The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-03
REBELS CLOSING ON JUAREZ
DIAz OFFICIALS, N DESPAIR.
BLOW UP THEIR PONDER.
Mexican Troops Biow Up an insurrccto
Train and kiii Fi,r-Hard Fighting
and Many Wounded -EN.Secretary
GARFIELD s&ssists American Nurses.

afternoon between 3 and q q clock.
With 800 Mexican insurrectos marching
on Juarez, about twelve miles distant to
the south, all reenforcements for the bor-
der town cut of and less than 900 armed
men in the town tonight including vour I.
teers. the rebels say they will set mp the
capital Of Chihuahua in ri Paso's sister
! city before another twenty -four hours
/ An attempt TO get reenforCenents into
| Juarc2 from Casas Crandes where Col
Robago and command have been fsh,lnC
rebels and taking defeats for n week
, past failed this aft rroon The Mexican
! officials wore unablo to secure trainnien to
! run train down tn" line after them II
would have been useless. as the insurrectos
advancing on IN. town hold both the
Mexican and the Mexicsn Northeastern
roads and are advancing on III" city in
! the shape oi y fan
w. showiuy tho extremes 10 which the
! Juarol officials have been put, they blew
! up their own powder supply this after
noon They admit that they cannot hold
! ont against tho rnhels. but ~. fortifving
! tho city and preparing 10 resist IN"
powco house IL about Two miles from the
city III the direction from which the rehels
are approaching and police sent ont at
. q O'Clock tonight touched n fuse TO the
building and sent - up IN smoke and
flame
! The only clash 80 far between tho adj
/ varcing rebels and tho Federils came
this morning between midnight and day
/ light, VIXEN the Federal cavalry sent ont
/ last night ~ intercept the rahcis II pos
sible wrecked n train on wh'ch u" enemy
was carrying exylosives. Al least tve
! rebels were killed and many wounded.
! The Federal. lost two killed and -four
/ wounded. 1hre" trainmen were wounded.
one Of them an American. Engineer
Charles Hay.
The Fedora l. dvnamlted q small bridge
about twenty miles south of JuGreh and
| then hid ne'r tn rack 10 attack the on :
coming train - q train. hearing only
| forty-tive men and high explosives, ran
/ into the cut ard the Fedo-cis opened
| Are 7 he rebels replied. and the fire Of
the Fcderals set of tho dynamite. which
exploded THIS literally blew III" train
/ to places
| The rcbclS on the train w.r. worS, II &
/ ther way slowly along the track. followed
/ by the main body of troops. The Federals
retroatei in short time and on reaching
Juare2 asserted that thev mad blown up
the train themselves and Killed hfty
, insurroctos. This was Genied az noon
when Fireman lnocente Billalobos. Brake
man Alarcon and Conductor John Glover
got in. They cane in or 4 handcar with
a Mexican Federal sol'le". All wer"
wounded hut Glover. They said the
and THAI not more than five rebels were
killed fnglneer Hay. they said, had not
been found Tonight liav was brought
! in on another handcar badly wounded
) B'll'l ,bes j. III an IL Paso hospits J.
Tho other wounded are in n Juare7 hospi-
,.l Ial,r al fltar. l.l Nd .ra
also brought t. juarez The Juare ?
Authorities are making absolutely no
ittemp' - send out an advance guard to
meet the rebels I hey have no machine
guns 49, fold piece. in .,,ia-ez. but have
fortif fled gll n. public huidings whore
tn"y " make their stand
ia mes Rudolph Garfield, former Secre-
tary of the Interior. who was a prisoner
on cne cf the marooned trains which
the relels held between ~ Paso and
: Chihuahua from Sunday, I'LL Wednesday
! night. declares the rebels have az least
scO in their party and that their ranks
are being augmented constantly. Howard
Fogg of ri Paso. mana ger of = theatre.
Went down into Mexico fifteen miles
| this afts rnoon and met a hundred rebels
! marching on Jlare2 along the Mexican
! National road They Informed him that
the main hand had gone wes' 10 cut the
J FL Paso Northwestern road ard prevent
reeniorce monts coming mp and that they
would attack 1uarez from behind the
mountains which lie south and west
| OF the town.
| PasCual OrozCo is in command Of the
rebels Ne il known a. Chief Of Arms OF
the rebels and has been in command of
the bands that have been doing such effect =
/ i've execution against the Federals al
/ Casas Grandes and Galeana, south Of mere
He is q former telegraph operator and
son of wealthy ranCher Of Chihuahua
His uncle or brother II prisoner Of the
teGeraI officials in JuareT, and Orozco de-
Clare- tha, he is marching on 'uarez for
rho dua purpose of rescuing his relative
and OTsring TOrt Of entry
Ahram Gonzales, provisional Governor
of Chhuahua under tha insurg"nt re-
gime. now living in Fl Paso, declares that
he wit l.. making his headquarters IN
.Ilacn2 by tomorrow night.
While they were held on the ma roored
trains hetwceu Fl Pa-o and Chihua hua
IN" American passengers were fed and
treated Courtaou-ly "" tho irsurrectos
The passengers formed th"msel"es into
- volunteer Rod Cross corps and led by
Miss Annette Co"ies Of Mexico city and
assisted by former Secretary Garfield
thoy aided the wounded. Miss cowles
j. Mad nurse of IN" National Railway
Hospital IN N"XlCo city and was return
ing to Mexico from the United States
/. when her train was hs!d up. The passen.
gers tore up Pullman sheets and banda god
the wolnNs ot IN" lete,S ard made them
as comfortable as possible
This afternoon doctors ] Rush and
e r Sinks Of RI Paso. commissioned by
Provisional Governor sanchez. left Fl
Paso to meet the insurgents and attend
their wounded They received passes
through the Mexican Federal lines from
the Mexican military commander OF
Juarez sinks was formerly a Uniteo
States army surgeon in the Philippines
Mss Cowles viii remain here and head
a corps Of volunteer nurses 10 minister
Ia the wounded when they are brought
NJ, and arrangements are now being
made 20 bring them to FL Paso for treat
ment II arrangements cannot be made
with the United States Government to
bring them over they are to he hrough,
ANYHOW and United States officials viii
be permitted 10 arrest them as violat ors
OF The neutrality law and guard them
while they are in the hospital,
Mexican postal officials moved their
post office to FL PasO this evening auC
are working mail on this side OF th'
river.
J Both the Banco Minero and the Bancc
Nacional moved their funds 10 FL Pasc
to-day and are .oing business at loca
banks, the forme" al the First Nationa
and the latter az the Guarantee Bank ant
Trust Company Vc:y few Mexican
families remained in Juarez tonight
All came to FL Psso
OAXACA. Mexico. Feb 2 According 1,
information obtained from Governmen
sources more than 100 rebels were killed