The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-31
TWO DAYS FIGHT.
Bloody Battle Rages Around
Santa Barbara, Mexico.
Both Com batants Have Sent for
ReinfOrcements.
CASUALTIES HEAVY.
CASUALTIES HEAVY
Rebel Officers See Little Pros
pect for Peace.
List of Americans Held Prison
ers by Federal Forces.

FL Paso, March 31.-A stubbornly
fought and bloody battle between 500
insurrectos and 200 federal troops,
has ragged around the little town of
Santa Barbara, southwest of the city
Of Chihuahua since Wednesday morn
ing according to a telegram received
here last night from Parral. Both
sides have sent for reinforcements.
Wednesday morning, according to the
Parral dispatch, the insurrectos at
tackled and took Santa Barbara but
before they could strengthen its de-
fenses, the federals rallied and at
tempted to retake the place A body
of 25 rurales charged through the
insurrecto lines and succeeded in
reaching the municipal building, but
were cut off from the federal body.
They took refuge in the building, but
the telegram from Parral does not
reveal their fate.
Finding himself out numbered, Col
onel Arzamendi, in command of the
federal troops sent to Parral for rein
fOrcements and the insurrecto lead
ers are said to have dispatched mes
sengers in the direction of the camp
of Madero and Orozco on similar
errand. Neither side had received re-
inforcements when the message
reached here. 1t is said that both sides
exhibited the greatest GOODNESS and
bravery ana CnaL the percentage O1
killed and wounded is exceptionally
high.
Little Prospect for Peace
Officers of the insurrecto junta
here, while declaring that they hope
earnestly for peace, again stated to-
day that there seems little prospect
for immediate cessation of hOstilitieS.
Gonzales Garza, insurrecto secretary
of state says that the army in the field
will have the final vote on any peace
negotiations and that he does not be-
lieve they will vote to accept any
terms that do not include the resigna-
ton of President Diaz. He declares
the movement is an anti-DiaZ one be-
Apparently railroad officials have
given up hope of opening the Mexican
nationaI lines between Juarez and
Chihuahua as they have begun to
send freight in the Juarez yards back
into the United States under bond to
be routed to Chihuahua via Eagle
Pass Not train has moved between
Juarez and Chihuahua since January
%, except the armored train bringing
General Navarro's reinforcements
which repaired track and bridges be-
fore it. under cover of field guns.
Repair work on the Mexico North
western road is proceeding without
interruption between Juarez and Pear
son.
List OF American Prisoners.
The following message has just been
received dated Casas Grandes, Mexico,
in response to a message sent earlier
in the week by the Associated Press to
Colonel Samuel Garcia Cuellar asking
him to give the names of foreigners
held as prisoners by Mexicans captur-
ed in the battle of Casas Grandes.
Associated Press: The names and ad-
dresses of the foreign prisoners who
were captured by the federal troops in
the fight of the sixth of March are as
follows: J. w. Graham, Oklahoma
City. Rural Route No 1; John R. Plee.
McKitrick. CAL; John Harrison, care
of Richard Patter. Del Rio. Tex: c. H.
Rico, 1742 Bush street. San Francisco
Cal; william Current, Elick, Ok, box
AZ: Bruce Robert Jacoby. 2016 North
Central avenue, Minneapolis; Sidney
Sewers. care B. E. Sewers, 357 West
115th New York: Alfred FRANKIE, 904
STAFFORD. Santa Ana, Cal; James H.
Jones, Duluth. Mimi; Floyd o. Martin,
$50 Navajo street, Denver, Col; Ben
d. Hernenway Fort Wayne, Ind; c.
c. Carlton, williams, Ariz. Ferdinand
Lieber Maine-on-the-R Rhine, Germany;
Freder Oberburschor, Engleswircher,
Germany: Jue Murray, care Thomas
Lowrey, BAL East Forty-third street,
New York: F. G. Fowler. 2845 South
Jennings avenue. Fort Worth, Tex.
(Sgned) S. GARCIA CUELLAR.