Arizona republican., 1896-08-13
They Are Repulsed by Mexican Police and Fifteen Are
 Killed.
The Town Is In a Great State of Ex- cjtement and Business Is at a Standstill-TroopS Are on
 the Trail.

MORALES, Ariz., Aug. 12.-(SpeciaI Dispatch to The Republican, .)-At 4 o'clock this morning the citizens on both sides of the line were aroused from sleep by fusilade of shots. Hur- rying into the streets the cause was soon ascertained. A band of seventy five or eighty Yaqui and Timochi In dians, armed with guns, knives, clubs, bows and arrows had surrounded the La Aduana Fronteriza, the Mexican custom house, breaking in windows and doors to get possession of arms and ammunition stored there.
 The result of tbe attack is eight In dians and six Mexican officers dead The officers are Ponciano Sanchez, chief of police; Francisco Fernandez. Gregorio Pena, Juan Fernandez and Manuel Del.ahaDti, customs officials: Crecencio Urbino.
 IC ottdIh4AS pOflJ elO iOiiSiouS fanatics, undoubtedly incited by Lauro Agurre, as on the body of the lead CT was found 8 picture of Santa Teresa DeCabora and a half dozen copies of Fl Independents, published by Aguirre at Fl Paso-
 Tle attack was made Just before o'clock on the guards on duty at the time. One of the first persons to get on the street was Alexander Edgerton. who was captured and taken before. the leader, who demanded to be shown the whereabouts of Garza Cortina. president of the city, as he wanted tO kill all the officers, federal and mu- nicipal.-
 Firing soon became general, fully thousand or 1,500 shots being fred 1 The insurrectionists reSreated over the hill. A posse was soon in pursuit. Among the posse was Juan Fernandez, and Ponciano Sanchez, who were killed in the mountains.
 TEe greatest excitement prevailed all day, business houses being closed. A special train has just returned from Magdalena with siXty-one mounted Ten. A troop of cavalry are on the train which arrives at 10 o'clock. The militia are under orders.
 A meeting of citizens is called to- night to take steps to guard the town No one is permitted to enter orsleave unless we'll known.
 }, The first intimation of any trouble on the border that reached Phoenix was the following telegram received by Governor Franklin about noon , yesterday:
 'Nogales, Ariz., Aug 12,' 1896. . Governor Franklin: An assault was made at 3:30 this morning on No gales, Sonora, by filibusters. Three Mexicans dead. Seven filibusters dead and captured. Party was Santa Teresa fanatics, now heading towards Tucson or Solomonviile. Nineteen names are known from Arizona, forty from Mex ico who were in the fight against off, eers. One Jose Gomez, of Santa Rita,
 Arizona, is captain.
 CSigneO SAM WEBB,
 Collector" . The governor was interviewed by a Republican reporter as to what action he would take in the matter He said that under the law he was powerless to act until after the sheriffs of the counties had failed to put down the in- surrection. In that event he would :. immediately order out the troops to assist in coping with the 1awless hand.
 Adjutant General Schwartz received
 a telegram from Col. J. H. Martin of
 Tucson yesterday afternoon to the ef-
 feet that he could have two compa- l. nies of militia mounted and on the e road after the filibusters in an hours