Show MEXICANS MURDER MINERS SIXTEEN MEN TAKEN FROM TRAIN STRIPPED OF CLOTHING I 1 AND SHOT TO DEATH 0 one Mem berof party espes Es pes from firing squad and reports details rf pate rate of hie his country men el paso texas sixteen mining men inen most ot of them americans en boute from chihuahua city to busl western chihuahua on tuesday wore taken from a train about fifty miles from chihuahua city stripped of their clothing and shot by mexican bandits confirmation of news of the tragedy we made by here pt at the carranza de facto i government government overn ment one of tha tb men lived in san fran cisco it another nother in loa los angele Angel elt ande the others uro are all believed to hao hae been residents of el paso first reports of the tragedy were rw received cd hero in a message from thomas nt M holmes the only survivor to mrs airs holmes advising her of at his safe arrival at chihuahua inquires s instituted by officials of the amerl american smelting refining company developed the details the fated party boarded a train at chihuahua city intending to reopen at properties of tho the smelting company of at which had been given assurance of protection by the de do facto government according to one account bandits stopped tho the train early tuesday morning and ordered the party to descend holmes however slipped into the lavatory and from his hiding place witnessed the stripping of prisoners of their clothing the party then was marshaled down the track escorted by a firing squad As t holmes slipped from rom the tho car and rai ran in the direction of chihuahua city ha he declared he heard shrieks followed by a volley tolley of rifle shots A A protest addressed to td president wilson tuesday night was signed by several hundred mining men in hotel lobbies here advices also were received that numerous expeditions which recently left to reopen properties made idle by the mexican revolution A were returning to the border |