Carranza rejects mediation armistice in Mexican conflict
General Carranza formally declines the mediation armistice proposed by Brazil Argentina and Chile. He maintains the civil war against Huerta continues as he travels to Torreon and Durango to establish civil government amid Arrieta faction tensions. In West Virginia, bodies of 172 miners entombed in New River Collieries No. 5 after last Tuesday’s explosion are recovered to the surface.
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Texas
Carranza
Huerta
Washington
Tampico
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Mexico
W. Va
New River Collieries Company
Resignation rumors haunt today’s Standard edition
Rumors of resignation circulate amid ongoing hostilities with Carranza refusing cessation. Reports note Gen Daniel E Sickles dead and embargo on arms in Colorado. Cruiser Montana sails north with bodies from Vera Cruz battle as Funston faces threats. Also featured are 2-4 pages of sporting notes, Sunday baseball remits, suffrage plans, and local official changes in Missoula.
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Carranza
Daniel E. Sickles
Colorado
Montana
North
Vera Cruz
Funston
Salt Lake
S-Anaconda
Shovlin
Mary Iscoms
Mexico
Butte & Superior
Embargo on Arms Sold to Colorado State Enforced
Federal forces under Major Holbrook imposed an embargo on importation and delivery of arms and ammunition into Trinidad Colorado. Saloons ordered closed until further notice and guards to be provided for pay days at mining camps. United Mine Workers plan talks with Holbrook as Eleventh Cavalry arrival looms. John R. Lawson travels to Indianapolis for international executive board meeting.
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Colorado
Trinidad
Ata
W. A. Holbrook
Fede Land
Col
Camp
Secretary of War
Major Holbrook
W. Dunlevy
Union
Eleventh Cavalry
Hich
United Mine Workers
M Holbrook
Ludiow
John R. Lawson
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Tampico Harbor Is Min ed for Warships
Reports to the navy from Rear Admiral Mayo say Mexican federal forces mined the Panuco river inlet to Tampico. The river remains navigable to Tampico for only shallow draft vessels as scout cruiser Chester and gunboat Dolphin were ordered from the harbor to the gulf before the mines were laid.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mayo
Panuco
Tampico
Gulf of Mexico
Chester
Dolphin
Gulf
Ide On Big Strike In Indy May 3
United Mine Workers of America executive committee in Indianapolis will decide tomorrow whether to call a nationwide strike protesting conditions in Colorado mining districts. The move would escalate labor action across the industry if approved.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Colorado
Steel bridge carried away in Canadian river flood
In Bridgeport Oklahoma on May 3 a flood swept away a $125,000 steel bridge of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad. Three men are reported missing and three others marooned in treetops as heavy damage spreads through the river valley. Lowlands flooded, hundreds of families abandon homes.
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Bridgeport
Okla
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Valle
Mine for American craft sinks Mexican steamship
Mexico City dispatch from Manzanillo reports the Mexican steamship Luella sunk in harbor by a mine explosion meant for the United States protected cruiser Raleigh. No loss of life mentioned. The steamer belonged to the Pacific Railway company.
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Mexico City
Manzanillo
Pacific Coast
Luella
United States
Raleigh
Pacific Railway Company
Fleet Pays Its Tribute to American Heroes in Vera Cruz
May 2 report from Vera Cruz describes American bluejackets and marines killed in street fighting during Vera Cruz operations being sent to New York aboard the armored cruiser Montana. War vessels, allied ships, and bands saluted as the Montana departed, with colors half-masted at brigadier general’s HQ and on the hospital ship Solace. Rear Admiral Fletcher voiced deep sympathy for the fallen and their families.
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Vera Cruz
New York
Montana
Atlantic Fleet
Frederick Funston
Solace
Amita
Frank F. Fletcher
Americans Unprotected From Rioting Mexicans
Forty American refugees including women and children fled Progreso Yucatan with help from British officials and residents. Arthur P. Rice of Boston reports his party sailed on Norwegian steamer Olaf I and others transferred to British and Norwegian vessels bound for Mobile and New Orleans. The mob violence followed attacks in Merida, with American homes damaged while the consul was abroad.
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Mass
Progreso
Yucatan
Cansul
Arthur P. Rice
Boston
Olaf i
Rice
Eidermann
Hamburg
Geming
Mobile
New Orleans
Merida
Death of Civil War General Sickles Ends Era
New York on May 3 Gen. Daniel Sickles died at his Fifth Avenue home shortly after 9 PM. His wife Mrs. Sickles entered the house last night for the first time in eight years and the couple had reconciled through their son Stanton. Sickles, famed for Gettysburg, was the last of the great commanders and a lifelong fighter. He rose from a New York lawyer to brigadier general after Lincoln urged him to lead, founding the Excelsior Brigade and earning early spurs in the Civil War.
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New York
Daniel & Sickles
Sickles
Fifth Avenue
General Sickles
Stanton
Daniel Edgar Sickles
Gettysburg
New York City
Central Park
Philip Horton Key
United States
Oflumbia
Aire
Sickle
Weald Sicklex
Excelsior
Lincoln
Funston Dispatches Probed In War Department Talk
Washington May 3 Dispatches from General Funston on Vera Cruz were reviewed in a long war department session with Secretary Garrison and General Wotherspoon. Funston sought instructions amid hostile Mexican activity near the city and reports of thousands of troops in the region. A note cited Mexican officer Major Zapata and positions at Soledad Jalapa Palma with defenses rising, while the city remained quiet and orders held.
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Washington
Funston
Vera Cruz
War Department
Garrison
Wotherspoon
Zapata
Engineer Corps
Maas
Soledad
Jalapa
Palma
Vera” Cruz
Rumor Persists of Resignation From Huerta Era
Rumor persists that President Huerta desires to resign as the political climate tightens. Reports claim high-level discussions and hints of leadership change swirl amid national uncertainty and public speculation.
Mexican turmoil and missing rancher fuel unsettled era
May reports from Mexico describe Bishop Manuel Riviera of Queretaro dying suddenly in Mexico City during a anti-American parade. Other dispatches recount the recovery of Porfirio Laurel’s pony near Nuevo Laredo, and persistent fits of political doubt over Huerta’s presidency as tensions rise amid delays, resignations, and fears of Villa.
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Mexico City
Manuel Riviera
Queretaro
Laredo
Tex
Porfirio Laurel
Neuve Laredo
Mexico
Laurel
Dr Ryan Arrives in Mexico City With Heavy Escort
Dr Ryan, an agent of t nt, arrived in Mexico City today under a heavy escort. Authorities offered no explanation for his recent arrest in Zacatecas. Huerta’s war minister notified Brazil’s minister that the American would be delivered to Brazil amid dispatches ordering federal commanders to suspend hostilities against Americans and rebels.
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Francisco Villa
Mexico City
Francisco Madero
Tnt
Zacatecam
Howe
Fos Lease
Bryan
Huerta
Ryan
Braailla
War Office
Obregon Reports Possible Huerta Resignation Telegram
General Obregon telegraphed Rafael Musgue of the Paso rebel junta that a telegram from Huerta to the federal commander at Guaymas appeared to indicate Huerta had resigned or was about to resign. The message, partly in code, was picked up and reported from Restenacion, Paso Texas.
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Texas
Obregon
Rafael Musgue
Huerta
Guaymas
Colonists Depart Colonia Morelos Overland
Members of the Mormon colony at Colonia Morelos six miles southeast of here arrived by overland route. Frank Haymore, one party member, provides the account as the item continues on Page Three.
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Avia
Colonia Morelos
Here
Frank Haymore
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