The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

pected That Fifteen Hundred
troops Will Have Arrived Before
Federals Begin O0erations-Stated
Rebels to Est. Provisional
government D ora With Head
quarters in cured City-BattIe
Thought hen Firing of Rebel
Scouts -.
Agr y ieta, Mex, April 15.-(via
Dor Ariz.)-In full possession of
6 = med rebels TONIGHT Augu Prieta
y be made the headquarters of
.pel operations in Sonora. 1t is
openly stated by the rebel command
ers that they expect to establish
here provisional government for
Sonora and that the rebel officers are
now in Douglas waiting for the word
to cross the line. With Red" Lo-
PEE and his band holding the town,
following it's capture Thursday. the
rebels are hurrying their troops to-
ward this place. With their men all
assembled they expect to have a
fighting force of 1900, with which
they believe they can Withstand at
tacks
The hardest fighting which the
Mexican rebellion has afforded to
date is expected to occur at any hour
in Aqua Prieta. The first rebel re-
Inducements to arrive-1OO mount
ed men-reached here this after
noon. They were led by Belasaria
Garcia, one of the best leaders of
the insurrectos.
He had brought his force in hot
haste from the Sierra Madre Noun
tains to lend all possible aid to hold
the town. Included in the command
is a small band of Yaqui Indians.
The arrival Of Garcia's command,
riding at top speed, together with the
firing of shots by a detachment of
rebel scouts. sent out, to intercept
them, led to the belief that the ex-
pected attack by the Federals was on.
Both Aqua Prieta and Douglas
We're thrown into a fever of excite
ment. In Aqua Prieta the rebels
made ready to resist an attack and
in Douglas the citizens prepared to
avoid the disastrous occurrence Of
sened a little by the knowledge that
the approaching men were rebel re-
Inducements
Whether rebels led by Antonio
Garcia, Juan Gabriel and Juan Gam
dalaris are mrching nOrthwrd and
are expected to arrive in Aqua Prieta
within a day or two is not known.
Several Federal forces are scattered
throughout the country south OF Aqua
Prieta and are massing for combined
operation against the town. Canea
dispatches give the total Of these
forces as 1,4OO men.
Aside from the evidence Of expec-
fancy the rebels are conducting
themselves quietly here. and up to to-
night none Of them has crossed the
line into Douglas All the saloons
were closed, by order of the rebel
commander.
Lopez, it is claimed, had private
grievance against f. p. Mendoza, a
leading merchant here and today
his store and stock was confiscated
! by the rebels. Mendoza himself fed
to the United States side.
Later this afternoon Lopez brought
his forty horses from Causltons.
The rebels have temporary supply
Of food and hay for their mounts,
which they say, they can replenish at
any time.
The possession of the railroad
from Aqua Prieta TO Nascozari is ad-
vantage to the rebels. On the other
hand, the rebels control Of the rail-
road and the closing of the port of
Douglas is a serious blow to the min
lnS interests i'm this section. Until
the port is opened and ,Ne roncl
forces i'm Aqua Pricta c!jhvr rout.
.d from thei. u,&iion o~ recognized
by the United States. the heavy ship
m"nt Of ores for the FL Paso and
Douglas smoltogs must e"asc.
This fact alone IS expected t. aid
ln th. ou,n.ue OF ,hc mort in Douglas.
If 'la r...'@ ~-.. q accomplish
'"- ..-r, a.t ,e,..s ,o Asua Prieta
and DOUGLAS. they will have accom-