The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-22
YAQUI INDIANS MAY
AID REvOLUT|ON|STS
Mexican Government Has Taken Charge
of All Telegraph Wires and Is
Taking Action to Put Down
the Uprisings
FIERCE FIGHTING


Mexico city, November 21.-Fieree =
fighting occurred today at Durango. =
Torreon, Parral and Gomez Palacio =
. the latter town falling into the =
. hands of the relels. Three hundred y
= Of the federal troops at Gomez Pa =
y lacio are said to have gone over TO y
y the insurgents who have now turned =
y their attention to attacking the loyal =
y forced at Torreon.
. The fighting began at Durango at
y o'clock this afternoon and an hour y
y later all the wires were cut. II is =
, reported on good authority that
y twenty-five persons have been killed =
y at Zaeateeas. The government y
. troops, 1t is also reported, quelled .
the uprising there and are in con- y
y trcl tonight. y
y The wires north of Monterey have y
y been cut and no reports are obtain =
able beyond that point. 1t is be- =
y eved that the insurgents are re- y
= sponsible for the cutting of com =
. munication.
. El Paso Texas. November IL y
y An unconfrmed report reached here y
. tonight that e'O federal soldiers at y
y chihuahua were suspected of being y
= dsloyal to the government and dis y
= armed According to the report a y
y company OIL Il1aleS VISITED tile udf-
. racks and carried away all the arms .
y and ammunition. y
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Laredo, Tex. November 2-The situa-
| tion in Mexico appears to be serious to-
night. For the first time in the Is years
| of operation, the leased wire of the As
sociated Press from Laredo to Monterey
| and Mexico City was commandeered by
| the Mexican government on aplea of mill
| tary need, and the federal circuit man.
| ager in Nuevo Laredo was ordered to
| cut off the Laredo office of the Asso-
ctated Press to prevent information being
CLEANED from messages moving over the
wire. These instructions emanated from
tie headquarters OF the federal tele-
graphs In Mexico City, where It was ex-
planned that the government would re-
quire the full capacity of all its tele-
graph facilities throughout the night.
Coming as it does after what was Of
| ficially reported to have been a perfect
| ly tranquil Sunday throughout the great
er part of the rejublic. broken only by
a few almost insignificant disorders in
the smaller places. this action on the part
|
substance to the rumors of bloody riots
at Zacatecas, Gomez Palacios and Tor
reon, the authenticity of which had been
| in doubt
| These three Independent cities are sit
| uated In a region which has been dis
| satisfied for years. Gomez Palacios and
| Torreon are cities of about 1000 and
| 25,oOo inhabitants. respectively. and are
| located four miles apart in the Laguna
| district of the state of Coahuila.
| This territory was the scene of the
insurrection in 1908, which was quickly
quelled by the federal government and
which is supposed to have eventuated
In the sending of Gen. Bernardo Reyes
out of Mexico General Reyes at that
| time was governor of the contiguous
state of Nuevo Leon. The revolutionists
proclaimed him as their leader and re-
peated disavowels on his part did not
| seem to convince the central government
that he was not covertly abetting the
disaffection. He was dispatched to Eu-
rope. ostensibly on a military mission,
and has not yet returned
Almost at once the same element that
had recognized Reyes as their standard
bearer turned to Francisco I. Madero and
nominated him for president of the re-
public in opposition to the incumbent,
Porflri Diaz, in the elections held last
spring.
Madero and his supporters claimed that
they were not being accorded fair treat
ment in the campaign and Madero was
imprisoned the charge of insulting
the government by his statement TINT
he could not get Justice in the courts
He was held in prison until some weeks
after the election day-when the exist
ing government was overwhelmingly re-
turned to power. after which he was re-
leased on bail and made his way to San
Antonio. Tex, from which point he is al
IL. l.
partisans for the widespread revolt which
was planned to commence last Sunday,
November 90
On November IS Madero slipped out OF
San Antonio. made his way on a rail-
road train to Cotulla, Tex. where he was
met by four companies with horses and
a guide and departed in westerly di-
rection.
II was then understood that he was
en- route to the family estate in Coahuila
to take personal command of the anti
government forces in the field. No fur
ther word has been obtalnable regarding
his movements and it is believed that he
Is in Mexico tonight. Every precaution
is being taken by the American authori-
ties to prevent violation of neutrality
laws on United States soil. Governor
Campbell is reported to have ordered the
entire force of Texas rangers to the Rio
Grande. and the commanding officer OF
fort Mcintosn mas pidceu d uodpiS sutAiu
over the gun racks in each barracks Of
the four companies of infantry stationed
here as a precaution against theft or
seizure by Mexican revolutionists.
Indians VIII Help
FL Paso, Tex. November PA report
reached here from Cananea, Mexico, to-
night that revolutlonists are enlisting the
hostile Yaqui Indians for service against
the Mexican government. 1t is said that
over 1000 warriors will take the field IL
actual war breaks out.
Wholesale smuggling of arms and am
munition across the border near Nacn.
Ariz IS said TO be in progress. All trav-
elers are being rigidlv searched and many
are turned back. Both American and
Mexican officials have received nstruc-
tions from their governments 10 take ex-
ira precautions against smuggling.
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