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Hellraisers Journal – Sunday June 3, 1906
Tucson, Arizona – Reports on Cananea Copper Strike
From the Arizona Daily Star of June 2, 1906:
(Special to the Star.)Naco, June 1.-There is a great riot at Cananea. All of the Mexicans at the mines of Colonel W. C. Greene are on the strike.
George Metcalf, the purchasing agent of the mines, and his brother, Will Metcalf, have been murdered by the strikers.
Between thirty and forty of the Mexicans have been killed, and about a hundred wounded.
It is reported that two days ago some Mexican police shot an American saloonkeeper wounding him. No arrests were made at the time, but later Colonel Greene had the perpetrators of the deed imprisoned. This precipitated the disturbance. A number of the miners dynamited a large pawnshop, taking all of the arms and ammunition. The company’s lumber yard was then burned, a property valued at a quarter of a million dollars.
Three carloads of refugees have just arrived from Cananea including Col. Greene. They bring the information that all of the Americans are trying to leave Cananea. The Mexicans are trying to dynamite all of the American houses. A reign of terror exists.
Governor Yzabel is said to be enroute with a division of Federal troops, and is expected to arrive at Naco late tonight or tomorrow morning. The situation is very serious, the lives of hundreds of Americans being threatened.
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