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MEDIATORS ASK ARMISTICE
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
VOLUME XIX, No. 119.
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ARMISTICE PROPOSAL IS
SENT TO PRESIDENT; WILL
PROBABLY BE ACCEPTED
No Barriers to Be Placed on Effort Avert Hostilities, Al
though U. S. Government Has Not .Tecoqnized That State
of War Exists—Mediation Attempt Does Not Consider Con
stitutionalists
Washington.—An armistice in the
difficulties between the United States
and Mexico has been asked of this
government and (ieneral Huerta by
the South American envoys who have
undertaken to to avert war through
mediation. Ambassador Da Gama ot
Brazil, today notified Secretary Bryan
that this had been determined upon as
the next step in the negotiations and
that General Huerta also had been
notified.
“Untoward" Incidents.
The proposal for an armistice was
comunicated to President Wilson from
the State Department by telephone.
Though no announcement has been
made, it was authoritatively learned
that this government would accept the
conditions provided assurances are
given that, in addition to a halt in
military operations, there would be no
pivil uprislr-« against American clti
CARLOAD OF COFFINS
ARRIVE AT MI AS
HOPE REVIVED FOR 178
Thronq on Mountain Side Stirred By News of Faint Sounds
of Digging Under Ground—Fresh Rescue Parties Start in
Ecclea, W. Va.— Hope that some of
the 178 miners irapflaoned in mine
Number 5, of the New River Collieres
Company, wrecked by mine Number
6 by an explosion yesterday, might
still be alive stirred the throng on
the mountain side shortly before
noon. A rescue party, driven out by
Number 6, reported they had heard
sounds as of digging beyond the bar
riers of debris choking the connect
ing entry. A party of fresh miners
was hurried into the entry and at
tacked the fallen mass of rock with
renewed vigor.
Had to Give Up.
Early in the day Governor Hatfield
and Chief Inspector Early Henry
headed a party of mining engineers
REFUGEES CONTINUE TO
ARRIVE AS MEDIATORS
STRIVE FOR SOLUTION
Probably Three or Four Days Before Next Move in Matter of
Tremendous Import is Made—Army and Navy Plans
Overshadowed By Work of South American Envoys
Washington—While scors* of Amsr
i' ana continued their hurried saoflu*
from Mexico and Brizadier General
Punaton'a trop* were lanfllnif to com
plete the occupation of Vera C'rur. to
day, the representative* of three South
American government* re*umed the
preliminaries of their attempt to steer
the Mexican crisis Into the ways of
peace. No Intimation of the tenor of
their program has been revealed but it
seemed probable that three or four
days would Intervene before the next
trove. Whether or not the exercise of
the South American envoys' good of
fices would progress to the point of
zens or other “untoward" Incidents
which might prevent peace.
Lose No Time.
After an hour’s conference today
the mediation envoys, Mr. Da Gama of
Brazil, Mr. Naon of Argentina, and
Mr. Suarez of Chile, determined that
further negotiations necessarily must
proceed without waste of time and Am
bassador Da Gama went to the state de
partment to acquaint Secretary Bryan
of the course thus far taken in the
peace plans. The Brazilian mtfiister
in Mexico. City also was notified and
he communicated the information to
General Huerta.
Formal Requests.
The communication addressed to
both governments by the mediation
envoys formally requests each gov
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and superintendents in an effort to
enter Number 5. They were com
pelled to give up the attempt be
cause of obstructions.
The crew from rescue car Number
7 of the Bureau of Mines, has been
steadily at work since its arrival and
many experienced miners from the
surrounding country have been organ
ized by the government engineers so
that the work of clearing a way to
the buried men proceed with the
least possible interruption.
Twenty-five doctors have arrived
here and a carload of coffins came
todav. A great crowd has collected
on the mountain silently waiting un
til the galleries of Number 5 are un
sealed and their tragic story told.
actual mediation was a matter of tre
mendous Importance to be settled by
later developments but a spirit of opti
mism over progress of the negotiations
was apparent in exectutve quarters.
Three Peacemakers.
The army and navy today continued
to execute succeeding chapters In
. plans to meet any eventualities but
interest In their movements was ov
ershadirwed by that evinced In the
work of the representatives of the
South American republics. The three
peace makers are gathering all pos
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 29, 1914.
