The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-25
AMERICAN TELLS IF BATTLES IN MEXICO A Cattleman Passes Through
 Stirring Scenes HIS TRAIN IS ATTACKED Mexican Rebels Fire at the @rnIn on Which Texnn k TrnvrA and
 He Also Gets
 Wreck Later
HIS TRAIN IS ATTACKED

Fl Paso. Tex, November 2l-George
 Sharpe. manager of the Southwestern
 Cattle company of this city. just arrived
 from Mexico. was a passenger on the
 afexican Northwest train attacked by revoutionists Monday.
 MT. Sharp went to Mexico a week ago and soon found himself in the center of one of the disturbed districts. His story follows:
 '.When the regular passenger train, car rying three. coaches of soldiers bound for Guerrero. left Chihuahua Monday morn ing it was not believed that 1t would en- counter any serious opposition. At San Andras, which is about 40 miles west of Chihuahua. the train was met with a hot rifle fire from revolutionists, who were concealed behind vacant houses and piles of wood. At the first volley a lieutenant and several soldiers on the train were killed outright, as were three women and a young child Two men were badly wounded and several others injured. al though not seriously.
 The presence of mind Of the engineer, who opened the throttle and drove the train beyond the fire of the revolutionists. undoubtdly saved the lives of the remain der of the troops. With the window lights of the coaches broken, the frames shat tered by bullets and the soldiers in a panic the train arrived at Bustillos, where the coaches bearing the troops were left on a sidetrack.
 'The railway officials, fearing trouble further ahead. refused to take the sol diers to their destination, and at last re- ports they were huddled within church afraid to come out
 A T -td In n the outskirts of Guerrero when l was surprised to hear heavy rife firing in the town. I attempted to ride around the place to avoid the trouble, when l was met by two revolutionists, who inquired my business and advised me to leave the country for the sake of safety. Guerrero soon fell Into the hands of the rebels, and the troops are now in & state of siege in the barracks. It is confidently ex- pected by the insurrectionists that the troops will either be killed or taken.
 "A party of rebels left Guerrero Mon day morning and marched on the village of Minara, capturing the place without opposition. Two large stores here were sacked and all guns, ammunition and provisions taken.
 Leaving AIinaca, the band captured San Ysadia, after an engagement which resulted in the death of 39 soldiers and rurales, and with the loss of only one  revolutionist.
 At this town I boarded the train bound for Chihuahua, and it was this train that was wrecked at San Andras by the revolutionists, who had removed two rails Several persons were injured, though not fatally.
 "The rebels surrounded the train, but seeing there were no troops did not mo- lest the passengers. It was here that talked with several of the leaders. who dclared that the regime of Diaz was a thing of the past.
 ''The rebels at this point numbered about 600 men. all of whom were well equipped, carrying rifles, revolvers and swords Each man is provided with a good horse and seemed anxious to fight. After seriously considering the propo- sition to hold the passengers of the train as prisoners to be exchanged for rebels, we were finally allowed to send single message to Chihuahua for relief train, which arrived Tuesday afternoon and which subsequently, brought us to Cli- huahua The wreck was not allowed to be cleared