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Show pSEES GLAD Ifi ESCAPE FROM I MEXC0 II fearly 300 Men, Women and mflhildren Reach San Diego B&From Guadalajara, Col- Iima and Manzanillo. TH THREATENED IF THEY REMAINED rican Flag Torn Down Trampled Upon; Brit-, Brit-, German and French Consuls Come to Aid. Dl"EGO, Cal., May L Driven leir homes by an anti-American k, tbo Jesuit of tho landing of in marines at Vera Cruz. 259 s from Mexico reached here to-honrd to-honrd the Germau steamer Ma-ich Ma-ich left the Mexican port of lillo April 25. majority of the refugees arc uailalnjara, tho second city of and tributary territory, the comiup from Coliina and Man-Thcro Man-Thcro arc 127 men, GO women children. The feclinp against ins mi? so intoinvj that tho raa-)f raa-)f the refugees were forced to e protection of the British con-liccrs con-liccrs and wero giveu shelter in lisli consulates. TJie nnti-Amer-monstrntinns were held at vari-rals vari-rals and tho Mexican press was vor to tho most alarming re-id re-id editorial?, insults wore hurled neans m the streets and threats esalc assassination wore mado. i to the Americans." no del (radil)o, governor of the folium, conrludod in a speech Mexicans to take up arms with tarnation -rtan lot- gringos! " (death to the ladnlajara. U. L. Percy, a Los mining jnan. entering a store make purchases, was chased out Mexir&r. proprietor. In tho ie Mexican yelled: "Mexicans, a Yanl;oi. Kill him." A mob took after Percy and he was forced to run for his life. Ho finally gained tho hotel, where 100 other Americans were waiting to take the train for Manzanillo. Manza-nillo. Whilo refugees from Guadalajara were at the whnrf. waiting to get their bagengc off, a vowel thought to be an American warship was sighted. Great exfitemcnt resulted, and a Mexican wearing a fcd Cross badge rushed into the American consulate, tore from ibo walls two largo American flags and curried cur-ried them outside, where Mexicans tore them into strips, spat upon thorn, stampod on thorn and then pet fire to them. As they were burning a Mexican flag was waved over them. Massacre Feared. Tho wharf was cleared preparatory to blowing it up with dvnamite, and tho .vmencans there were marched to the consulate. Cries of " Viva Mexico" Mex-ico" and "Mucdtan los irrincos" were constant. The. refugees who arrived today to-day assort a massacre of the Americans was rogarded as a certainty if the vessel ves-sel had been a warship. Thcv declare tho consulate had previously been mined. When it was determined that tho ship was not a United Stares war vessel, the Amoricuns were released. Military escorts were provided on tho trains carrying refugees from Guadalajara Guadala-jara and Coliina. but the soldier. made no efforts to sto' ami-American demonstration!? demon-stration!? at tho stations en route. The Americans were searched bv officers and all firearms and silver iiioncv in their possession wore confiscated. Vhilo ono of tho trains bearing refugees from Guadalajara was at the station of Zac-palco, Zac-palco, an American flag was torn into bits and burned and insults and threats of death were Bhonted at tho unarmed Americans. The trains were repeated! v stoned. No Provision Made. The American refugees believed that a transport or other vessel, sonl. bv the American government, would meet them at. Manzanillo. but found that no provision for romovine them from the country had been made. Tho German steamer Mario a 10,000-ton 10,000-ton boat undor charter to a Chinese company for transportation of Chinese1 coolies, and having 2S2 Chinese on board, was the only foreign vessel in the harbor. Captain Davidson unhesitatingly unhesi-tatingly placed his ship at rhe disposal fof the Americans when informed that their lives were in danger, exacting no agreement, as to payment for service. Originallv a freighter, the coolies are carried in the holds ot tho Marie. The forward hold was cleared of Chinese to malio room for the Americans, and those unable to find qnnrfers there dispersed dis-persed themselves as best thcv could on tho deck. Taken Aboard Steamer. The Coliina and Manzanillo refugees went aboard the steamer on April 23. and tho Guadalajara refugees on April 24 and 25. On orders from the German Ger-man consul at Colima, who was informed in-formed by the Mexican authorities that no more trains would bo run to Manzanillo, Man-zanillo, Captain Davidson left port tho eveninc of April 2. About eighty-five Americans manv of thorn at mininc camps, remained in the Guadalajara and Manzanillo consular districts when the others left. Twenty were at the camp of tho Cinco Mines compauy, an onterprise headed by .ludgo .1. TV. Gerard. American embassador em-bassador to Germany. There were Americans at the Amparo, Kl Favor, Casodos, Mololoa. Kspnda and Mirndor mininc camps, all controlled bv American Ameri-can companies. When the refugees left Manzanillo that port. was being evacuated