The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-15


which they believe they can success
q fully Withstand ans: attack i5.t
54l Hard Fighting Expected.
M The hardest fighting which the Mex.
: ican rebellion has Afforded to date is
expected 10 take place almost from
hour 10 hour In Aqua Prieta. F
The first rebel re!nfoPccmcpts TO ar
riye--l0O mounted men---raached here
this afternoon They. were led by Be-
iassariR Garcia, one OF the best known
leaders OF tile insurrectos In Sonora.
He has brought his force in hot haste
from the Sierra Madrc Mountains TO
lend al. possible aid to hold AGua
Prietn. lncludcd in the command is n
small band of Yaqui Indians. M
The arrival of Garcia's command.
riding at top speed across the plains
and raising great clouds of dust, to-
Eether with the firing of shots by a
detachment of rebel scouts sent out
to intercept them, led TO the belief
That the expected attack hy The Fed
erals was on. Both Aqua Pricta and
douglas were thrown into u fever of
( excitement In Agua Pricta the rebels
made ready to resist an attack. and
In Douglas the citizens remembering
the disastrous occurrences If yester
!, day. sought places OF safety.
The apprehension was lcssened a lit
tie by the knowledge that The APP
pron ching hand were rebel reinforce.
ments. Rebels led BY Antonio Garcia
Juan Cabral and Juan Gandalaria. ara
marching northwRrd. and are expected
to arrive in Aqua Prieta within Il day
or two. @
Several Federal forces are scattatcd
throughout the country south af Aqua
Prieta, and are missing for combined
operation against The tnwr included
In thesc arc the commands of Col
t feet Chiapa and Lielt,iis iii -,.olon<l
1 Dias. The headquarters II these t;onp,:
/ have been in Cannanea. but for the
/ last five days they have brari in the
I field In operations, against the rch.ls.
I Cannanea dispatches give the total Of
these forces at l.t0o men.
All Saloons GI"sc,I.
Aside from the evidence OF anxiety
ihnd expectancy. the rebels are con
f6uctinE themselves quietly here, and
| up TO Tonight none Of if.en has cross
!ied the line into Douglas All the sa-
Iiocns were closed by order OF the rebel
commander.
Lopez, II Is claimed, h.ii n private
grievance against +. y. Mendoza. a
Heading merchant hero. and to-day his
!; store and stock was confiscated by tho
irebeis. Mendoza himself Ted xester-
day TO the United States Side.
Late this afternoon | Dr.z brou gilt
his fifty horses from casultons The
rebels have Temporary supply Of
food and hay for their mounts which
they say they can replenish from il,e
ranches to thn south. Tie Nacnzaii
Railroad will be used for this trans
portation. The possession of this rail
read from Angua Prieta 10 N:icoznri
Is of advantage TO the re,els. On
ts other iand. the rebels contr",
OF the railroad and the closing Of the
prrt of Douglas is a serious bow 10
the great mining interests az this sec
ton OF Sonora.
Until the port is opened and the
rebel forces IN Agua Prieta either
routed from their nositiun or rccog-
nized as beliEerents by the United
States. the heavy shipment of ores for
The I'll i'aso and Douglas smelters must
cease. This fact alone is expected to
aid in the opening OF the port in Doug
las. If the rebels succeed in accom-
pl!shing inGress and cEress to Aqua
Prieta ana Douglas they will have
accomplished y victory for their cause
II viii cnahlc them 10 bring practi-
icaliy unlimited supplies and ammuni-
ton into McNico. The matter is in tho
hands Of the Treasury Department In
Washington. It if
The shipment OF ores from one Of thu
i'helps- Dodge properties alone amount
ed 10 $50 cars n month. THIS is but
portion OF the large total shipped in
BY other mines in S4norD, owned prin.
cipaly by United states capitalists
No Fear for Safcty.
Many United states mining men arc
al their properties. but no fear is felt
for their safety. Late this afternoon
young American departed IN an an.
tomobile for Nacozar To inform Amer
leans in sonora OF the capture OF Agun
Prieta and of the closing Of the port
of Douglas This messenger carried
with him pass from 'Red" Lopez 10
insure him safe transportation through,
the country.
IIns MenRrc HeportH.