The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-25
MANY FEDERAL TROOPS SAID
TO HAVE GONE OVER
TO INSURGENTS.
U. S TROOPS SENT TO THE FRONT
Gomez, PaIacio, Population 1000, Re-
, ported in Hands of Rebels.-Gov-
eminent Seizes Telegraph
Wires.

Mexico City, Mexico.-It is reported
here that Francisco I. Madero, the
revolutionary leader, entered Mexico
with 600 followers at some point be.
tween Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas
Gen. Geronimo Trevino, commander
of the military zone in which Mon.
terey is situated, has gone north at
the head of strong body of troops
to meet him.
The war ministers, in explaining
why troops were hurriedly sent to
Orizaba in the state of Vera Cruz said
it was feared that the rebels might
dynamite the railroad bridges. The
net result of the fighting there, &C
cording to the minister was one sol
der killed and several persons wound
ed when mob attacked and pillaged
the market.
Fierce fighting occurred at Dur
ango, Torreon, Parral and Gomez Pa
lacio, the latter town falling into the
hands of the rebels. Three hundred
of the federal troops at Gomez Pa
lacio are said to have gone over to
the insurgents who have now turned
their attention to attacking the loyal
forces at Torreon.
It is reported on good authority that
25 persons have been killed at Zacate-
cas-. The government troops, it is also
reported, quelled the uprising there
and are in control The wires north
of Monterey have been cut and no
reports are obtainable from beyond
that point. 1t is believed that the in
surgents are responsible for the cut.
tign of communication.
Yaquis to Join RevoIutionists.
El Paso, Texas.-A report reached
here from Cananea, Mex, that revolu
tionists are enlisting the hostile Yaqui
Indians for service against the Mexi.
can government. 1t is said that over
1000 warriors will take the field if
actual war breaks out.
Both American and Mexican Dor
der officials have received instructions
from their governments to take ex.
ira precautions against smuggling.
An, unconfrmed report reached here
that 600 federal soldiers at Chihua.
hua were suspected of disloyalty to
the government, and disarmed. Ac
cording to the report, company of
rurales visited the barracks and car.
ried away all the arms and ammuni-
ton.
U. S. Troops to the Front.
San Antonio, Texas.-Troop K,
Third United States cavalry, Capt
Arthur Thayer in command, left here
in special train for Del Rio. The
troop is equipped for a stay of a
month in the field. 1t is understood
that other troops will be sent from
Fort Sam Houston within a day or
two, to do duty along the Mexican
border.
Government Is Aroused.
Laredo, Texas.-The situation in
Mexico appears to be serious. For
the first time in the Is years of op-
Grafton, the leased wire of the AS
ISOLATED Press from Laredo to Mon
terey and Mexico City was command
eered by the Mexican government on
the plea of military needs and the
federal circuit manager in Nuevo Lar
edo was ordered to cut off the Laredo
Office of the Associated Press to pre-
vent information being cleaned from
messages moving over the wire.
These instructions emanated from
the headquarters of the federal tele-
graphs in Mexico City, where it was
explained the government would re-
quire the full capacity of all it's tele-
graph facilities.
Coming as it does after what was
officially reported to have been a per-
fectly tranquil Sunday throughout the
greater part of the republic, broken
only by few, almost insignificant dis
orders in the smaller places, the ac-
ton on the part of the government
would appear to lend substance to the
rumors of bloody riots at Zacatecus,
Gomez Palacios and Torreon, the au-
thenticity of which has been in doubt.
This territory was the scene of the
insurrection in 1908, which was quick
ly quelled by the federal government
and which is supposed to have eventu-
ated in sending General Bernardo
Reyes out of Mexico.
Scene of Instruction.
General Reyes at that time was gov
ernor of the contiguous state of Nue.
vo Leon.
The revo1utionists proclaimed him
as their leader and repeated disavow-
ais on his part did not seem to con-
vince the central government that he
was not covertly abetting the disaf-
lection. He was dispatched to Eu-
rope, ostensibly on military mission
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