800 COMING ON THREE TRAINS
This is the Type of Soldiers U. S. Jackies Fought at Vera Cruz
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s ——
Anxiety About Americans in
Interior Considerably Less;
800 Entrain For Coast Port
Huerta Promises Commander of British
Warship That All Americans Will Be
Released and May Leave—Three Train
Loads For Puerto, Mexico
Will Not Be Provided With Escorts—Wav is Long and
Roundabout —No U. S. Warship to Meet Them to Avoid
Demonstration, But Looked Out For By Admiral Badger
Vera Cruz.—Anxiety in Vera Crux
as to friends and relatives in ths in
terior ha* been greatly relieved by the
events of yesterday which show that
the Mexican authorities are permit
ting Americans to come down to the
coast. Today the American colony
here which is growing steadily, set
tled down to await news from Puerto,
Mexico of the arrival of three train
loads of refugees from Mexico City,
which the Huerta officials promised
Commander Tweedle of the British
cruiser Kssex, would be despatched
from the capital la*t night.
Next Friday.
The route from the capital to Puer
to, Mexico is long and roundabout and
It Is not expected that the train* will
reach the coast before next Friday.
Rear Admiral Badger will have a ves
sel at Puerto. Mexico, to meet the re
fugees. •
He probably will not send a warship
as Ihl* might arouse anti-American
feeling in a town which up to the
present time has been entirely quiet.
Limited.
The passenger boat* available here
for the trip to Puerto, Mexico, have
limited wireless equllprtent; conse
quently the arrival of the refugee
trains together with the names of
those on board may not be learned
until the steamer returns to Vera
Cruz. If the refugee train* are filling
to capacity, aa they probably will. It
I* estimated that 800 persons will be
conveyed to Puerto, Mexico. It is im
possible In Vera Cruz to determine
how many American* this would leave
In the capital.
Was successful.
Vera C ruz —^Commander Tweedle, of
British cruiser Kssex, who went to
Mexico City several days ago, to Inter
cede for foreigners held in the capital,
returned here late yesterday and re
ported that his mission had been suc
cessful.
President Huerta, Minister of War
Blanquet and Foreign Minister Portil
lo y ItojaM assured Commander Twee
dle they would release all American
prisoners and that all Americans de
siring to do so might leave via Puerto,
Mexico, but that the trains on which
they go would not he provided with
escorts.
The train on which Commander
Tweedle returned to Vera Cruz stop
led at Holedad and picked up 100 re
fugees who came from Tlerra Blanca,
Cordoba and Orizaba
Commander Tweedie found It ditfi
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A group of Mexican Federal infantrymen at an out
post near Vera Cruz. Similar detachments were routed
by the American landing forces a few miles outside of
Vera Cruz the third day of fighting.
Cotton Mfr's Hear Vital
Subjects Discussed
Boston. —Matters of vital Interest to
the textile manufacturing Industry
wAre discussed at the opening Mession
of the annual meeting of the Na
tional Association of Cotton Mann -
taoturera today. Alter being wel
comed by Gov. Walsh the delegate*
listened to an address by the presi
dent of the association, Edwin I’.
Greene. Papers dealing with the fed
eral cotton manufacturers’ census, ef
ficiency, exporting, electric power and
textile credits were read.
Postpone Wrangle Over
Tobacco Gift Coupons
Washington, D. C The 'ontroversy
bsfore congress regarding the proponed
prohibit ve tax to atop the practice of Is
suing rift coupons with cigarettes. el-
Kars and tobacco, along with gift* and
tobacco attachments, It wo* announced
today has been postponed by the house
wav* nnd mem* committee until next
December.
Advance in Rates on
Cotton is Suspended
Washington, O. C. A proposed In
crease of five cents it hundred pounds In
the freight rate on cotton from various
points on the Alabama end Florida
brunch of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad to Pensacola. Fla., today was
suspended by the Inter-state commerce
commission until August 20th The ad
vance Is an increase of -0 per cent In
the rate.
