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Show jliERSdS I INSULTED if "" Jj United States Appealed IE J to in Behalf of Prison-I Prison-I ers Held by Rebels-I Rebels-I San Diego, Cal., April 11. Held rf prisoners by the .Mexican filibusters SI ft In a big corral at Alamo, Lower Cal- Ifornin, Insulted bv the guard and $m with little hope of release. G. RuffI, j his wife and five children of San S:j Diego and several other American I women, whose names could not be QR learned, are said to bo causing con-f con-f if cern to the state and navy depart-vj depart-vj ntenta of tho United States. Ij Secretary of State Knox has been If appealed to by 0. Henry Savage of I this city, a relative of Mrs. Raffl. 1 1 Senator Perkins, chairman of the sen- ate committee on military affairs, ,j3 has been advised of tho situation and f Hear Admiral Chauncey Thomas, I i commander of the Pacific fleet has J been urged by Savage to send a war- Tr ship to Ensenada. ! Secretary Knox has taken up the I i matter with the Mexican govern- I I ment, through tho United States ara-I ara-I ; , hassador at Mexico City, and tho Am-K Am-K , erican consul at Ensenada. Admlr- S1 al Thomas has said that he could not send a warship to Ensenada wlth-I wlth-I i : out orders from Washington, and the I i : American consul at Ensenada Is i, charged by Savage with being inact- ire In the matter ; News of the condition of the prlson-? prlson-? c ers at Alamo was brought to Ensen- ' ada last week, Savage said today, and J reported to George B. Schmucker, United States consul, as well as to w Gov. Selz Vega of Lower California. -' Savage charges that Vega did not I i send relief and Schmucker Ignored fL the complaint. J It Is charged that the filibusters. 'J "who arc said to be commanded by j Simon BerthoIJ, have offered lndlg-S lndlg-S njtles to the women and, learning of 8 this. Savage wired Secretary of Stato Knox, Sunday afternoon, as follows "Members of my family and other American women and children, held at Alamo, Mex., by rebels Unable I) to obtain food or relief. Wires to I' Ensenada down. Reliably Informed i; that Mexican governor of Lower Cal- Jfornla declines assistance. Will Bj '''you order warship to Ensenadal to h l rescue. Please answer. (Signed) I J O. Henry Savage." . I I That Secretary Knox lost no time i attending to the matter is established j !, by the following telegram received by Savage yesterday: "Ambassador at Mexico' City has , been Instructed by telegraph to request re-quest the Mexican government to extend ex-tend protection to the American cit-v izona mentioned in your telegram of yesterday and tho Amorlcan consul nt Ensenada has been Instructed by telegraph to Investigate and report ! and to ask the governor for needed i protection for these people. (Signed) j ( ' Philander C Knox." i State Senator Leroy Wright tel- Iegraphed news of the situation to Senator Perkins yesterday In the hope ( that the latter would use his influence in-fluence at Washington to secure quick action. All attempts today to secure information infor-mation on the subject from the United j States consul at Ensenada have failed adn no statemont can be gotten from j K the Mexican officials in Lower Call-fornia. Call-fornia. I Savage said today that his advices from Ensenada gave no reason for the imprisonment of the Americans . and their families at Alamo. He said ; that the Americans were employed in j the mines near Alamo and that Ber- , thold, the guerrilla chief, had confiscated confis-cated all the supplies In the town. News of the condition of Mrs. Raffl Raf-fl and family reached him on Sunday j : and he immediately took up the ense ' with the United States authorities. Savage is a prominent business man of this city. |