New-York tribune., 1910-11-27
HAS ARMS FOR REBELS?|
Schooner Reported Trying 10
Land at Soro la Marina.
MEXICO SENDS GUNBOAT
Report of Battle in Northern CHI
nuahua, and That Mormons
Prepare for Attack.

Prepare for Attack.
Mexico City, Nov ns-It is reported from
Tampico to-day that an unnamed schooner
Is attempting to land arms for the reoeiS
at Soro la Marina The supplies are be-
heved to have been shipped from Ne"
Orleans Via ST. Louis. The government
has dispatched a gunboat TO the scene
F1ghting occurred az Ciudad and Guer-
rero. near Chihuahua on Wednesday me
rebeIs made three attacks and several Oh
them were killed and others wounded IA
hand-to-hand struggles with federal soi'
dlers. The government troops triumpneo'
A midnight on Wednesday San Andreas'
fifty miles from Chihuahua. was attacked
by rebels, who tore up the railroad track.
The place was defended by a small SarrI-
son. Troops have been sent thither.
Fl Psso Tex. Nov 26-"The II Paso
Herald to-day received from it's staff cor
respondent. who left Juarez on Friday morn
Ing for the Mormon colonies in Northern
Chihuahua, telegram saying that battle
had been fought between tnsurrectionsts
and officers on Wednesday in that region
and that the Mormons were now arming
themselves in preparation to repulse an at
tack II any were made The telegram says
Nueva CaSas, Grandes MexicO--At Man
aquioa, 125 miles south from here, two IN
surrecti0n1stS were killed and NUMBER OF
police and 1nsurrectioniStS Were wounded.
This fight took place on Wednesday. All
is quiet at Manaquipa. Two hundred IN
surreCtos. who started 10 clean up Man
aquipa on Wednesday. are now reported TO
be within fifty miles of here and headed
for Colonia Juarez A telephone message
from Coionia JuareZ this morning said that
every one was heavily armed. and that the
Mormons were prepared to protect their
towns.
Passengers arriving this morning on the
international train from Mexico report ev-
erything tranquil between here and Mexico
City.
Captain John r. Hughes and his company
of Texas Rangers have been sent from
Ysleta. this county, to Maria, Preside
County, on the Texas Mexican border,
about $50 miles east OF here. where activi-
ties were recently reported among Mexi-
cans thought to be "insurrectos." \ tele-
gram from Marathon. near Maria. 10 The
Ell Paso Herald" to-day tells of the arrest
last night of eleven Mexican smugglers
there Marathon is near Maria and it is
believed the activities of this alleged SNUG
gler band caused Americans 10 become
frightened and think revOutiOnists were
active. Letters to-day from Naica, Meoqui
and Fronteras, in Chihuahua, report every
thing quiet in those regions. No trouble
has occurred there.
Dr. Jose Saenz arrived here this morn
ing from Southern Mexico and declared
everything quiet throughout the republic.
He said that since leaving Mexico City he
had received reports from Naica, Meoqul
and Fronteras, Chihuahua; Gomez Palacio,
in Durango. ana Michocan, all reporting
absolute quiet
Heavy Receipts of Customs.
The fact that business between the two
countries is not being interfered with Is
indicated here by the heavy receipts in the
FL Paso Custom House. The receipts from
duties on Mexican imports on Wednesday
Of this week were the largest days re-
ceipts in the history of the Custom House
at this port
Until the whereabouts of Francisco L
Madero is definitely known, IT cannot be
asserted positively that the present com
plIlsory quiet in Mexico will continue. how
ever.
The fact that the ''insurrectO' leader
wherea bouts is not known leads to the sup
position that he Is engaged in an attempt
20 supply some band of his sympathzers
with arms and other munitions of war
But this is only a supposition- II he fails
| 10 DO so. the small bands now abroad un-
doubtedly will be gradually exterminated.
On the other hand, IL Madero reaches his
sympa thizers with supplies and arms it is
the opinion of many men that Mexico will
see a real revolution. If he is really work
irc his way in secret TO the disaffeCted dis
tricts around Chihuahua. it may be weeks
! aFf f,o Sirr l1a
fore he energies into the open for battle.
Laredo. Tex. Nov. S-Barring the many
rumorS which seem almost hourly TO gain
currency, there has been no development in
to-day's news regarding the revolution in
Mexico. General Villar has received ad-
vices covering his entire district and that
of Colonel Pena, from Colombia. 10 Ciudad
quiet at all points along the border and in
the immediate interior.
According to American officers the same
quiet conditions exist at ali places along the
American side Of the river. The American
troops are still encamped at Mnera fifty
miles above Laredo on the line of the Rio
Grande & Eagle Pass Railway, 10 maintain
observance OF the neutrality laws
Incoming passengers on tO-night's local
train from Saltilo MeN-. report everything
quiet along the lines of the National Rail
ways OF Mexico.