On June 2nd of 1906, The Morning Press carried a front-page story claiming "Forty Killed in Strike Riot." The riot had sparked out of a miners' strike at the Greene Consolidated Copper Mines in Cananea, Mexico, just south of Bisbee, Arizona. The first reports incorrectly stated that George McDonald, manager of the mine's lumber department, had been killed, along with the entire Cananea police force and thirty strikers. It was called a "bloody race war" and the town was supposedly on fire, with "the streets … strewn with dead and wounded."
The next day, The Morning Press devoted two separate front page articles to the riot in Cananea. The fatalities were stated as two Americans, George and William Metcalf, ten Mexicans, and one child. This was to be the first that Winfield Breadbury Metcalf, George and Williams' brother, and Santa Barbara County Treasurer, was to know of the events. He received a telegram from Mexico later that same day, confirming the news.
The five Metcalf siblings grew up in Santa Barbara. The elder brother, George, had started the California Market with partner F. N. Gehl in Santa Barbara and spent time in town as a cattle rancher and schoolteacher. According to the paper, "George and William Metcalf were among the most highly respected and popular residents of this city," and were "the sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Metcalf, who were prominent and early residents of this city."
On June 8th, The Morning Press announced on page 2, the funeral would be held in Santa Barbara "under the auspices of the Masons." The service took place at the Congregational Church with both local Masonic Lodges, 142 and 192, as well as the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Number 172, participating. The service then proceeded to the cemetery "where the two graves were transformed into a veritable mountain of flowers and floral pieces."
The brothers lie side-by-side in Montecito Lot 51, though only George's is marked.
The next day, The Morning Press devoted two separate front page articles to the riot in Cananea. The fatalities were stated as two Americans, George and William Metcalf, ten Mexicans, and one child. This was to be the first that Winfield Breadbury Metcalf, George and Williams' brother, and Santa Barbara County Treasurer, was to know of the events. He received a telegram from Mexico later that same day, confirming the news.
The five Metcalf siblings grew up in Santa Barbara. The elder brother, George, had started the California Market with partner F. N. Gehl in Santa Barbara and spent time in town as a cattle rancher and schoolteacher. According to the paper, "George and William Metcalf were among the most highly respected and popular residents of this city," and were "the sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Metcalf, who were prominent and early residents of this city."
On June 8th, The Morning Press announced on page 2, the funeral would be held in Santa Barbara "under the auspices of the Masons." The service took place at the Congregational Church with both local Masonic Lodges, 142 and 192, as well as the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Number 172, participating. The service then proceeded to the cemetery "where the two graves were transformed into a veritable mountain of flowers and floral pieces."
The brothers lie side-by-side in Montecito Lot 51, though only George's is marked.
On June 2nd of 1906, The Morning Press carried a front-page story claiming "Forty Killed in Strike Riot." The riot had sparked out of a miners' strike at the Greene Consolidated Copper Mines in Cananea, Mexico, just south of Bisbee, Arizona. The first reports incorrectly stated that George McDonald, manager of the mine's lumber department, had been killed, along with the entire Cananea police force and thirty strikers. It was called a "bloody race war" and the town was supposedly on fire, with "the streets … strewn with dead and wounded."
The next day, The Morning Press devoted two separate front page articles to the riot in Cananea. The fatalities were stated as two Americans, George and William Metcalf, ten Mexicans, and one child. This was to be the first that Winfield Breadbury Metcalf, George and Williams' brother, and Santa Barbara County Treasurer, was to know of the events. He received a telegram from Mexico later that same day, confirming the news.
The five Metcalf siblings grew up in Santa Barbara. The elder brother, George, had started the California Market with partner F. N. Gehl in Santa Barbara and spent time in town as a cattle rancher and schoolteacher. According to the paper, "George and William Metcalf were among the most highly respected and popular residents of this city," and were "the sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Metcalf, who were prominent and early residents of this city."
On June 8th, The Morning Press announced on page 2, the funeral would be held in Santa Barbara "under the auspices of the Masons." The service took place at the Congregational Church with both local Masonic Lodges, 142 and 192, as well as the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Number 172, participating. The service then proceeded to the cemetery "where the two graves were transformed into a veritable mountain of flowers and floral pieces."
The brothers lie side-by-side in Montecito Lot 51, though only George's is marked.
The next day, The Morning Press devoted two separate front page articles to the riot in Cananea. The fatalities were stated as two Americans, George and William Metcalf, ten Mexicans, and one child. This was to be the first that Winfield Breadbury Metcalf, George and Williams' brother, and Santa Barbara County Treasurer, was to know of the events. He received a telegram from Mexico later that same day, confirming the news.
The five Metcalf siblings grew up in Santa Barbara. The elder brother, George, had started the California Market with partner F. N. Gehl in Santa Barbara and spent time in town as a cattle rancher and schoolteacher. According to the paper, "George and William Metcalf were among the most highly respected and popular residents of this city," and were "the sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Metcalf, who were prominent and early residents of this city."
On June 8th, The Morning Press announced on page 2, the funeral would be held in Santa Barbara "under the auspices of the Masons." The service took place at the Congregational Church with both local Masonic Lodges, 142 and 192, as well as the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Number 172, participating. The service then proceeded to the cemetery "where the two graves were transformed into a veritable mountain of flowers and floral pieces."
The brothers lie side-by-side in Montecito Lot 51, though only George's is marked.
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