The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-13
Insurgents Tearing Up Rail
roads and Cutting Wires
With Feverish Activity.
CRITICAL STAGE COMES
IN MEXICAN REBELLION
Women and Children Cut Of
From Food Supplies and
Rendered Helpless.

Ell PASO. March 12.-Condtions bor-
dering on panic reign almost throughout
northern Mexico tonight.
Stirred by the belief that the revou-
tIonary movement has reached critl-
cal stage. the insurrectos IN the states
OF chihuahua are reported to have re-
newcd activities in tearing UP railroads
and telegraph wires. Numerous towns,
according to reports. are under siege by
the insurrectos and thousands Of women
and children. cut off from food supplies,
are rendered helpless.
Following the receipt OF corrected de-
tails concerning the battle at Casas
Grandes. a town os about 500 people
about $50 miles southwest of FL Paso.
where eighty mon were KILLED last Mon
day, news reached here OF a fight at
noon today at Aqua Prieta on the bor-
der across the river from Douglas, Ariz.
Five hundred insurrectos attacked 800
federal troops. but were repulsed, with
total of thirty-five dead and wounded on
both sides The Hghting was short and
the insurrectos. armed only with rifles.
gun.
Casas Grandes Fight.
What is believed to he a reliable re-
port of the casualties at Casas Grandes
says that fifteen Americans We're killed
and seventeen Americans were taken
prisoners. The following. al first report
ed TO have been killed, are known TO
have ESCAPED:
Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Garibaldi.
RsouI Madero. brother OF Francisco l.
Nd Ial cin G-iI Inn
of the insurrectos; Captain Gutierrez de
Lara. and Lieutenant Valencia of El
Paso. Captain Edwardo May. n MeNican
of Madero's personal staff, was not killed.
but was taken prisoner. Raoul Madero
was wounded.
r. + Harrington. a former sergeant
in the United States army, who lived
at I'll Pasc, Robert f, Lee and Robert
Evans of San Francisco. and Roy Glenn,
a hoy OF Mineral Springs, Tex. were
killed. The names Of other Americans
4 letter written by Madero was re-
ceived here Today in which he denies he
made another attack on the town after
he was driven away. He asserts. how
men ana Is now within n few miles OF
the town. His explanation of the defeat
is that several scouts, sent out TO recon
noiter before the attack. failed TO report
the coming of Colonel Cuellar with a fed
eral force. The unexpected arrival OF
the fcderals resulted in a panic among
q.
had been shot.
"No Quarter Given or Taken.
The news from Mexico City that Presi-
dent Disz has decided to take advan-
tage Of provisions of the constitution so
that summary death may be imposed
by the military authorities for any acts
of violence and that the Mexican gov
ernment has decided to wage IA sharp
and decisive war of determination
speedily to end hostIitIes, has spread
reply through insurrecto sympa thzerS
here is that. In retaliation, the revolu-
tionarv forces hereafter Will expect and
give mo quarter.
that tho attitude OF The Mexican govern
mcnt Will intensity a situation already
tense; and Il will necessarily impose fur
ther bardships on noncombatauis includ
ing women and children living I'm the
small towns scattered throughout the
war zone"
No word has come from the city of
chihuahua for seven days. 1t is reported
the insurrcctos are camped around the
city, twelve miles distant in each direc-
tion, and are. successful In maintaining
Il stoppase of train and telegraph COM
munication both north and south. When
the last word was received seven DAYS
ago, II was said TN. food question already
had become critical. meat and bread
stutfs having been exhausted. The con-
,inucd isolation Of the place has given
rise TO grave fcars as TO the fate of the
5000 Inhabitants. The presence In the
city OF 1000 federal troops. under General |
Juan Hernandez, while being looked upon
as sufficient protection against an attack. |
is thought 10 have more than ordinarily |
depleted the rations. Like conditions pre-
vail in many small towns.
Military Trains Useless.
The Mexican federal troops have been |
provided with military train by which |
they hoped to be able 10 carry supplies 10
the isolated districts, but the burning OF
the bridges and the blowing up OF the
tracks for miles has made the plan i'm
possible. The trains are steel-covered |
and provided with loopholes for the action
Of machine guns
The best information obtainable here as
to the strength Of the opposing sides in |
Sonora and chihuahua states that the
federals under General Navarro have a
total OF 5000 men. OF whom 1000 are In
Chihuahua City, 45O In Juarez and the
rest scattered, while the Insurgents under
Madero and General Pasuual Orozco have
about an equal number but with no one
force larger than 1000
In his letter Madcro announced he had
taken prisoner and would hold for trial
Colonel Jose Soto. n member OF his own