The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-10
Federal Forces Attack Mexican
Rebels at MuIatO.
American Troops Across the
River Are Under Fire.
LASTS 5 HOURS.
Government Forces Number
1926; the InsurrectOs 900.
Victory Costs Them the Loss of
but One Man.

| Mulato, Feb. 9.-Via Preside, Feb.
1O.-Mexican forces under General
Luque have sustained another defeat
in the attack on insurrectos whom
they have been fighting in this vicinity
for the last week. Today the federals
assaulted the insurrecto forces en-
trenched about MuIato. They were re-
pulsed after a battle lasting five hours
Frequently during the assault Ameri-
can troops on the opposite side of the
Rio Grande were under fire. Shells
from field guns used by the federals
crossed the river, bursting dangerously
close to the men of troop H of the
Third United States cavalry which pa
trolled the river bank. 1t is declared
by witnesses that frequently the fed
erals, chagrined at the fruitlessness OF
their assault, deliberately turned their
guns at groups OF women and children
who had sought refuge on the Ameri-
can side of the stream.
One shell from the federals' fire
burst near Captain Williams of the
cavalry killing an inSurrectO who was
watching the battle from the Ameri-
can side. The federals withdrew after
fierce fighting. 1t is expected that de-
spite their losses they will renew the
attack tomorrow (F>riday)- The in
surrectos had been warned that federal
soldiers were coming. They took Il
position on a hill near the town, in the
adobe houses and behind the banks Of
an irrigation ditch. The federals ap-
preached in battle line with infantry
next to the river cavalry on the right
side, and artillery in the center
After shelling the town at long
range. the soldiers advanced and the
insurrectos opened fire. The hottest
fight took place along the ditch. Twice
the federals captured the ditch but
each time were driven out by the
rebels.
In the last charge. the insurrectos
were led by a Scot, F. S. McCombs,.
and an American Seven Mauser rifles
were captured in this charge. The fed
erals numbered 325, according to their
own announcement. The insurrectoS
had 200 men in Mulato. The Mexican
soldiers We're commanded by General
| L1uue and Colonel Dorantes. the IN
surrectos by Torribo Ortega au1
Emilio Salgado.
It is impossible to estimate the
number of killed today. The bodies OF
eight soldiers have been stripped OF
their weapons but many more were
| carried off the field. Only one 1nsur-
recto. Emilio Lopez was killed.
The Mexican soldiers withdrew
| mile from their position and camped.
Tonight the insurrectos are moving to
a better position and there is frequent
|
spector Tom Perrine, and Lee Grigsby
were fired upon by Mexican soldiers,
and their pack horses were shot. Dur
ing the fight Deputy Marshal Eugene
| Warren disarmed several refugees.
Captain Williams has notified General
Luque that there must be no more fir
ing across the river
More Troops to the Border.
Ell Paso. Feb. 1O.-Colonel Sharpe,
commanding the United States troops,
was advised this morning that addi-
tional troops would be sent here at
once to guard the border.
Moving Into Arizona.
Nogales, Feb. 1o.-Funds in the
Mexican banks in Nogales, Sonora,
have been transferred to the bank here
and all cars of freight on the Mexican
side have been brought to the Arizona
side Sixty cavalrymen are now guard
| ing the border on the American side.
Orozco Is Still Waiting.
Ell Paso, Feb. 1O.-Rain, rare here
at this season, soaked the unprotected
revolutionaries at Rancho Flores last
night and today. Orozco is awaiting
! has been received since yesterday nor
has new word of Navarro arrived.
Orozco is keeping his plans secret.
Orozco's Brother Was at Baker.
Lawrence, Kan, Feb. 10.-Former
Baker students. who were in the uni
VerSity four or f1Ve years ago, are TAX
ing more than passing interest in the
campaign waged by Pasqual Orozco,
the Mexican insurrecto, around Juarez.
For students of '05 to '07 remember a
tall, 1.-the, distinguished looking Mexi-
can who attended the university. He
had a patrician face and though he
was reserved and mingled little with
his fellow students, what associations
he had with the collegiate body re-
vealed a refinement which marked him
as a member of some of the older
senior families. The slender brown
| Mexican was named Ezaqureo Orozco,
and when he suddenly left school after
two years attendance, he was accom-
panied away by less distinguished.
thoughtful looking man named Pas
quail Orozco.
While Orozco is undoubtedly a COM
mon name in a country where every
third inhabitant answers to the name
of Jesus, yet there is little opportunity
for confusion in both given names. In
the minds of the students who remem-
bered Orozco, with his abstracted air
and several historical books on early
republics always tucked under one arm
there is little doubt that he was a
brother of the revolutionary leader,
who with Jack London is melting the
Mez1icans to rebel against the oppres-
/ sion of Presid ent Diaz
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