The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-03
No PEACEFUL SIGNS
 ON MEXICAN COAST Insurrectos Warn Ameri-
 cans to Remove Families 4W --
 FIGHTING IN SONORA
FIGHTING IN SONORA
Roalrcad Connections Broken Off and Wire Service mittent. Situation Is Regarded as
 Being Very Serious

Eogales Ariz., May 2.-Whatever the prospects of peace in Fl Paso and Jaurez, there fare no peaceful signs along the western coast of Mexico. News that reached here today from various quar- ters of the states of Sinaloa and Sonora tell of almost continuous fighting.
 Tnnight Americans in this city familiar ~Ytns the conditions across the border regard the situation as grave. Not only is the political welfare of the Mexican states affected but United States inter- ests are said to be in danger. Even the lives of Americans, hitherto held sacred by federals and rebels, are no longer re- garded as safe in the interior of Mexico
 Railroad officials who reached Nogales from Mexico today. brought warnings from the rebels to remove their families as quickly as possible into the United States and to advise all their American friends to do likewise.
 Coupled with these warnings was the threat of the insurrectos that they in- tended before the end of the week to launch attacks against all the Mexican border towns. Many American families are coming across the border.
 Word came from the Magdalena dis trict, southeast of Nagles, of the com plete wiping out of a body of 30 federals under Luis Estralla by band of rebels near Otates.
 Reports of heavy fighting in the neigh borhood of La Colorado, southeast of Hermosillo, capital of Sonora, were brought across the border today. The rebels claim to have recaptured La Col orado, which previously had been the scene of bitter fighting.
 The situation along the Southern Pa ciac lines in Mexico, which parallel the western coast for hundreds of miles is grave Trains are running on these lines only as far south as Navojoa, 100 miles south of Guyamas, and Pullman cars are being run only as far as the latter place. An railroad connections south of Navo- ioa are broken and there is no way of reaching the many important ports that line the coast
 All wire communication is interrupted to the southward and only the smallest scraps of information concerning the real situation are obtainable.
 High officials of the Southern Pacific lines in Mexico arriving here today from
  ceived notices from the rebels advising all Americans to move their families into the United States.
 The rebels are quoted as having said If there were no peace agreements by Thursday night of this week they would attack all Mexican border towns. Many American families are leaving Mexico daily
 New York. May 2.-The president of a large corporation having large interests in Mexico gave out here today the text of a long confidential telegram in which the statement is made that "Rodos' mili- tary force is totally inadequate to cope with the rebels "He cannot hope" continues the dispatch. ito hold more than two points-Mazatlan and Culiacan and. we doubt his ability to do this much longer"
 Seven more railroad bridges are re- ported burned and serious depredations 6re attributed to guerilla bands who recognize no authority superior to that of their leader. Governor Rodo of Sina- loa has commanded a Southern Pacific train to carry troops, it is charged. Train service is demoralzed and no more trains will be run until fighting near Mazatlan stops. One locomotive and two sabooses have been pierced by shells.
 Mexico City has fully informed of the doubtful if relief will be forthcoming.