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Upton Sinclair and Three Wo
men Arrested After Dem
onstration. Sought Interview
on Coal Strike
New York,—Upton Sinclair, his wife
and three women were arrested today
after a demonstration at the offices of
John I>. Kockeleller, Jr., In the Htand
; ard Oil building They had come to
protest against the Colorado strike. A
woman who said she was a socialist in
vaded the outer offices of John It. Bock
efeller, Jr., In the Standard Oil building
today and sought to Interview him with
reference to the coal rntiers strike In
Colorado. Mr. Rockefeller* secretary
told her that he was busy at a confer
ence.
The woman carried an American flag
Into the offices and described herself as
Mrs Belle Zllverman
Joined on Sidewalk.
She was Joined on the sidewalk by Up.
ton Sinclair who wore h hit of crepe on
his arm In pursuance of a plan an
nounced at a socialist imss meeting lust
night where It was agreed that “mourn
ers” should gather In front of the Stand
ard Oil buildings as a protest against
the sacrifice of lives ip Colorado. Mrs.
Zllverman an* Sinclair ytrere the first to
arrive on the scene.
Mrs. Zllverman sought to place this
message before the younger Rockefeller*
“Brief and to Point.”
“I nnl' an American citizen, standing
at your door, waiting for Just a word
with you. Will you grant me this re
does? My question will he brief nnd
to the point."
The prisoners were taken to the Otfl
Hl’p I'oljac Station where Mrs. Sinclair
was released. The other women who
were placed In cells pending their ar
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TAMPICO
EXODUS
COMES
TO AN
END
Last of 2,270 Americans Have
Left After Exciting Ex
periences. Town Threatened
With Destruction Should Oil
Ignite
Tampico, April 27. (Via Vera Crux,
April 29.) —The American exodus from
Tampico which heijan Wedm-eday, April
22, virtually reached its end today with
the departure for Vera Cm* of about Ufl
American refugee* on hoard the Tank
steamer Canfield. The total number of
refugees sent from here to American
ports *liice the movement began 1* of*
flcally given at at 2,270.
A score of Americans still are In
Tampico. They are being sheltered hi
the home* of Mexican friends along the
I’anucor river and are in little danger.
Well* Overflowing.
No credible reports have reached here
of any damage to the oil wells, tank*
and pipe lines In the Tampico and Panu
co regions, but the Corona and other
great wells In the Pnnuco districts are
overflowing. Many thouHiind barrel* of
oil are being lost dally because no effect
ive way of stopping the flow ha* been
found. Oil experts predict that within a
week of 10 dnys the retaining reservoirs
will overflow. As a result a deluge of oil
will b* precipitated Into the river and
should this catch on fire, Tampico and
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VIOLENCE
LESS AT
STRIKE
> i . i
U. S. Troops and Downpour ot
Rain Arrive Together. Am
munition Runs Out. “Gun
Men” Given Until Tomorrow
Denver, Colo.—Violence In the strike
zone* of Colors do came to an end short
ly after midnight when a downpour of
rain drove to cover striking miner* who
were attacking the Whlhaii Mine near
WalMeriburg, the only point In Colorado
where actual violence obtained, and to
day dawned with the prospect at least
of peace between the wnrrlng Industr at
(Ail "W.H
Arrive Early.
Federal troops from Fcart D. A Rus
selll, Cheyenne, Wyo., arrived In Colo
rado early today and troops from Fort
Leavenworth, Kas., were expected to
reach the state before night. The sol
diers from Wyoming went to Canon
City and the trodps from Kansas prob
ably whl go to Trinidad.
The situation In the northern district
became quiet yesterday when the
strikers ran out of ammunition and their
supply could not he repenlshsd, and
upon the arrival of state trope there.
Will Control It.
In official circles h* and among the
union leaders here was expression of
confidence that the federal troops would
control the situation. Governor Am
mons, however, reiterated hia determi
nation not to withdraw any of the state
troops from localities which will not ha
amply protected by the federal soldiers
President Wilson’s proclamation gives
the strikers, 'gun men" nnd nnothers
until tomorrow to return to their vari
ous abodes peacefully and to cease nil
. *I• RSAt Pen flat, mo
ment all violators nf law and order must
answer to the federal government.
In Trinidad today ths situation ww
quiet.