportunity . ever given THE NEWS patrons to read one of the most thrilling stories, ever produced, with the oppor tunity of seeing it in moving pictures. Follow . the additional " announcements to appear in THE NEWS this week and be sure to read the first installment of this interesting story in next Sunday's issue. . prea utter .at mediation' vA.i.u iasR-Lren. funston s The Outlook Brighter. ' r -v c ' v '4 r icji'Jrr'i;ic'i"'ii,-'ir - o u r -v c ' 5 -i - 't r $ 5 ' c r WEATHER FORECAST. ' Forecast for North Carolina: s Fair in east. unsettled to- 'S ' night and Wednesday, probably local showers; cooler Wednes- X X day in west portion. -vi By Associated Press. Washington, April 2S. Two federal generals and their commands who were driven back by constitutionalists from the southern part of the state of Nuevo Leon, are attempting to cross the United States border about 30 miles above Laredo. Texas, accord ing to a state department report to day. It is supposed here tht these fed erals are part of the command which dynamited Nuevo Laredo a few, days ago when it was . feared thejA would destroy the internationsl . bridge be tween the Mexican ;j "r and Laredo, Texas. They afterwards left' for the south to join other federal forces sup posed to be operating between Nuevo Laredo and Monterey. Laredo, Tex., April 28. The consti tutionalist commander of Nuevo Lare do, Mexico, today reported to the American authorities here that the Federal troops who Friday evacuated the town were trying to reach the Rio Grande above Laredo. United States troops at Minera were ordered to be on the alert. Army officials said nothing had been seen of the Federals at noon. CONTINUE T TfflPIC By Associated Press. Washington, April 28. Rear Admir al Mayo at Tampico reported today that the Federal forces there are mak ing further overtures to the constitu-. tionalists for a combination against the United States. He said the consti tutionalists still are firing. Rear Admiral Mayo reported that Admiral Cradock of the British cruiser Hermione had despatched Major Clark and a detachment of British marines forty miles inland from Tampico to rescue eight Americans: at Orange Hill and was expected back tonight. The Hermione sent 13 refugees aboard the Des Moines today. Admiral Badger re ported that it would be inadvisable to send an American ship to the Yu catan district "as it might start anti American demonstrations." In regard to the reports from Tampi co that American citizens there were indignant because of the depature of the American battleships from the riv er, Secretary of the Navy Daniels said today that this action tad been ta ken after Admiral Cradock had in formed Admiral Mayo that he would undertake to receive Americans, from Tampico aboard the Hermione and transfer them to tae Des Moines upon the American vessel's taking a posi tion at sea. This arrangement it 'was thought, Mr. Daniels said, would make anti-American demonstration in Tam pico less likely. "I will go in and bring the refugees to you," the British admiral was re ported to have said to Admiral Mayo. FEDERALS TBI !" THE'BOHDER REBELS FIRING H I0W FL JITS Thrilling Scene Was That At tending the Ceremony of Raising the Stars and Stripes Women Wept, Bands Play ed and Big Guns Roared Sa - lute. British and French Spectators Bareheaded While Stirring Ceremonial Was Performed A Graphic Story of the Spectacle of Yesterday. By Associated Press. Vera Cruz, April 28. History was repeated yesterday afternoon in the ceremony of raising the Stars and Stripes over Vera Cruz. On the same ! spot in 1847 General Winfield Scott broke to the breeze the American colors as he landed to begin Ifis ! march-at-the head of the American j troops to Mexico City. . I ; The hoisting of : the; flag "was car Jried out with full naval ceremony "in the presence of Rear. Admiral Bad ger, commander-in-chief of the, At lantic fleet; Rear Admiral Fletcher and the plucky twelve hundred from Fletcher's ships who took the city from the Mexicans April 21. Before the low but imposing facade of the Terminal Hotel where the cere mony took place the broad plaza spreads to the dock, giving a view of the crowded inner harbor and ot the great parade armada of battle ships outside the breakwaters. Long before the time set for the ceremony Americans from all parts of the city "started toward the plaza. The first of the fighting men to arrive were Colonel Neville's battalion of marines. Marching in columns of fours and clad in khaki it moved to its place on the right of the line. Colonel Neville and the field officers