El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-20

Azufrera. The best information OBJ
tainab1e shows that 80 deaths re-
suited on both sides, among the fed
eral losses being Capt Duran of the
regular army. The rebels were led by
Sixto Ugalde, a shoemaker of Mata-
moros, who, with Agustin Castro. the
ex-street car Inspector of the Lerdo
and Torreon electric railways. en-
gagged the federal forces at Solima
hacienda north of Tcrreon last Sun
day.
Some Losses in Fighting.
In the Solima engagement the total
rebel force engaged was 20, the lead
ers having had SO men when they left
Zaragoza and 20 when they reached
Coyote on Saturday last. The losses
at Coyote were replaced by substi-
tutes and about the same number
were surprised Sunday by federal
forces and auxiliaries. In that battle
two of the rebels We're killed outright
and buried in the sand. Two others
were known to have died in the noun
tains and another two were brought
into Matamoros Thursday night and
have since died. The auxiliaries lost
two dead The number of wounded on
the part of the rebels is unknown
The forces scattered but a force of
$50 gathered Thursday morning in the
highlands of Azufrera-
Federais Ambushed.
Here they laid in wait for a force
of government troops and municipal
guards under Capt Duran and caught
them in a box, dealing death to the
regulars before they could recover
from the surprise of the ambush The
regulars rallied quickly and attacked
their sassailants with fury and the
dead and wounded on both sides was
about equal. Reinforcements were
sent from Matamoros and the rebels
took refuge in the Aguichila canyon,
where they made their escape Capt
Duran's forces numbered about so men
and the reinforcements were twice
that number Ugalde and the two
other captains who took part are said
to have had $50 men, but they could
not stand up under the fire Of the
Joint commands. The federals captur-
ed IA horses.
The Way the Rebels Pay.
The rebel forces who again visited
the vicinity of Velardena last Satur-
day are trying to figure out how they
could be accused Of stealing the 5000
payroll and merchandise which they
lifted from the Ell Cobre mine, a prop
erty Of the American Smelling and
Refining company. The jefe gave, in
return, a receipt for the goods. Then
finding a bunch of pay checks which
the company issued on the store for
provisions for workmen they counted
out $500 worth of them and squared
their own account with the company.
In the fight at Coyote hacienda
near Torreon, three rebels were killed
and several wounded and two regu-
lars were killed. The soldiers cap
tured number of horses and saddles
belonging to the revoltosos. The lat
ter had made a raid on the property
stealing horses and merchandise to
considerable amount.
A band of revoltosos camped on the
San Juan ranch beyond Gomez Pa
lacio after having made a round of
the haciendas and properties in the
Sacramento country, including La
Flor, where several horses were taken,
the Quite ranch, a part of the de Ia
Pena hacienda FL Pillar; La Bohemia
and Ell Fresno, the properties of Oscar
Francke; La Florencia ranch near
Porvenir on the San Pedro branch,
where several horses were seized, and
Francisco Terrazas, of the Gomez Pa
lacia branch of the Banco Minero,
was robbed of $500.
Topia in Rebel Hands.
The news of the surrender of To-
pia, Dgo., was no surprise to people
of Torreon who had been advised Of
the manner in which the rebels had
laid siege to it. The rebels are pre-
serving order and no acts of violence
are being reported.
So far as can be learned, the latest
reports of IS rebels and Is federal
killed at Tapona seems to be correct.
Mariana TODez Ortiz was not among
the killed as reported, but a day later
when he committed violence to the
International train at Catalina with
Triana, ii was found that he was
minus a thumb as a result of the en-
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