and tunnels and bridge? on the railroad line to Manzanillo had been mined preparatory to destroying them in ovont oi an American invasion. It wad reported when the Americans were leaving that the Mexican government govern-ment would confiscate all gold and silver mine and work them itself. Properly Confiscated. The refugees include most of the important business men of western Mexico. Thfty were forcod to close their places or turn them over to Mexican Mex-ican employees. Before the Americans left confiscation of their persona! propertj' by police and military authorities au-thorities was commenced. When the anti-American outbreak occurred Govornor Dol Gadillo of Colima announced that no Americans would bo allowed to leave the stato, and that all would be sent into the interior as hostage. It required the combined efforts of the British. German Ger-man and French consuls thero to ob- ta-in permission for the Americans to depart, and Del Gadillo then issued an order that all must be out of the stato within forty-oiglit hours from noon of April 22. Tho British consular con-sular representative in Guadalajara was informed that any Americans remaining re-maining and refusing to become Mexican Mex-ican citizens would be regarded as spies and treated accordingly. The American consulate in Guadalajara Guada-lajara was stoned ami the shield torn from the door. Several boxes of cartridges, car-tridges, remaining from shipments made for the defense of Americans in 1P12, were taken from the consulate by Mexican Mex-ican annv officers on April 20. Tho uso of Mexican telegraph wires bv Amoricans was prohibited on April 22. List of Refugees. Tlie refugees arriving here today on the German freighter Mnrlo from Manzanillo Include: Mrs. J. D. Gonzales. Chicago. Iftth two children. G ami S yea re old; Danlfll Garns, wife and five children, New York; G. M. Wood yard, Richmond. Md.; Michael J. Slattcry, wlfo and two children, Philadelphia; Phila-delphia; Grace White. Columbus. Ohio; Dr. G. E. Punicll, Baltimore, Md.; Dr. John W. Oberlon, Sweetwater, Tex.; I"-J. I"-J. Boyd, wife and five children, Pough-keepslo. Pough-keepslo. IC. v.; Sophia Jtomero. Albuquerque, Albu-querque, N. M. ; Dr. Walter L. Kline, wife and two ehlldicn. Dayton, Ohio; Frank L. Thompson, Houston. Tex.; Thomas Johnson, Silver City. X. M.; Nell Trumbull, Trum-bull, Jarcdo, Tt;.: Dr. George L. Glcason, Chicago; W. FT. Hocnlc. Chicago; L. C. Grolo, wife and two children. Iarodo, Tex.; R. S. Burdette. wife and one child. Galveston. Tex.; Tipton 13. Coulter, San Antonio. Tex.; A, "W. Ernest. San Antonio. An-tonio. Tex.; Mlsa Laura F. Smith. Carle-ton, Carle-ton, Xeb. : Charles Xcwsome. Chicago; Rev. Henry D. Ave, wife and son, Sea-brook. Sea-brook. Tex.; Ernest, Edith, Clenentlna, Carlotta Fuchs, Scabrook. Tex.- G. S. Russell, Rus-sell, wife and two children. Boston; Dr. J. Hunter, New York; Dr. W. J. Erken-beck. Erken-beck. Chicago: Henry Frank New York; Seward Blackledge and wife, Kansas City. Mo.; Dr. James VV. Erkenbeck, wlfo and three children, Chicago, F. W. Sechu, Parkcrsburg, W. Va. ; J. A. Ogle-tree. Ogle-tree. San Antonio, Tc; J, W. Wllev. Osburne. Md.: E. M. Browdcr, New York; E. B. DeGross. Austin. Tex.; Nell Kinross. Kin-ross. Austin, Tex.; Dave Henderson, Silver Sil-ver City. N. M . ; W. E. Pomerov. El Paso. Tox.; H. H. Sawyer. Philadelphia. S. B. Mosby. Richmond. Va.; C. B. Adams, New York; W. J. Pontland. wife and two children. chil-dren. Denver. Colo.; W. H. Mackay. New York. Mrs. E. R. Davis and daughter. New Orleans; Alice Gleason. Topsfleld, Mass., R. M. T.ane. wife and four children. chil-dren. Eagle Pass, Tex.; S. B. M. Jones. Fort "Worth, Tex.; IT. E. Crawford anil wife, New York; Mary E. Martin and daughter. Albemarle. La.. If. H. Putnam and wife. Cleveland. Ohio; Louis B. Frills and wife. Sprlngdale. Ark.; J. "W. Gibson. New York; Arthur B. Brewer, wlfo and two children, Boston; Dr. C. J. Fuller. Little Rock. Ark.: H. R. Corn-forth, Corn-forth, Lawrence. Kan.; Henry O'Neall. wife and ono child, no address; E. P. Sheldon. Boston; Dr. Will B. Davis, Pueblo. Colo.: Mrs. M. Davis, Fort Worth, Tex ; Jesus Miranda. Fort Worth. Tex.; I T. C. Link, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mrs. Beatrice Link and one child, IjOh Angeles: An-geles: V. O. French, Mrs. J. M. French, San Antonio, Tex. The following did not give their home addresses. Americans J. W. Overton. J. IL Gaff. W. G. Reberllng. S. "Whither. P. W. Blckford, W. McKenna, J. E.' Berron, O. A. Keller and wife. John Black. A. 1. Jones and wife c. T. Berns. R. H. Leadc-ly. Leadc-ly. A. C Strauss. James Soaman. P. C. Davis, W. E. Pomeroy, Mike Ferret, wife and four children. W. D. Gaddcs, R. M. Sladden. wife and two children, 13. F. Pourado, wlfo and two children. Germans A. Stoll and wife, F. II Simpson, W. H. Simpson. Cuban IS. Esmerald. Colombians Mrs. A. K1J and three ehll-dioii. ehll-dioii. In addition ther were Chinese. |