who were mounted took their places in front of the battalion while the band men of the Utah, also in khaki, fell in on the left. Next came battalions of blue jack ets clad in white and accompanied by their machine gun section and hospit al corps. The Florida's band led them to their place beside the ma rines, the khaki and white bandsmen forming directly in front of the flag staff where the American national colors were to be . raised. Lieutenant Commander Allen Buchanan, of the Florida, who led the bluejackets in landing, commanded them in the pa rade. When the long line had been drawn up Captain William R. Rush, of the Florida, who was in charge of the landing of the Americans on Mexican soil, took his place in front of and facing the flagstaff with his staff offi cers. Behind Captain Rush stood Rear Admiral Fletcher. Rear Admiral Badger, in supreme command, with the officers of his staff in full dress white uniforms took their places at the right of the center. Only a few Mexican residents of Vera Cruz were in the throng. From among the half-Indian workmen about the railroad yard came a few vivas and some cheers. Emotion on the part of the American refugees was everywhere noted and not a few of the American women who recently had been in fear of their lives in in land cities, wept with relief when they saw the emblem which guaran teed their safety floating above them. As the signal to haul away on the halyards was given by Ensign McDon nell, standing almost on the spot where as chief signal officer on the day of landing he had four of his men shot down beside him, the blue jackets snapped their rifles to pre sent arms, the admirals stood at sa lute and the band broke into the stirring strains of the American na tional anthem. Just as the big banner broke out the first roar came from the Minneso ta. The thunderous report sent a thrill through the men standing at attention and facing the flag, for only five days before similar reports meant that death dealing shells were being hurled into the naval academy while the whole city was rattling un- Mediators Gel To Woik 0 Plan Ot S der the rifle fire of the Americans and Mexicans. During the full period of the Min nesota's 21 gun sjjlute the battalions stood at present arms and the admi rals with their right hands at their caps. About the plaza American civil ians and British and French specta tors stood bareheaded. By Associated Press. Vera Cruz, April 2S. That Huerta has decided not to try conclusions with the American forces near ' Vera Cruz is indicated by-a report brougnt to the c.ity bj passengers amvins' from the outlying districts. The passengers said they saw General Maas, former commandant at Vera Cruz, and his men making their way farther into the interior from Sole dad. The American forces are tolerant of almost all Mexicans who enter thei,- lines and it is not improbable that any Mexican officer might with safety openly enter and depart from Veia Cruz. Americans early today were eager ly awaiting General Frederick Fun ston and his troops who were known to be almost within sight of land il A A 11 1- J 1. j i 1 . iiuu aciutuiy aiicjuureu uejuuu me out er line of Rear Admiral Badger's fleet. No announcement as to when the soldiers will be sent ashore has been made at headquarters; Many believe they will be rushed ashore, basing their contention main ly on orders issued to the various ship battalions to be ready to embark on short notice. Others contend that General Funston and his staff will IMS DECIDES. MOT TO mi i VEBA CRUZ NOW i take a day or two to familiarize them- ter upon the serious deliberations con selves with the situation before dis-j fronting tHem, all of them appeared embarking their men. - I more cheerful than they had been for Everybody agrees,- however, that it' many days and several expressed hope is improbable the marines would be withdrawn until the army expedition ary force is complete. It is understood that there will bh no effort to extend the territory now held here until further orders to thdt effect come from Washington. Thii attitude, it is supposed, is tne natural result of the negotiations regarding j mediation, little information of whicb is reaching here and because of the desire to continue efforts Americans in Mexico City and else- where to the coast. It is probable that several naval of ficers now administering municipal af fairs will not be disturbed when tr-e army staff takes hold. Among thes.5 :s Commander Stickney of the Prairie ,j - eaF amirai rieicner, wno aas oen captain of the port who is now direct-1 directing