Stop Arms For Americans.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 9, 1912:
Rebels Destroy Track to Prevent Delivery of Shipment at Cananea.
    NACO, Ariz., Sept. 8.— Mexican rebels cut all traffic and communication to-day between here and Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, where about 500 Americans are located. Shortly afterward a passenger train arrived here, carrying 500 rifles and 150,000 rounds of ammunition sent by the United States Government from the arsenal at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, to arm the American residents in Cananea. The rebels cut the railway in an attempt to prevent the shipment of arms reaching the Americans at Cananea. Six bridges were burned.
    Care had been taken to conceal the identity of the shipment, but news that the request of the Americans at Cananea to the Washington authorities to send them arms for self-protection had been granted is believed to have become known to the rebel chiefs in this vicinity.
    Not only are American lives believed to be in danger as a result of to-day's operations by the rebels, but mines must close down for lack of fuel within four days.
    Cananea is one of the most extensive copper mining centres in the world, and the Cananea Copper Company is the richest corporation of its kind in Mexico. The railway destroyed by rebels runs from the American border to Cananea and is a part of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico.