El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-13

are now said to be in the mountains
near Matamoros.
Railroad Cut.
The bridge at Aguanaval, which was
destroyed by fire Thursday morning,
was 200 feet in length and the nature
of the river bed did not permit OF II
being cribbed, necessitating the laying
of a track across. the river to connect
with the road on the other side The
messenger trains from Saltillo. in the
meantime will come west as far as
Parras Main will come by way OF
Monterey. 1t is also said that an at
tempt was made to burn the Interna-
tional bridge at Hornos.
Another Bridge Burned
Communication was interrupted be-
tween Torreon and Saltillo Thursday
morning when the 200-foot bridge %
miles out of Torreon on the Coahuila
Pacific railroad was completely de-
stroyed by fire. presumably by reyo-
lutionary sympathizers-
Six men have been arrested in the
vicinity of Bilbao charged with cam
pIicity in the robbery of the store OF
Manuel Abascal, which resulted In the
shooting through error of son of the
local Judge and of the killing of Abas-
cal by the Judge The prisoners are
said to be not revolutionists but local
Troops for Juarez.
A carload of ammunition and nearly
400 troops passed through here We'd
nesday en- route to Chihuahua and
Juarez They came to Torreon on q
special train and were transferred to
the stub passenger train at this point
for the north.
1t seems that the long bridge at
Aguanaval was burned about the same
OF made 70 de-
stroy the bridge on the main line near
Hornos light freight happened to
pass at that point, however. before the
fire on the Hornos bridge had gained
headway and il was extinguisheG be-
fore great damage was done. This crew
escaped the attention Of the m.scre-
ants but a later train did not and when.
at 2 o'clock a regular freight with en-
gineer Baloun and conductor F. 81
Martinez approached k'1omsts- So -"
train was fired upon The engineer put
on more steam and refused to stop
whereupon a regular fusilade ens1ed
several hundred shots being fired
many of Them striking the engine and
/ cars The cahoose was also shot at. En-
| gineer Baloun escaped Injury. but Mar
! tinez. who is Texas Mexican, was
( shot twice, the tip of his nose being
! cut off and another bullet entering hi:
| body under his left arm and coming
| out under his right nipple He wa:
taken to Hornos and there caboos'
and engine took him to San Pedro
where he was sent into Torreon. He i
| at his home here and will recover un
less complications set in.
Many Armed Men.
A band of 500 men is reported to b.
at Naica and passengers on the Cen
tral train report word having been sen
into camp promising an attack
The band that assaulted Matamoro
| Thursday lii Grated the prisoners an
destroyed official records.
Later.
1t is r1mored this morning that i
the encounter at Matamoros the com
mandante of police was killed as wa
also the alcalde of the jail, Manue
Rocha The report also states that Va
lentin Rios, a member of the acordads
was wounded.
New Jefe Named.
At o'clock Friday afternoon, Lieu
Col Francisco del Palacio, an actiT
officer in the Mexican army, who ha
served in the defense of his country sine
1851, became jefe politico of the mu
hicipality of Viesca succeeding Maur
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