The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-13
REBEL GENERAL IN
DEFIANT ATTITUDE
Continued from Page One.)


Preside tonight. Pascual orozco. rebel
comma nder-in- chief. has established
HEADQUARTERS within tho town, which It
is believed will be made the base of op-
erations In northern Chihuahua.
The federal losses are stated TO be
three killed and seven wounded and the
rebel casualties ten killed and a number
wounded. Panicho Sanchez, nephew OF
General Jose De La Cruz Sanchez. fed
eral commander at ojlnaEa. Is among the
federal dead The attacking party was
composed OF 200 rebels
At the outset Of the engagem ent which
began several days ago, the federal gar
| rison at OJinaGa was OF about equal
OF his men crossed to Presidio. leaving
100 men to defend the town. This little
band continued to fight until Wednesday
midnight, when. because Of lack OF
ammunition. they were forced to yield TO
the attacking party.
1t Is reported that besides the rebel
leader, several members of his family
participated In tho battle and that 1900
This. however, as we'll as the sta tement
OF the Mexican secret agent. is declared
improbable by persons usually well in
formed to affairs south Of the border
A party Of United States army officers
and sightseers who viewed the fighting
from Preside returned to Maria tonight,
Zapata Is Active.
MEXICO CITY, Sept, 12,--The Zapa-
tistas have been unusually sctiye the last
week In their marauding operations In
the states Of Morelos and Mexico, and
today word was received that Emiliano
Iapata is concentrating his forces at
Alaltizapan. twenty miles south Of Cuer-
navaca, with the announced intention of
| marching on CuernavaCa, the capital of
Morelos. on September 10.
Regular ira fife on the Cuernavaca di-
vision OF the National Railways has been
suspended indefinitely az the result Of
Tuesdays attack by zaps tlstas on a pas
senger train. fifty miles south of Mexico
persons were injured in the attack. one
of whom has since died, Two women
| passengers were carried into the noun
| tains by the bandits. The wife OF Cen
eral Angeles, commander OF the federal
| troops In Morelos. was among tho pas
sengcrs robbed.
a number OF employees have refused
TO man trains. appreeiating the prospects
OF an attack from the Zapatistas
Wood Sends Warning.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.-MaJor Gem
eral Wood. chief Of stan. today instructed
army officers at Nogales and Douglas,
ArIz., TO notify the Mexicans. both fed
be permitted TO endanGer American life
and property by directing their rifle fire
| Into American territory.
II the warnings were dlsregarded by
| tho Mexlcans. the American commanding
| officers may act at their own discretion.
| The arrival OF Mexican federal reinforce
| meuts at the threatened points, it Is eX-
pected. will result in the withdrawal OF
mena cling rebel forces TO the southwark.
Regarded as Rebels.
| WASHINGTON. Sept. 1o.-The state
department does not approve the sugges-
| tion of Senator Fall that the United States
recognize the belllgerenCy of the MeNi-
| can rebels, that 1t might act as umpire
| or mediator.
it was said at the department that the
rebels held no important towns. had no
accredited head and had failed to fol-
low any set military programme. Under
these circumstances. II was declared, the
| revolutionists should be regarded only as
rebels against a friendly government.
Leaders Estranged.
Ell PAso. Tex, Sept. 12.-An absolute
| estrangement exists between General
/ Pa scual Orozco, Jr and General SaIa gar.
according To advices received today by
! the United states secret service.
! The 1900 rebels attacking Oiipaga arc
! OroZoo's followers. Four hundred opcr-
ating on the Texas border near Jusrez
Salazar leads 1900 believers in the po-
litical doctrine OF Flores Magon- They
are scattered through the west.
Salazar's Sonora campaign methods
Executed Without Trial.
! TOJTCA, Mexico. Sept, l2-Twenty-
| two Zapatistas captured yesterday in a
| battle with federal troops near San Matco.
state of Mexico, were executed today un-
der the terms OF the suspended consti-
tutonal guarantees.
John CHI. q British mining man. was
| rescued from a band OF ZaDatist3s and
| brought TO Toluca by Lieutenant Liebauo
who returned today from expedition
! robbed GIL OF 1000 pesos and his cloth
ing. the Zapatistas carried him away,
Campo Hear Nogales,
NOGALr,s. Ariz.. Sept I2.-Emillo
| Campa aud his band reported en-
! camped at Pinto. thirty miles southea ST
of here Engineer Linn OF the Southern
Pacltc passenger train destroyed by Cam
pas band yesterday, arrived today afoot.
Tie reported his engine was sent running
wild southwark
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