operations up to tms time, ing affairs inside the breakwater. ! .. therefore return to his flag Since the Prairie is a marine trans- - 'tht 1(?ra. withdrawing also a 11 port with all her men ashore it is not of the bluejackets. That part of the nr.hoHi. tt ,i,nn.n v,Q moJine force . now ashore at Vera so far as the position of captain of fie port is concerned. Boston, April 28. In honor of more SOOTHEM TEXTILE ntr it mfntmu Ulll Iil UUSESL1E iUli i I than a hundred manufacturers fromti(m s t0 take cn arge of Mexico pending suern states who have come to lectIa,nof a president and the attend the events of textile week, this 1 founding of a stable government. This was known as Southern Textile Day. . m.a in whinnn and The principal meeting of the week, the annual convention of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, will open tomorrow. Postoffices Discontinued. Washington, April 28. The post office department today ordered the offices at Cranfill, Yadkin county; Rubyat, Montgomery county, and Tex,. "The tension seems to be less," said Transylvania county, discontinued on Secretary Bryan as he returned to th May 15th. - , ! state department. "Americans are be- The postoffices at Kelsy, Wautauga jng moved out of Mexico City without county, and Moody, Wautauga coun- interruption." ty, have been ordered discontinued Mr. Bryan explained that he had not April 30 to be superceded by rural yet received the text of General Huer delivery. , J (Continued on Page Nine.) iroons D own n Then etl Huerta Has Accepted Uncon ditionally the Offer of Chile, Brazil and Argentine to Un dertake a Settlement of Dif ficulty Between Two Coun tries. Representatives of South Amer ican Republics Hope to Find Some Middle Ground Where Both Parties Can Agree Proceedings Are on the Quiet By Associated Press. Washington, April 28.While envoys of Brazil, Argentina and Chile today sought to find some ground upon whicb to base proposals to the United States and Mexico which would settle difficulties between the nations, wore was flashed from Vera Cruz that Brig.- Gen. Funston and about 5,000 troops had arrived at he base orAmfericac n,1PTaHnns th,l :WB..r.wnnH)n operations in the Mexican republic. Chief interest in Washington cen tered however in the activity of the South American diplomats who mei early in the day at the Argentine le gation to plan the next step in the negotiations for peace. Before theen voys began their conference, Secretary of State Bryan was formally notified by Ambassador Riano, of Spain, that General Huerta had accepted the prin ciple of mediation proposed. Coincident with the conference of the mediators, President Wilson and the cabinet met in regular session, the sub ject of absorbing interest being the Mexican situation with peace proposals as the particular matter under consid eration. Ambassador Da Gama, of Bra zil, sought to confer with the secretary of state, but Mr. Bryan being at the cabinet meeting, the Brazilian ambassa dor informed Robert Lansing, counsel lor of the department, that General Huerta has given assurance that he would protect Americans in departing J from Mexico. When members of the cabinet reach ed the white house at 11 o'clock to en- that something tangible would come from the proposals to mediate the dis pute. . No new orders were issued from the navy or war departments, byt there was enthusiastic interest among de partment heads over the arrival at Vera CrUz of the transports bearing the Firth army brigade under Brig. Gen. Funston. Secretary Garrison insisted early in lement to brmg!ine Qay mat uie meaiauon proposals f j 1 1 11. . . COUI(1 nct artect the orders to General Jbunston. General Funston's instructions were to land immediately upon arrival and assume sunreme command of the land ! ruz however, have been detached from the navy and now becomes part of General Funston's command. Gener al Funston also will take up the work undertaken by Admiral Fletcher in directing the administration of gov ernmental affairs in Vera Cruz. In the absence of definite word, spec ulation took a wide range among some . diplomats, not directly connected itb the negotiations, some ot whom sug gested that one of the possible plans which might be considered would con- mit(OD rOT,ro.tinff n m;, far. Mexico City sometime ago. It was also considered at a conference between ambassador Gerard at Berlin and Mexi can de La Barra, on his way to Japan some, time ago. The cabinet adpourned after a ses sion of more than 2 hours, and no announcement was made as to the pro- i Kress of the mediation negotiations.