The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-11


Last Wednesday al Lriunta the call
went forth from the jefos or chiefs
% Madera- Minaca and surroundlng
o. meet The fcdrrals. VINO we're report
90 marching on l.aJunta, junction
point n Che Mexico a. Northwestern
railroad. This movement had nor been
contaminated when the advance guard.
already conccntrated- moved forward 10
lud the march 90 Rancho. a hamlet
near Fedcrnalles. was begun.
slept On Their Arms.
Thursday scouts reported sighting
twelve federal scouts and a strong po-
rItiou was taken awaiting an attack
During the daylight hours this did not
matcrialize. nor did 10 during the
night although The horses were kept
men slept on their arms.
At noon Friday came the groundlsEs
rucnt forces az Cosihuirachic. While
no one seemed 60 be In supreme com
usud .tnc haif-d0zen jefes were work
iug iu perfect accord.
The correspondent counted 16f per-
frctIy mounted and armed men IN the
main street Of Rancho today. About
en- equal number were reported scout
iuE from there ~ central point De-
tncnmcufF N them could he seen oc-
casionally on the horizon n the mesa.
Three hundred others were encamped
about fifteen miles TO the southeast
ana an equal number north az about
fr0 same distance. AT were WORKING
N.H. sIN'.''. NIINIA TO n UNfa' IT n INHEtA NAeAA
ti are mounted. wei armed and wei
equipped with ammunition
Information Reliable.
The captains. who gave the infor-
nation OIL to troops other than those
seen by the CORES pondcnt. were inter
or tnrcee. and nll told the same story
IN csrentisL nc mey. therefore. be
stated nr fact that the ineurrecto
orn,- now operating west Of this city
n1n"ers approximately 1000 we'll
csuif ped men.
10 here were m directory Of the able
bodied men along the railroad line as
fer as Laiunta if might be turned into
on army roster without much cditing,
for at che towns along the road there
were mo- non -combatauts % be seen
except young boys and very old men
The fu-urrrctu-. contrary TO many
statements. are fully aware that other
interview after interview the CORE
rnoudrnf was Informed that the Chi
fuHnua rcvofufiouists regard them
selves a- IEc spark which may set the
country Iu revolt n they can win the
tnie city VIII De- occupied and that. en-
their belief This signal of insurrccfo
potency win hring about general re-
Must Win Or Die.
eve must win this battle or die
was tho sentiment generally expressed.
In speech delivered TO the troops
Friday. when 90 was thought that the
"a NaUui Indian bv birth. and one Of the
captains. speaking from the saddle. de-
cIHrod that trr men must realize that
tHer mirnt he merely MARTYR. but that
their deaths would hc a step forward In
tlo path or liberty
Thes claim that they arc not fight
fu- Orb place Francisco 4. Madoro. or
anyone else. bon the presidential chair.
In"N assert tn1t The death Of rorfirio
coTfuo9 o6 8 9r i5 ps eoH 9nieyyr in S9
honest government can be secured.
They -aE they have begun the fight 90
save thr country from possible an
arrnv. M1dcro is highly regarded. and
Ie ~ Ine FIRST choice. but Dee personally
u not c-sonually "a principle ~ The rev
Errd fn which De 81 held however. that
OIL .tirH Nadoro' was Eivcn at the con-
c'usIou Of Rochiu's address to the
ff fe tne consensus OF opinion here.
iu trr absence on official Information.
chat General Navarro halted his adj
vance when he found that his enemy's
.irn-'n YVES NUMERICALLY equal TO his
nru. aItnouEh lacking his rapid-fire
gums and bis three FOUNDER. Their pro-
FOUND hnoWledge OF trails and their eN-
mounted. also demand that the attack
iug force. worry largci- Infantry. shall
De- tuo or three Co one.
N resume Of events I'm western Chi
nuanuH since the outbreak three weeks
ESQ. as told by the rcvolutionists. may
Poo made aH follows.
Wien the fret outbreak occurred az
san a rure1s. tue revolutlOulstE state.
they bad been ordered not 20 fire on the
train 0f soldiers. because other pas
rcu~cra were aboard. The iusurrectos
were behind stone fence. and they
@licEc that when one Of the soldiers
caught sight Of one OK them he fired.
The "pronuuciados" then threw off the
restraint N their officers and fired.
They claim 20 have killed thirteen per
sons. ten soldiers. two women and one
child. which is substantially as has
been published.
Tho remaining soldiers were saved
when che engineer % the train pulled