St. Paul daily globe., 1892-01-03
GapZa Believed to Be Prepar-
ing for a Decisive
Movement.
Skirmishes Reported at Sew
eral Points and Gueril-
Il las Routed.
Belief Is Growing That the
Revolutionist Chief Has
Strong Backing.
A General Uprising Against
DiaZ Feared--Texas Is
Excited.

LAREDO, Tex, Jan. 2.-The arrival
/ this evening of two additional cav
airy companies over the International
railroad to take the field against Cara
| aroused new interest in the revolution
| ary incident. The same special train
/ which brought these troops had several
carloads of pack mules, said to have
! been. sent by the government from a
military post in Wyoming for the
troops now operating in the field
against Cara on the lower range.
The quartermaster's department at Fort
Mcintosh has contracted for a large
number Of Mexican OK carts to trans
| port quartermaSter's and cOmmissary
stores to the troops which are being
| taken down the river.
A Arumor, which is discredited, reached
reached the city this evening that Jose
| Sanchez, brother of ex-Chief Darro
| Sanchez, who accompanied Capt. Hardie
| as guide, had been killed in skirmish
with Garza's men yesterday. There are
other rumors to the effect that state
| troops had
Fight With Garza's Men
| In which several were killed on both
/ sides. Inquiry today at Mexican mill
tary headquarters failed to elicit any
thing in the way of more news. The
! Mexican authorities declare that every
/ thing Is quiet Oh that side of the river.
| New Laredo has telegraph line
| down the river to Matamoras. There
| was absolutely no foundation for the
/ report that Gen. Garcia, commanding
the Mexican troops at Mier, had been
Killed, nor was there any truth in the
! dispatches from here stating that three
/ prisoners had been shot in New Laredo
! this week.
Some surprise has been expressed at
] the large numbers of strange Mexicans
who have arrived on the streets of
Laredo in the past twenty-four. hours,
and the impression obtained is that they
were portion of GarZa's men who have
been dispersed by Capt. Hardie and his
troopers in the persistent pursuit they
/ nave kept up against a portion of
Cara forces fer the' past week. '=:7.
i f' laarza Disabled.
Just two daysbefore Cara crossed the
last time into Mexico, Senator Atlee
and Hon. Albert Urbahn met with a
couple OF Mexican gentlemen in an
ambulance driving along by-rOad in
Encinal county. who stated they were
! en- route from Brownsville to Houston.
/ Tex, but from the description they
| gave one of them was undoubtedly no
4 ether person than the notorious Cata-
rlna Cara, and his appearance at that
time In carriage confirms the report
that Cara had not been able to direct
1 ,his latest revolutionary Mexicans on ac-
/ count OF suffering from All old wound
in the bowels, made by a gunshot year
| ago.
| While no active move has been made
/ by the revOlutionists for several days,
I yet there Is evident uneasineSS that the
| worst has not come, and there are many
| who fear that the end of GarZa's move
ment has not been seen, and in less than
forty days general uprising will be
/ witnessed in Mexico against Diaz by the
church party. The
| Hardships to BE Endured
| by United States troops operating in the
/ jungles of the lower Rio Grande can
best be appreciated when it is remem-
bered that in this particular section of
! the country no rain has fallen of conse-
| quence for the last eighteen months.
and all the rations used by the horses
have to be carried in Carts down to
| CarriZO from Laredo and then carried
on pack mules along the trails. The
cavalry has to follow through the dense
brush. 1t is even necessary to haul
water, and the soldiers now ordered to
the front will have fearful time of it,
1 even if there is no fighting done.
Thursday evening Capt. Briteo, with
his company of state rangers, assisted
by Sheriff Closner and his deputy,
| raided the JQya ranch, twenty-five miles
above Hidalgo, Tex. They found the
| rendezvous of Francisco Villazsial, Juan
AIenis and other notorious cut-throats
[ belonging to Catarino GarZa'S band
| Capt. Brfteo had no previous under
| standing with the United States mar
shRls and troops from Fort Ringgold,
| who raided the upper part of this
thicket, while Capt. Briteo was pushing
| his way through the lower end.
Bandits Escape.
| This little misunderstanding caused
| the bandits to pick up and leave in fine
shape. They broke for the river. Fran
cisco VasQueZ, Manuel Curas and Juan
Liiermo swan across, but only to fall
| into the hands of the Mexican troops
on the other side. and they were cap
tured and jailed at Reynosa, Mex. An
other bandit was captured on this side
of the river. Capt. Briteo and Sheriff
ClosDer left yesterday on another raid.
The following statement is obtained
q CA.sl
gard to Capt Hardie's scout after CARA
on or about the 21st inst. It was sup
posed Cara would cross at a point six
miles above CarriSO, known as the
Chevena Pass, but the revolutionists
crossed at the Tortillas ranch and had
skirmish with the rural guards. In the
fight six Mexicans were killed. A wom-
an was among the number. Hardie had
been hot Oil GarZa's trail, and was only
three hours behind, but did not come
upon them until after the skirmish with
the ruralS. The revolutionists broke
FOR the river and were pursued by the
sMexicans.
( Maj. Esquibet, commanding troops at
EsGuerrerro, Mex, sent courier over to
Capt., Hardie asking him to move his
company further down the river, as
; GarZa's men were making for the other
! side. Hardie moved at once with Sher-
|. iff Haynes, but Cara had made good
1 his escape. Hardle then returned to
Carriso.
Decisive Move Expected.
Col. Ceron. of the Mexican forces in
Nueya Laredo, received a telegram from
which stated that fight had occurred
an-this side, and that two soldiers of the
United States had been killed. The loss
ito the reyolutiorists was not given.
The opinion of some OF some of the
best-posted citizens of this section is
that Cara is making preparations for a
decisive move. and that his forces are
being largely reinforced. From re-
view of all the facts brought to light to