Arizona republican., 1911-03-03

 IN SONORA Federal Position Has Be- :. come Grave THE CAPTURE of Fl T|GRE.
There Is a Probability of a Junction of the Insurrec- to Bands, Making Them Strong Enough to Over run the Entire State.

Douglas. March 2-The force which
 captured Tigre camp today is the
 seasoned army of General Jose Blan-
 co. which has been operating in Chi
 huahua. It is supposed that he has
 withdrawn from OroZcO's support and will fight independently in Sonora.
 An American from Oklahoma ar
 rived in Douglas this afternoon, who
 marched with a force a part of the journey. BlancO left Palomas in the district of Galiana. Chihuahua, more than week ago, crossed the line. and came through the towns of Chitas.
 Baserac and San Miguel. where he rested his horses for several days. He captured all the arms and ammunition in the towns taken. which capitulated without bIoodshed
 After leaving San Miguel his army numbering about 800 men all mounted and thoroughly equipped. marched up Pita canyon and appeared suddenly on the heights just above Tigre camp. which evidently had had no notice of his coming. Blanco evidently had been tipped off concerning a heavy storage of arms in Tigre as he in- formed the Americans at Baserac that he intended to take the camp.
 Francisco Garcia. father of Comis- ariO Carlos Garcia of Tigre reached Ysabella yesterday. Carlos telephoned his father that two men had been sent out to scout from Baserac and had been disarmed and that a sec ond party sent out had not been heard from. The father got out of the country. The father then turned back and is now at Fl Paso
 Blaneo's force is composed of the best fighters in the rebel ranks. They bore the brunt of all the campaign around Guererro. If the bands com by Gabrala. Bracamonte and Lopez join his army. the rebels will have fighting army big enough to carry things all their own way.
 The former leader of the Mexican army in Yaqui campaigns is in Doug las tonight. He says HermosiIlo has three thousand rifles, but no mach inc guns. American capitalists with big interests in Sonora are in session tonight here. discussing the situation which is very grave
 It is now known that with the big stock of guns and ammunition stored at Tigre camp. which the rebels cap tured. other cargoes were recently shipped from Douglas so that the rebels got not less than two hundred guns and fifty thousand rounds of ammunition in the camp. They cleaned out both the comisario's sup plies and the big company store The wire is still down between Ysabella and Tigre. Details of the capture are neager. except that the rebels cap ured Carlos Garcia, comisario of the place and substituted a rebel for him n office
 The rebels are reported to be on the stage road to Ysa- bella on the Nacozari railroad. The ederal troops at Fronteras are re- ported to have gone into the Ajo mountains. Fronteras is only thirteen niles north of Ysabella and it is not likely that the rebels will let the fed ,ral troops return to Agua Prieta. as vas expected.
 The Cabralla. Bracramonte and LO- 1ez bands are somewhere between l Tronteras and Douglas. The federal | orce numbers not quite two hun lred and the rebels combined havS ! i've hundred.
 This afternoon Lieut.. Padillo of the | 'urales and four men stationed at qua Prieta deserted and crossed | he line to Douglas. Deputy Mar ,haI White here is looking into the | natter PadiIlo is, the lieutenant who struck a rurale over the head with | ;abre while the troops were entraining l or Fronteras He says he fled for | ear the rurales would kill him in | Agua Prieta He is not armed, and | probably will be considered merely | IS a refugee.