New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
SKIRM|SH NEAR NAL PASO
eco,.tjnu Parties C!ashed Sum-
day, but None Was Hurt.
RATTLE EXPECTED TO-DAY
Ranch Employees, Armed to As.
sist the Federals, Go Over
to the Insurgents.

,v,;hfahua, Mexico, Dec. - (Nia FL Paso.
-sxa-Semi-ofTicial information to-day is
.,s+ the re;nforcements which left here
:, san Antonio expect TO join General Ma
,-srro at Pedernales to-day
Aside from a brush between scouting
.,a-ries near Nal Paso last Sunday, in
which none was hurt, there has been no
sghtins. In fact, the federals profess to
believe that the insurgents have deserted
Mai Paso. The federals. however. are not
attempting to go through the pass.
When the junction with Navarro is
,or=eed the federals viii have 2Soo men in
,bs isaffected district west of here Those
hes- informed here predict battle to-
morrow.
Direct news from Ojinaga and vicinity is
rare, but the situation there is attracting
increased attention. A Mexican coming di-
rect from that place related story OF how
fortv vaqueros working on a big ranch Sc
cured arms They told their employer they
had no weapons with which to defend
themselves against the rsvolutionists The
employer, according TO the story, gave each
nan rife. whereupon they deserted in a
body 10 Join the insurgents
by Telegraph TO The Tribune
El Paso. Tex, Dec. 27.-Returning from
the Big Bend country in Mexico, south
nj the Texas line. former European army
officer writes as follows OF the insurrec-
non:
The scattered forces of the pronunciados
IN Eastern chihuahua and Western Goa
hula number about four thousand men,
but these are not all armed AS fast as
rifles snd ammunition can be brought
across the border they are distributed and
the armed bands move westward. Word
has reached here that three hundred men
from This region have reached Sierra
Madre-
The region is veritable arsenal for the
Insurgents 1t is practically impossible for
The government troops TO invest this region
becau Of its complete natural protection,
as the valley is controlled by four moun-
tain passes. easily held by few men
against an army.
To protect the passes two brass cannon
ef Spanish MAZE. dug up at Preside Vielo,
have been mounted on a wagon An OLD
reverlaeratory furnace has been repaired,
and lead is being taken ont of the old
mines. and the revoiutionists use this TO
cast cannon balls
Presidio Viejo is an old fort abandoned
for more than one hundred years. and the
rebel army IS now camped at that point
IS il .comman ands the overland trail between
CoahUila and Chihuahua
Many Mexican soldiers are deserting 10
Texas and smuggling of war munitions is
kept up on the border Sunday the revolu-
rionists took over two hundred rifles and
- t-l6 rounds OF ammunition
Nothing Of Importance takes place in the
state that is not known within eighteen hours
through The use CT relay signal fires from
The mountain tops, operated by the snug
Zls-s OF the frontier. who are experts at
tue business. a deplorable act was COM
,nitted 10y bandits, in which the revolu-
rionists claim 10 have taken no part
Sefor Don Nicanor Griego. manager of
-he great Orienteles Ranch, one OF Creers
properties vas branded with the Bar
Pumpkin iron of the OrientaIes and the
store looted by the rancheros
on the property. All property on the ranch
q 2 destrUcuble nature has been reduced
10 ruin.
Criego and an unknown American left
for Chihuanua in a wagon over the Nioqui
rrail This leaves Creers estate unguard-
ed The -anch has about 1lG,0g0 head Of
cattle and z,5a3 head of horses and mules.
Other ranches are not being rnoiested.
Mexican linemen of the FL Paso North
western Railroad came up this morning to
Guzman from - far south as Pearson and
Sid they saw no insurgents anywhere on
the line. and that Casas Grande and the
Mormon colonies have not been molested-
The rebels who captured a train below
J1arez Thursday abandoned ii below Guz-
man. after waiting there for reinforce
rnents from the United States, which did
not arrive.