Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-30

other side of Galita and cutting the tele-
graph wire both ways.
In view Of this Gen. Duran ordered part
of his force to make a general hunt
through the mountains. and the remainder
10 repair the bridge. This was done.
After fourteen hours on the way the train
finally reached NieSca.
The force hunting In the mountains cap
tured four men. six horses and eight
saddles. The four men stated that the
bandits had dispersed and were now scat
tered
At Viesca the troops made several i'm
portant arrests among them Monaciano
Estrada. the principal instigator of the
raids; Benito Ibarra. a merchant of vi
eSca who took an active part and was
the chief of the band. and Albino Polendo
a tailor. who was second in command.
These men are well known. and are
Identified by all residents Of Viesca and
the surrounding haciendas as having
been with the bandits during the raid.
Plan of Campaign.
Ell PASO, Tex. June 3O-Gen Villar
of the third military zone is in command
of the troops in the field and, according
to the Mexico City Record. arriving here
last night, 1.-The war department has left
it entirely to his discretion to conduct the
campaign and to distribute the various
forces over the field
1cH- pam VI CdifpdlSIl- III is re-
ported. will be to hem in, if possible. the
members of bands which attacked Viesca
and MatamorOS and to close in his forces
until they have surrounded the entire
party. With this end in view it is re-
ported, he has sent out from Torreon the
major part of his cavalry and a detach-
nlent of infantry.
Jaurez officials are positive in their
expressions that the insurrection has been
sGuelched by the prompt dispatch of
from MpYicn (,itv m Goa hlIila
Chihuahua points. They declare that the
last of the revolutionists will be overtaken
in week or ten days and that the forces
of the federal government will be able
10 keep the situation we'll in hand.
Passengers arriving the Mexican
Central today from Torreon say the
situation there Is greatly improved since
the arrival and distribution of troops.
Troops under Col Ballerestoros. who ar
rived Sunday in Jaurez. have been dis
tributed about the city and detachment
Of fifty troopers was sent out today to
CasaS Grandes.
The hearing of the six alleged revNu-
tionists arrested here last Thursday SIT
for yesterday before United States Com
missioner George B. Oliver has been con-
tiEued pending the arrival of Assistant
District Attorney General Engleking from
San Francisco.
Conditions Explained.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 3O.-Col. Will
liam C. Greene, the copper king" of
Cananea, Mexico. accompanied by his
daughter and a party of friends. sailed
for the orient on the Mongolia today. The
party is making a tour of the world.
THE recent bandit outbreak on the
Mexican border" said Col Greene, was
at Bisca. a little town of about 800 people
in the chapparel brush country. Isolated
and six miles down the river from Del
Ri2 on the American side of the Rio
Grarde. The place has been for years
rendezvous for smugglers. bandits,
thieves and outlaws But most of the
trouble has started from the American
side. from the headquarters of the junta
al San Antonio and Los Angeles. This
junta issues small paper and appeals
to the malcontents in Mexico who are
opposed to the DiaZ rule Flores Moran
Angeles resisting eXtradition. 1 had him
arrested at st. Louis two years ago for
criminal libel at the time of the Cananea
riots
Says Diaz Is Worried.
DALLAS. Tex. June 3O-Carrying his
arm in sling. Samuel P. Harrison, for
the last five years a resident of Blanco
small town about thirty miles from Gu
dad Porfiro Diaz. on the line of the Mexi-
can International railroad. arrived in Dali
las today with his family en- route east
TO visit relatives. Mr.. Harrison received
his wound from a shot that was fired
through the window of his home after
nightfaH three days ago.
That is not fake revolution" said
Mr.. Harrison. cit is a dead earnest
affair. 1 am inclined to think that the
soldiers of the president are aiding and
abetting the revolutionists. / personally
know that the president Is greatly wor-
ried. 1t is my opinion that the Mexican
army is honeycombed with revolution
lists"