St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-02
TROOPS SURROUNDED
Capt. Bourke's Command Has
Had a Fight With Revo-
lutioniSts.
The American Troopers in
Danger Of Being Ami
hilated.
Scene of the Battle Out of
Reach of Immediate
Rescue.
Garza's Gang Far Outnum-
bered the Little Band Of
Soldiers.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. IA bat
tie has been fought between Capt.
BOurke's men and GarZa'S forces and the
United States troops are undoubtedly in
a very critical position at present. The
] fears of Gen. Stanley for the safety of
Capt. Bourke and his men were greatly
augmented today by the receipt of a
dispatch from Capt. Francis L. Hardie
of the Third cavalry.
The dispatch came from a small sta
ton OH the Mexican Central railroad,
where it had been sent by courier. 1t
was SO badly garbed in transmission
! that the exact meaning of the dispatch
could not be made out, but enough
could be CLEANED from it to learn that
| an engagement had taken place be-
| tween Capt. Burke's men and the revo-
lutioniSts, and that the former are in a
critical position. Gen. Stanley at once
ordered the dispatch repeated, but no
reply has yet been received.
The fight occur ed in either Starr or
Duyal county, and it is known that
| GarZa's men largely Outnumber the
troops. The point is so difficult of ac-
cess, owing to the dense chappOral, that
it is feared that no relief can reach
Capt. Bourke in time to save his COM
mand from humiliation.
Earlier Reports,
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 1.-The
alarm on the border over the Cara
revolutionary uprising is becoming in
tense. There are many starting rumors
in circulation concerning the fate of the
United States troops that are concen-
trated in Starr and Duval counties, in
which section Cara has established his
principal recruiting stations. He is
known to have force of SEQ desperate
men and if the LOCO Mexican troops who
are reported to have murdered and de-
serted Gen. Lorenzo Garcia commander
at Mier, Mex, have made their way to
GarZa's stronghold Oh the Texas side,
their united forces would give Capt.
John G. BOurke and his $50 United
States troops hard fight.
Gen. Stanley and the other military
authorities are very uneasy over not re-
ceiving any Information from the seat
of war during the past forty eight hours.
The locality where the field operations
are supposed to be carried on is fully 120
miles from telegraph station. 1t
would not be at all impossible for Cara
with a force Of 1,2C0 men, to capture
Fort Ringgold and the whole force of
United States troops in that section of
the frontier.
He has threatened on several occa-
sions to take Fort RInggold if it became
necessary to secure food and military
supplies. If opportunity has occurred
it is not improbable to believe that he
has executed his threats Gen Stanley
will send two more troops of cavalry to
the scene Of the disturbance early to-
morrow morning. If it becomes neces-
sary additional troops will be sent to
the frontier from the other military de-
partments.
SAN ANGELO. Tex, Jan. l. 1t is re-
ported that large number of Mexicans
working at the ranches south of here
ave quitting work to enlist in the Cara
band of revolutioniSts. They go we'll
armed with Winchesters and pistols.