Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 19 | Yaqui Indians Start Revolt Take to Hills

YAQUI INDiANS START REVOLT TAKE TO HILLS Rebels Reported About l to Join Revolutionary Forces in Mexico l I Nogales Ariz Aug Auff 31 In Indians Indians Indians In- In have revolted at Ortiz Sonora an and In the Mexican n state of or Sina- Sina loa ba An American traveling man arrived hero tOda today from Torres and reported that Indians at Ortiz on Mon Monday i ay Cou fought ht an engagement with the federal fed feel eral cral garrison at Torres and had taken to tho the hills This was officially confirmed confirmed con con- firmed toda today Three hundred of another command comman near were also re reported reported re- re ported pOrtel to have attempted to loot the elt city but were driven riven off ort While the tho Yaqui revolt has no direct connection with tho the shooting here hore Tuesday It became known here bera tonight that Gen P. P Ellas ElIa Calles military governor gov soy of Sonora held his hla political enemies one ene mies responsible fo for tho the trouble The Altar district of ot Sonora a n. small mall Yaqui force orce l la Is stationed has been I placed laced under martial martinI law and an outbreak I Is feared eared there have havo been heen returning to Sonora Sono Sono- ra through this port for the tho last month from farms f and mines In tho the United States and are reported to have o Joined tho revolt At tho the fight Torres lorres Monday ron a six were killed and tho the passenger train tr wrecked This was confirmed by Hermosillo papers re received received re- re here tonight Reports persist here hero that th the tho under Chief Matos ratos will Join tho the new revolution led b by Juan G. G Cabral an and Julian Medina who are arc ald to be in inthe inthe inthe the AJo mountains south of ot th the tha l border bord with n. n force torce of men These reports have havo been denied b by Mexican officials here It is estimated that 90 O per cent of ot the Sonora fe federal eral troops are Yaqui I Indians The board of army officers completed ed its investigation o of Tues Tuesdays Tuesday's as clash late today but tho the findings were not made mado public However It Is In understood understood under under- stood no new facts were vere developed de ox- ox dept that the tho Mexican casualties w were ro much heavier than reported b by Mexican can Consul Garza Zertuche to Yn Washing Washing- ton A wounded Mexican died in Nogales Nogales No- No gales Sonora to today ay making the hc total Mexican dead 14 and tho the wounded 16 15 Gen Alvaro Obregon former formel minister minister minister minis minis- ter of ot war in the Carranza cabinet c and commander comm of or the constitutionalist t armies composed largely of or Yaqui In Indians In- In arr arrived ve here toda today from Los An- An goles geles but denied his trip had an any political political po po- po- po significance He Is living In Nogales Nogales No- No gales sales Sonora II