El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-31
UPRISING IN THE
SOUTH SERIOUS
Nacional Valley ''Slaves''
Armed; Indians Among
the Rebels.

OF the uprisings in southern Mexico.
the Mexican Herald has the following
to say printed in an incautious mo-
ment when it departed from its usual
method of calling the rebels bandits
and robbers and let its correspond
ents slip in with some real news:
TERRA Blanca, Jan. 25.-An upris-
ing at Tuxtepec. state of Oaxaca, on
the Papaloapam river, about Is kilo-
meters south OF Ell Hule station on the
Veracruz al Istmo railroad. has &C.
Cured News of the trouble has just
become known. The first word reached
here January "a at 4 a. m, when a
special train to move $50 infantry offi-
GERS and men from Cordoba to Ell
Hule as fast as possible was ordered.
The train left Cordoba at a. m, arriv-
ing at FL Hule at 10 a. m. These
troops left Immediately for Tuxtepec
overland, after being supplied with am
munition.
The second troop train left Veracruz
at p. m. with ESQ men, arriving at
FL Hule at 10:45 p. m.
third train with 800 men and so
horses leetf Cordaba at 9:15 p. m, and
arrived at FL HUE at 2 a. m. January
25 This detachment and the two COM
panies from Veracruz remained at the
station of FL Hule for the remainder
of the night, leaving there at daylsht
January %.
Officials Are Prisoners.
Reports are that 1000 armed men
have taken the authorities of Tuxtepec
prisoners. locked them up and. with
out molesrlng townspeople had left
there in small bodies for Chiltepec. in
the Vale Nacional (made famous IN
"Barbarous Mexico") where they ar
rived January "a The report stated
that it was feared 1t was the intention
of these men to arm the malcontents
at the different f1ncas IN the Vale Ma
cional and that serious trouble was ex-
pected.
Later reports the morning of Janu-
airy %, purportinG to come from the
jefe politico at Tuxtepec by telephone
to Ell Hule. state that the first de-
tachment of federals arrived at Tux
tepec last night and had encountered
the pronunciados. Heavy losses were
reported to both sideE
The federals which left FL Hule this
morning should reach Tuxtepec about
midday.
The country is tropical Jungle,
broken with many streams and small
ranges of mountains and whether the
small number of federals on the
ground or soon to be there, can eff
GENTLY cope with the trouble makers.
cannot be judged at the present time
An Indian Uprising.
Vista Hermosa, Veracruz, Jan. "a
For some time there has existed a
spirit of unrest among the people in
the mountains of eastern Oaxaca,- par
ticularly in the vicinity OF Ojitlan,
Acatlan and Toyaltepec. All the in
habitants Of this region are pure In
dams and few of them can read or
write all are poor and pretend to
own the land in this region and have
always refused to pay rent. Many
openly oppose foreigners, especially
the Spaniards and Americans.
For a long time these indians have
risen against the federal government
and talk Of revolution has always been
rife among them.
Information has been received that
Saturday and Sunday proclamations
announcing a revolution were circu-
lated in Tuxtepec and the indians COM
menced to rob the haciendas. planta-
lions and small towns. taking all arms
and horses they found
Officials Jailed
It is reported that these rebels have
united in Tuxtepec; that they arrested
and put in jail the municipal presi-
dents and secretaries of several little
towns in the mountains, and which are
some distance from the VeracruZ al
Istmo railroad. 1t is estimated by