Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-29
AGUA PRIETA STILL
 ON RAGGED EDGE
One Alarm After Another in the Border Town Over
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 After ten days of comparative peace and quietude Agua Prieta has relapsed into a state of fear and ex- citemeut. is again in dread of an attack. 1t was two weeks ago yes terday that the fight occurred to the east of Agua Prieta, when the BlancO force was driven back into the hills. lt was two weeks ago today that the Nacozari train was held up at From teras and ten days ago Douglas was anXiously awaiting report of battle in the vicinity of Galiardo ranch that never occurred
 Following the report that an armed body of insurrectos had left DoueIaS and crossed the line the residents of the town across the border sui fered another fright on Saturday night and anxiety still continues rife today, Agua Prieta fearing an at- tack from the Red Lopez or some other force The garrison is again reduced to a minimum SO that the opportunity to take the town is of fered if there were a force of in surrectos of any size in the vicinity, and again if that force desired to at tack the town.
 Saturday night there was another exodus of the residents of Agua Prieta across the line into Douglas. The occasion of this was the report that insurrectO scouts had been seen in the vicinity of the town, and the rumor that Lopez had sent in a let ter and demanded that Agua Prieta surrender. The town has not yet been surrounded. nor has il been at tackled But the townspeople have had a bad fright and are still in a state of extreme worry and anX- iety. On Saturday night they came across the line in scores with rolls of bedding, clothing and as many of their fares penates" as they could carry. Yesterday still others came over the border. while the small military force now there were en- gagged in digging trenches and rifle pits
 < protest was called forth from Major Gardiner yesterday, the oc- casion being the location of the place where the work of fertilization was going on The trenches were being dug between the guard house and the international line. Should a stand be made in these trenches by the federals the fire of the insurrec- tos would be so drawn that it would cross the line When this was seen by Major Gardiner he immediately called the attention of the Mexican authorities to the matter and pro- tested. He was told that they were only dug in that location as a pos sible last stand and in anticipation of an attack from the left flank. But the protest was insisted on and Major Gardner was informed that they would be filled up today and other preparations made, which was done
 Last night the town was again fearful, but the hours of darkness passed without any attack or sign of the reported insurgent band and this morning Agua Prieta was still in the control of the Mexican federal government
 This morning there was another rush toward the international line, when a body of horsemen was seen riding close to the line. It developed that 1t was the United States troops patroling and exercising on this side of the border, and the crowd that had gone to the line drifted back to business affairs
 There are some who doubt that any insurrectos have been seen and think that it was the men engaged in putting in the Fl Tigre transmits sion line that were seen.
 This morning smoke rising to the south of Agua Prieta gave rise to a rumor that bridge or the Naco- zai railroad was being burned It was stated later, however, that the smoke was from a grass fire that had been burning for two or three days.
 The train arrived on tima