The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-21
LATEST FROM GARZA.
GENERAL MABRY IN THE FIELD 10.
GATED AT LAREDO.
A Squad of Rangers Under Sergeant Hughes
Have a Fight with Mexican Thieves
at the Preside Mines and Kill
Three of the Mexicans.
Special to The Statesman.

LAREDO, Tex, Jan. 14.-General
Mabry arrived in the city this even
ing to look after the movements of the
state troops now operating in the
CARA campaign. His headquarters
are established at Hotel Hamilton,
where he expects to remain for sew
eral days. He stated in an
interview with your correspon-
dent tonight that thus far there
has not been a single complaint
made to the governor by the citizens
of Texas living in the vicinity of CARA
of depredations committed by Garza's
men; that the state troops now on the
Rio Grande had no other status than
that of conservators of the peace and
the arrest of the parties who killed
Corporal Edstrom of the United States
army in the fight at Retinal Springs;
that the work of enforcing the neu-
trality laws was wholly in the hands
of the United States troops; that in
the event that Garza's men commenced
to commit depredations on the citi-
zens in the country where he is opera
ting the governor would put four full
companies Of state troops in the field
o protect these people, officially if
necessary.
About the continued assertions
made in certain quarters of the United
States that Mexico is on the eve of a
revolution, your correspondent has
been furnished The following telegram
which went out from the City of
Mexico today addressed to the Ma
tional Tribune, Washington, D. c.:
Information having been received
here that the rumors of revolution
in Mexico have caused our comrades
to reconsider their intention of coming
to Mexico, we, the comrades of the
E. D. G. Ord, Post No. 100, depart
ment of Tennessee, located in Mexico,
assure our comrades that said rumors
are false and malicious; that the
few bandits who have presumably
enlisted under the banner of CARA
are cattle thieves and outlaws operat-
ing on the border, chiefly in the Unit
ed States. We know that there is no
y
borders of Mexico and that this Goun-
try is able to cope with and entirely
annihilate such band before it could
assume the proportions of a revolu-
ton. Life and property are as safe
here as in any country. There is no
epidemic of any kind within its
borders. We urge our comrades
to heed no further rumors of this
kind. We further assure our COM
rades that the president of this re-
public has the love and respect of his
people; that he is not a dictator as
many suppose, but the almost unani-
nous choice of free people. The false
rumors of revolution originate for the
most part from MeXicans in Texas
who have left their country for their
country's good.
TSigned G. M. BUSH,
Post Commander.
RANGERS IN A FIGHT.
Special to The Statesman.
MARIA, Tex, Jan. 14.-News
reaches here from Shafter, this coun-
ty, of battle between detachment
of Capt. Jones' ranger company under
Sergeant John r.. Hughes and band
of Mexicans who were stealing ore
from the Preside mine. This mine
has some very rich ore and for some
time parties have been stealing
ore and taking it across the
river to sell. Sergeant Hughes
caught the thieves in the act and call
ed on them to surrender. The demand
was answered by volley from their
Winchesters. Hughes and his men
replied with a volley. The thieves
fed, leaving three Of their number
dead. One of the dead is a brother
of Antonio Carrazio, who as
sassinated deputy sheriff in
this county some months ago.
The execution by Sergeant
Hughes and his little band is i'm
mense compared to that done by Gen.
Stanley's regulars in their recent bat
ties with Cara.
The last few days have been the
coolest ofthe season.
The bullion hack from Shafter
brought in some dozen bars of silver
yesterday for shipment to San Fran
cisco.