The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-27
CHARGE OF CRUELTY
 AGAINST REBELS
Mexicans- and Insurrectos En-
 gage in Battle
REVOLT IN NEW PLACE
Indian Laborers Are Reported as Hav- ing Joined Revolutionary Forces. General Navarro Searches
 for the Rebels

Mexico City, January 26.-Belated news
 of a five-hour battle between troops and
 rebels near San Juan Evangelista, south
 west of Coatzacalcos, Vera Cruz, reached
 this city today. The character of the war
 fare waged by the rebels was exempli-
 fled in the cruel treatment by them of ca ptan and his aid who fell into their hands.
 | The rebels, estimated to be 400 strong,
 who had been pillaging ranches in the
 Acayuacan district were routed by fed
 erals on January 22 with a loss to the
 latter said to have been three killed and
 several wounded. The rebel loss was not known
 | After these battles Captain Gonzales of | the federal army with his aid was at l tackled by the revolutionists while en route to the town of Acayuacan on
 mission. They first took refuge in church at La Cruz del Milagro and made
 heroic defense The rebels fired the
 building, the two unfortunates meeting death in the flames.
 The revolt is reported to have mani
 tested itself also in Ojitan el Hue Tuxte- pee and Chiltepes, in the northern part | of Oaxaca. l The rebels there are chiefly Indian la
 borers and are for the most part with out firearms.
 | Little fear is entertained by the au- | thorities that the revolt in this section will attain large proportions for the rea- son that Oaxacans are generally loyal | to the Diaz government and will reruse 10 aid in the movement. Troops already | have been sent to the district from Cor doba and Arizaba and the gunboat Yer | ;e tn from Quintana Roo, in Yucatan. | According to dispatch from Tierra
 Blanca to Fl Seraldo today, a. clash oc- | cured last night at Tuxtepec resulting | in considerable losses on both sides. Ihe
 region is tropical and we'll adapted to
 the tactics of Indian warfare. In the north General Navarro is said to
 have left Ciudad Guerro in search Of the main body of rebels in that section. They
 are believed to be in force at San Tomas
 and Tejolcach where an encounter is | looked for
 | The situation there is said to be as | follows:
 | The federals are in possession of 200 kilometres of railroad from Chihuahua ! to Minaca. The insurrectos have control of the Madeira branch from San Tomas and the branch to Sanchez, of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railroad, ana are in control of the towns or Cusihurla- chic, Madeira, Temosachic and various others of less importance. The ranch owner. Terrazas, who was captured by the rebels, has been liberated upon pay
 ment of a ransom of 300 pesos $40o go'd). RiderIess Horses Found | Eagle Pass, Tex, January 26.-Nine rid erless horses with the hats of their late riders attached to the saddles. two or | the saddles also bearing Abioodstains, ! we're found on the outskirts of Cuidad Porfirio Diaz. on the Rio Grande river
 near this city today. The animals were | identified as those ridden by ruraies who | left 10 days ago to do scout duty on me river. Whether their riders were killed In
 the battle near San Carlos. town % miles up the river, last Saturday or whether the rurales wore ambushed and
 killed by insurrectos, has not yet been I determined