Show JOTA IN TEXAS i I fID BASE A t fO fOi FOR i M l O i Labor Labo Troubles of Republic T Ir Traced G ced d to lo O Organization ga ii i n at it t San Antonioj Antonio Antoniq I BY BY L. L P P. P KIRBY KIRBY j I Universal Service Staff Core Correspondent I MEXICO CITY Mexico Novo Nov ov 13 Se Se- Se bet between een Car Carran- Carran an- an here and the revolutionary Junta at San Antonio It is said Is under Investigation in- in by the Mexican secret service I i agents The gt r s s are charged sa I with nc reds a among neg the lai la- la i bor leaders in th then their ir agitation for a soviet republic In the hope of finding opportunity 1 of returning to power in case of I great labor disturbance f 1 There has been talk for some time of ofa ofa a a nationwide labor strike It is asserted I that plotters have fanned the II strike sentiment in every way in their I I power and they ther are blamed for tor the acI activities ac- ac I of ot Jacinto a radical I leader who was recently arrested by the Mexico CIt City police e for circulating c t seditious se- se I ati i i p attacking kl government government govern govern- I ment and appealing for a a revolution so soI I that a soviet republic could be established It is alleged Huitron's source of support has been traced to the junta in San Antonio But in the cas ca e of the reds and the it is believed th that t it Is Is diamond cut diamond Each It is thought Is trying to trick the other the reds hoping to take the saddle just justas as the tho have done in Russia if It cause public confusion and the plotting to take hold of the government if the radicals succeed in exciting the workers of Mexico Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico to the plotting to take hold of ot the government if the radicals succeed In exciting the workers of Mexico to the point of declaring the general strike President Adolfo dc do la Ia Huerta up to the present has met with great success in his efforts to keep Mexico free from labor trouble The most serious strikes InKes of those he was unable to prevent are the strike of the coal miners In Coahuila and the strike of the stevedores in Vera VeraCruz Cruz POLICE STRIKES SPECTACULAR The other strikes have been unimportant I tant tanto although the strikes of policemen in several cities and towns were spectacular spectacular spec spee- and Irritating to the authorities who desire every Ivery arm of ment in Mexico l exerted d nt at t this time for tranquility tranquility tran tran- I law w and ordez Although settlement of or the miners' miners strike was dS delayed industrial plants and railroads in some parts o 0 ol Mexico a crisis because of scarcity of ot fuel the government was able to check the spread of bolshevist sentiment defeat the propaganda of oC radical and arid induce the striking miners to accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac the mediation of ot President de la Ia Huerta The method used in Coahuila to defeat the aims of radical firebrands firebrands' Is being applied to the situation in Vera Cruz and there is hope that it will meet with success suc sue cess although there are agitators among the urging them to eize the opportunity for a general strike Such Sucha a strike was started In July but was quickly defeated because the strikers were were chiefly laborers who had no financial financial finan finan- cial resources resource Within two weeks they were on the point of starvation and were compelled to capitulate The strongest organizations organizations organizations or or- entering this general strike were that of the street railway worker workers workers' workers workers' work work- er ers ers' and the carpenters' carpenters unions The street railway men obtained some slight concessions conces conces- stone but hut the others got nothing Some Idea of the errant leadership of ot the Mexican peons may be he obtained I from the fact that the General Foundation Foundation Founds Founds- tion company in an American corporation I building a refinery for the Corona oil all offered to grant all alli i of ot the demands of the workers If they would continue at work vork but this was not accepted by the strike leaders who demanded demanded de do- I that all corporations in the Tampico Tampico Tampico Tam- Tam pico district make the same concession In the end the laborers of the tion company had to return to work at atthe atthe atthe the old wages HAVE BAD AD Commenting upon this an American workman said If the Mexican laborers had the tho right leadership they would have accepted t for r the Wew It would concession Je have en h had when a t tremendous it was offered of of- effect t. t But they Insist I upon upp being led e by fl te eYd a wild h dreamers who who v can lead e to the starvation and misery called I bolshevism t h ir Peons have played a vital part In all revolutions in the past in Mexico But they are arc weary of ot fighting lighting and the hunger hunger hunger hun hun- ger of revolutionary days They wish to see their families better fed betle bettel clothed and better sheltered than has been in the past ten years Of ot strife and have been unresponsive to the appeals of revolutionists General Gonzales before his bis flight to Paris Parts sound ed the sentiment of the men who must do the tho fighting and starving when revolutions revolutions rev rev- are started lie He was Influential popular and rich Ho He found even his name could not fan Into flame the revolutionary revolutionary revolutionary rev rev- spark although that spark never never really completely dies In Mexico The willingness of Felix Diaz to surrender surrender sur sur- render on terms with the new government government govern govern- ment it Is said was due to the discovery discovery dis dis- dis covery t that the old d enthusiasm h inspired I by his appearance l e ng was dying out He lIe feared betrayal and death and yet he that some resolute follower who could not understand yielding would assis- assis I sinate him The comedy of his capture was the result of this fear ATTEMPTED REVOLUTIONS FAIL have had a bl bitter experience experience experience ex ex- ex- ex In their attempts to raise re re- re I volts Six or eight generals have met with failure in attempted revolutions be because because be- be cause of the listless attitude of or the peons I be-I and the present of Al- Al I Aguilar Is Is' Is said to be languishing In Inthe inthe the South for the same reason although It wah wait hoped that the reds radicals and socialists who have made that section section sec sec- tion of hotbed of strife would aid In Inthe inthe the success of the undertaking Because of the lethargy of or the peons a new method has been beep devised to arouse them As the great masses of peons are farm laborers unions of or agricultural la laborers la- la borers are be being ng formed and are receiving receiving ing lIng the discontent breeding teaching of red leaders This idea is attributed to I the in their heir plot to profit by labor disturbances Because e Francisco Villa I the retired re rebel bandit lt Is ni accessible SI to conspirators and because it Is by no means certain that ho hr will wilt forever ket keep l the peace even evert with of government money In his po possession and a v fine hacienda given to him b by the government Villi Is re receiving receiving receiving re- re cloe attention General GenerI Eugenio Martinez commander of JI in the l federal 1 army r a J few 1 6 I Ito days yS ago aRo went from Jaurez t to Chihuahua h I Ito ex-bandit ex at the Villa to h the j hacienda of this conference I I Is II not hut but ut It U Is suspected that It 11 had om tonn Connection with reports i of ot ta plotting lott g on ns I the e border Lorder J v |