The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-24
FIGHT AS LONG
 g AS D|Az RULES Rebel Chief Madero Makes First Public Statement PROTECT AMERICANS American Prisoners at Casas Grandes Eagerly Await Assistance.
 Rebels Are Moving All
 Over Country
PROTECT AMERICANS

Bisbee, Ariz, March es.-T will never stop fighting as long as Diaz is in power. or until we are granted free and unintimidated suffrage" This is said to be the first public utterance of Francisco l. Madero. pro- visional president of Mexico, since ii was reported that peace negotiations were under way.
 c. Lynch, a refugee mining man from
 the Casas Grandes country, is author ity for the quotation.
 The assertion Is said to have been made while Madero, Orozco and other insurgent leaders were guests at the home of 8 mine superintendent Mexicaln, Mex, March 22-A close observation of insurrectos. whose movements have proved mystifying to
 wa tchers on the American side since the federals landed at Ensenada, has finally developed their plan of opera tion.
 The rebels have split their total strength of less than 400 into five bands with the object of preventing the fed erals who outnumber them two to one from flanking and cutting them to pieces.
 Nogales, Mex. March 2s.--Cv1a No gales, Ari8 )-Making the run from Del Rio to Nogales, TO miles, in three hours, Col. Pedro Ojeda, in charge of no fed eral soldiers, arrived here late today. The troops were crowded into cattle cars. third-class coaches and cabooses. The train also carried 42 horses. These troops are being purshed south to keep the railroad open to Hermosillo. Com- munication has again been established between La Dura. Tonichi and Navajo. Naco, Sonora, Mex, March 23.-(Via Naco, Ariz)-Two hundred federal troops, half of which are cavalry, ar rived here today from Agua Prieta and left immediately for the Hermosillo dis trict.
 Ensenada, Lower California, March 2s. Absence of any information as to the whereabouts of the insurrecto leaders, Berthold and Leyva, and of any number of insurrectos at all points previously occupied by them, except for small bands | l ernor Vega and his military commander, Colonel Lajol. to fear that the rebels are marching upon Ensenada. Casa Grandes, Mexico, March 2o-(Via. Fl Paso, Tex, March 23.)-Some action by the state department at Washington toward the protection of the Americans in jail here is eagerly awaited by the prisoners. Of the IT prisoners classed as | insurrectos, two are German, one an Ital- ian and IA claim 10 be citizens of the United States. The men are apprehen- sive that they will be kept in jail in- definitely and will not be given trials until after the war
 All appeals to the federal officials for the names and addresses of the men have been fruitless, it being stated that a week ago an official report had been sent by Colonel Cuellar to Mexico City and that as soon as conditions permit the pris- oners will be marched to Shihuahua City 10 be tried for sedition. Two Americans started on foot from here to go to the United States in behalf of the prisoners. Federal soldiers have destroyed the grist mill at Co1onia Juarez, few miles west of here, the only mill in the com n1unity which has about 800 American Mormons The soldiers sent from Casas
 
 port that insurrectos had secured food ar the colony.
 Juarez, Mex, March 23-United. States Consul Edwards said tonight that he had received no report giving list of the names of the prisoners at Casas Grandes His only instructions from Washington, he said, were to investigate whether the men were alive and would be given fair trio CrDn ie hat, f1ac southwest of Juarez and is cut off from direct communication.
 Torreon. Mex, March 23-A detachment of 100 soldiers was sent from here today to guard the hacienda of Tlahualilo. Durango Mex. March 23.-News was received here today of a raid made few days ago on Vela1dena, mining camp. by a band of 150 rebels No one was injured but the company store was robbed of $lo00 worth of fnerchandise .Torreon, Mex, March 2S:-- --official con firmation has been received here of tho defeat of a band of rebels on the Refu gio hacienda. by federals. under the com mand of Colonel Casillas, few days ago The rebel loss was eight killed and many wounded. The federal loss was one killed and one wounded. T7f7-:'si d. F. a-s !,
 Bsbee, Ariz., March 2s.-Juan Cabral. leader of the insurrecto forces that are threatening Hermosillo. wrought ven geance on federals for shooting courier who was sent March IS to demand tho surrender of Chispas. according to a ref ugee from Cananea- who reached here today. He reports that Cabral enticed a. force of 50 federal into the Babricaora pass and that few escaped Last spring Labral was forced to leave Cananea be- cause of palitical utterances. At the time he said
 You force me to leave now, but will come back"
 | Cabral is reported to be at the head of 700 men.