The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-12-02
WAR MINISTER ON
ROVOLT IN MEXICO
Trouble Was Started in PuebIa
by Forty Men

In it's account of the revolutionary
uprising in southern Mexico, the Mex
lean Herald says:
Further trouble is expected at No
gales, Santa Rosa and other suburbs
of Orizaba, if not IN the city itself,
and troops have been sent there from
Vera Cruz and this city
That the revolutionists are planning
to lead all federal troops possible
away from Mexico City by making at
tacks on many of the smaller towns
is the belief of the authorities. Ii
the rebels can accomplish this they
hope to be able to overthrow the
troops remaining here and take city.
In the same way it is said that the
revolutionists and revolUt ionary {. r
pathizers are now leaving here IS
rapidly as possible, seeking to jon
their fellow rebels unoer arms il vari-
Gus parts OF the country. BY Sc CO
ing they hope not ory To strengthen
their own forces, but to lessen tie
number of defenders of the city as
we'll. These views are held by scre
of the leading military authorities.
Information from several sources
was received that all is perfectly quiet
here, said the minister Of war. Re
gave cut the following inforreticn in
regard to TIE trouble which had &C.
Cured in that region:
"a group CT forty revolutionists
came down from the mountains of tie
state of Puebla and attacked the mar
ket at Rio Blanco. where there was
large number of wOrkmen MAXIM
their purchases The rebels SoG1
cleaned out the booths and then b.
gan to incite the workmen to join them
in the revolution. They tell me that
not a single workman joined the
bandits, which goes to prove that the
workmen are not in sympathy With
the revolutionary movement. A few
minutes later a detachment of the
Fifteenth battalion, which was sta
toned in the factory of Rio Blanco,
soon routed the crowd. There was
one soldier killed and one wounded"
When Gen. Gonzales Cosio was
questioned in regard to the executions
of prisoners in Santa Fe and La Pie
dad, near this city, he replied that not
one of the prisoners captured in the
recent troubles had been executed nof
were they in danger of being executed,
unless they should be sentenced by
the courts after the full course Of the
law had been taken.
A price of $4,000 has been set on
Francisco Madero's head and his es-
tates have been confiscated.
Orders have been issued by the gov
eminent, it is declared, to shoot any
Mexican in arms who is suspected of
disloyalty. A new governor, Alberto
Tarrazas, has been chosen for the
state of Chihuahua. Desultory fight
ing is reported at Parral and Ciudad
Guerro.
In the fighting at Parral day or
two ago Tom Lawson, an American.
was killed by a stray bullet while In
his room at a hotel.
The Mexican commander in Cuidad
Porfirio Diaz informed customs col
lector R. w. DOVE that Francisco Ma
dero, claimant of the preidency of
Mexico, was badly wounded in a fight
at Guerrero between his forces and
200 rurales and cavalry. Madero led
his forces when federal troops engaged
them.
The engagement was fierce for a
time. Madero was seen to fall from
his horse, but was carried to the rear,
and his force fell back. The federal
troops are reported to have followed
up their advantage, scattering the reb-
els, who took to the hills.
The revolution is declared to be
quelled by the Mexican authorities.