Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-05-16
Streets Of BeSieged City AL
ready Lined With Hungry
HordeS While Food Supply
Grows Daily Shorter.
TOWN NOW COMPLETELY
ISOLATED FROM WORLD
Rabago'S Army, Which Started
Toward Juarez, Cut Off in
Desert Unable to Move in
Any Direction,
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Shlhnahua. Mex, May 10, via El
Paso, Texas, May 15.--Thls city now
stands in direct fear Of an attack and
many people feel that any resistance
is hopeless.
1000 insurrectos who are approach
ing IRON the south today reached
Escaion, town on the Mexican Ma
tlonal roalroad few miles below
Jimenez. As they proceed the insur-
rectos are tearing up the railroad 10
prevent any pursuit by federal troops
on their rear. The federal troops south
OF mere are retreating 10 this city,
having fouaa Il Impossible 10 stem tho
onward march of the lnsurrectos. An
armored train filled with federal
troops which went south to open up
the railroad, soon returned with the
report that the enemy was In over,
whelmlng numbers and to attack from
the train would have meant annihia-
ton.
The belief IL that the insurrectos
easily VIII soon take Jimenez together
with the branch railroad running to
Parral and then VIII encamp around
Chihuahua to attack the city IN con-
junction with part of Madero's forces
20 be sent from Juarez
The federal troops are regarded as
heing effectively b.tlled up. Only L.
500 troops are in Chihuahua City.
General Rabago's 1900 men who
started to Juarez are cut OFF from any
return here by an insurrecto band
which came In behind him. The only
way federal relnforcements might be
brought In now is by railroad run
ming from Monterey to Nadadores and
then overland through the arid plains
in the states OF Coahuila and Chihua-
hua. march OF ten days,
II Is believed II will be at least ten
days before the insurrectos will be in
a position to open attack on Chihua-
hua.
Meantime the situation In the city Is
becoming daily more desperate. Sup
plies are scarce. All train and tele-
graph communication has been cut Off
for two weeks. The Associated Press
correspondent was able to open up
communication TO El Paso by series
of relays connecting with Casas Gran
des.
Governor Ahumada today issued an
city Of any foodstuffs despite the ap-
peals OF many surrounding minlng
camps. Most people, including the
700 or 500 American residents used
up all their reserve supplies thinking
peace was in prospect, Many Amerl-
cans have appealed to United States
Consul Marion Letcher for protection
In cases of attack. Some have at~
tempted to return to the United
States, but II Is impossible for women
and children to go. Conyeyanccs are
80 few that prices ranging from $500
to $3.50 are asked for n single automo-
bile trip to El Paso.
Governor Ahumada has made II
known that relatives in the United
States of families living here need
have no fear for the safety of foreign
ers.
More Notifications are being hur-
riedly built. The cathedral, the
top of which commands view of the
surrounding country and all the out
laying houses are well fortified, and
trenches have been built across the
streets leading to the heart of town,
Word that the war was to be continu-
ed caused keen disappointment es-
peciallv us suffering among the poor
already seemed 10 have gone the limit
of endurance. Beggars now literally
line the streets. Hunger drives some
to the extreme of entering restaurants
and boldly grabbing food from the
tables.
More hardshlps are expected when
the managers of some of the big min
Ing and lumber interests carry out
their threat of shutting down because
A. a. I.kI .f
supplies from Chihuahua. More
than 10000 men are employed In the
mines affected Some OF the mines
such as those at Minaca, Parral and
Rosario are located IN hot barren hills
which yield absolutely no vegetation.
News of the breaking off of peace
negotiations was kept out OF the city
by the insurroctos obviously to keep
he federals In the dark so as to pre-
vent the sending OF reinforcements to.
Juarez The very day on which the
battle of Juare. was fought the peo-
pie, on an erroneous report which
was given official credence, were
celebrating the advent of peace. Beg
yars and men who had served In the
as political prisoners.
nailed the news as the dawn of a new
IRA. But the next and following days
vaguely adverse reports threw the city
nto gloom. The newspapers appear
al with pesslmistlc comment headed.
God Save the Country" And I'm
What VIII II End?'
The editor Of one newspaper who
blamed the government officials for
iot keeping the public informed as TO
he true state of the war was put In
eil
RABAGO ORDERED TO
TRAIL BACK To CAPITAL.