Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-12
ALL SUPPLIES CUT OFF;
CITY is SHORT OF FOOD
Force of 1nsurrectos. Said to Number
1000, on March. a..
OTHER TOWNS FEAR ATTACK
Cut Off From Communication With
Outer World. They Are in Con-
slant Terror Of Looting at
Rebel Hands.

CHIHUAHUA. Mexico. MAY 10. via FL
Paso. May 12-Two thousand insurrec-
tos. part OF the band operating In the
day to be marching on chihuahua.
Already the advance guards are en-
camped around the city
An armed mob just before daylight to-
looted all the stores and took all the
horses and escaped. despite the presence
of 1.5OO federal troops in nearby bar
racks
Santa Eulalia. an important mining
camp twelve miles east of the city. has
been abandoned by all the municipal off,
GERS because Of the approach of the in
surrectos.
Regulated by Americans.
The place is now regulated wholly by
Americans employed in the mines
This city, long In dread Of attack. 10
now in greater fear than ever because OF
the extreme violence by the insurrectos
in the northward march. The whole dis
trict, embracing Durango. Torreon and
intermediate towns. has been in a state
approaching anarchy.
To conceal their movements the insuP-
rectos destroyed all the remaining tels-
graph and railroad lines so that Chihua-
hua City with its $4,000 inha abitants. has
been isolated for practically two weeks.
This dispatch is sent 225 miles overland
by automobile to Ell Paso, Tex
The situation in the south is reported
here as:
Torreon, 260 600 population, including nu-
merous Americans. surrounded by insur-
rectOs estimated at 1000 I'm number; COM
munication in all directions frequently cut
of and inhabitants in constant fear Of st-
tack.
Chaos at Lerdo.
Lerdo. three miles from Torreon, IN
hands OF insurrectos, under Pablo LAWN:
condition chaos. looting and acts OF vio-
lence
Palacio Gomez. near Torreon, invaded
by insurrectos without resistance.
Durango. $1,000 population. capital OF
state Of same name, surrounded by In
surrectos and in fear OF attack.
Zacatecas. $1,000 population, capital Of
state 80 miles south OF Torreon, sur
rounded by insurrectos; possesses only
small federal garrison.
Aguas Calientes, $4,000 population. cap
ital of the state, described as a hotbed
Of revolutionists. who frequently make
incursions into the town and receive en-
couragement from the inhabitants
Relief Train Turns Back.
Parral. located on a branch line from
Jiminez. just south of here. sent out a
distress signal. Fifteen hundred insur-
rectos surround the town and already
have captured Minas Luevas. suburb.
AS soon as the appeal came from Par
raj an armored train was sent out from
here as relief. The train went as far as
Jiminez and was proceeding to Parral.
when II suddenly stopped and came back.
The official report states that the insur-
numbers that 1t was deemed unsafe to
proceed. The effort to extend aid TO the
besieged town. therefore. was abandoned
Americans in Parral are engaged chiehy
in the mining and banking business.
Guadalupe Cairo was entered by 100
men. who shot and killed the jefe politico.
a lieutenant and several federal en-
ployes. All the stores were looted and
the municipal records burned.
American Il Shot.
August Beckman, an American OF Luck
enback, Tex. was pulled off a horse while
trying to escape. and was ordered exc
cuted. Several shots were fired. but he
escaped after suffering a wound in the
scalp and hand. He. with other Ameri-
cans, appealed to the United States con-
sui for protection.
Rosario, another town, has been cut of
for some time. and Its fate at the hands
of the insurrectos is unknown. An appeal
from there before the wires closed said
conditions of anarchy prevailed. many Of
the regularly constituted authorities hav-
ing fed.
Indes south Of Rosario. was sacked and
taken after twenty people were killed.
Chihuahua city Ia I'm poor way to
Withstand a prolonged isolation. no
reserve supply Of provisions was taken
in before the railroad was closed.
Government Is Criticised.
Much criticism is made by citizens BE-
cause of neglect shown by the federal
government in not keeping the city noti-
fed of developments outside. 1t is also
declared that had the government ac-
ceded to the demands of the insurrectos
that no troops be carried over the lines
would have been kept
omen and much suffering would have been
avoided.
No reliable news concerning the recent
peace negotiations was allowed to reach
the city.
In the territory adjacent to and south
of Torreon towns have been invaded.
stores looted, railways and telegraphs de-
stroyed and the jefe politicos have been
killed off with something like monotonous
regularity, while in many instances the
federal troops stand by utterly helpless.
Those in authority do not conceal their
belief that the conditions about Torreon
and the larger section of the interior.
embracing the cities OF Zacatecas. Du-
range, Aqua Calientes and Parral. are
fast becoming a greater menace to the
federal government than Madero's forces
Renewed Steps for Peace