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Show RIFLE IN HAND. MORMONS ARE BACK Chihuahua Colonists, Accompanied Accom-panied by Their Wives, Allowed Al-lowed by Federals to Return Re-turn to Their Homes. SONORA STILL IN HANDS OF REBELS Orozco Escapes From Trap Set by Government Soldiers; Sol-diers; U. S. Troops Watching Border. Special to The Tribune. EL PASO, Tex.. A up. 26. Armor! with their rifles and plenty of ammunition, the men of the Mormon Mor-mon colonies nre returning to their homes in the state of Chihuahua in companies of from fifty to two hundred. hun-dred. Mam of the women pioneers are returning with their husbands in spite of the reports that rebels are in the Mormon country and of tho proximity of the rebels across the pass in Ronora. Et is this same hardihood that has made possible the colonization o the Mexi can colonies ami these people are determined deter-mined that tbcv will not bo cheated of their property after they have worked so hard io acquire and cultivate it. Dangerous in Sonora. Bonon colonies offer no inducement, for the return of the Mormons who arn now at Douplas and Hj hita. Instead, runners hae been sent to the Sonora colonies b order of the high church officials warning the people to leave their homos and come to the border for the present. Orozco was reported lo hae been at ( olonia Diaz Saturday with a body of men and the settlors in the colonics are in fear of these rebels. So terrible have be oine conditions in this state that, no woman or girl is safe on the eonth siJe of the international border. Will Go to Rescue. A baud of twenty-five men has been organized in Douglas and they will go to the colonies at tho first alarm from tho Mormons. Messages were sent from here telling those men not to go to the colonies for tho proscut as it is feared that there will be trouble. Thcv have stood much from the rebels and should they at torn pt to desecrate any of their homos trouble is sure to result. General Tellez has given his consent for the return of the Chihuahua Mormons Mor-mons with tho exception of these belonging be-longing in the moutnain colomes of Chuichupa and Pechecho, for the isolation isola-tion makos possible other rebel raids. A band of rebels was defeated at Ascension uear Pearson Sunday and twenty-six wore killed. This is near the Mormon colonies and means that the country is not entirely free from tho roving bands of rebels. U. S. Troops Watching. WASHINGTON, Aug. lit). A troublesome trouble-some body of Mexican rebels, headed by General Oampo, ooe of Orozco 's chief lieulenauts, is now reported to be workiuf' arouud the town of Magda-lcna, Magda-lcna, iu Sonora. This body is slowly slow-ly working its way up aloug the railroad rail-road towurd Nogales on the boundary line. U was said at the state department depart-ment that the army was keeping a close watch ou tho situation thero, and if found necessary, reinforcements of the American troops already in that ti-cinity ti-cinity would bo sent. General Salazar's army of 800 robels has appeared in the vicinity of Hachita, about sixty miles south of No-gales No-gales and teu miles below the international interna-tional lino. The rebels, when last noon, wore headed for San Luis Pass, entoring Sonora J.ouquo. Gomez, one of the rebel leaders, is reported to be sick in Ascension and deserted bv his command. com-mand. Orozco Escapes Trap. TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 26. Confirmation Confirma-tion of the report that Genoral Orozco had escaped the trap sot for him by fodcral General Rabago south of Juarez was received today by Colonols Campos and Rojas from Orbzeo himself, him-self, Campos and Ro.jas are now operating in the northwestern section of Chihuahua. Orozco, according to the information received hero, hae halted his force of 000 men at Llano and sent, back detachments detach-ments to prevent a rear attack by the federals. Dodge Their Pursuers. TUCSON, Ariz, Aug. 26. .James Curtis, superintendent of the El Oro mine, in eastern Sonora, and Bert Cunningham, Cun-ningham, another American, employed at tho mine, who killed three rebels of Colonel Campos 'u command laet, Friday duriug an attack on the mine, were reporter! re-porter! safe late today, in a telegram received here. After dodgmc rebels in the, mountain moun-tain brush for three days the two men became separated. Curtis finally reached Magdaleua, and there was informed in-formed that Cunningham had joined the federals near Posit, Both men will leave Mexico as bouu as possible |