Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-27

the city, ready to attack at any mc~
ment. ~.
Cavalry was stationed on the nofthr
west and west and dismounted men ~
the north. The dismounted men uee4
the river banks for protection.
At 10 o'clock a part of the reb4
forces entered the outskirts Of Juare<
and opened fire The defenders replies
to the fire Of the invaders. The 0nr
trance is being made along an trfag9k
tion ditch leading into Juarez alfnoo
parallel with the Rio 0rande. s.I.x
The fire Is from ncrtnwego4N
direction. parallel to Ell Pasc. M
Mexican Consul Llorente. in Ell FaA1
declared shortly after 10 O'clock tN94
to prevent American rights beip1
terfered with: tffeN 7Jusf5zrsaff4son h6u
been ordered 10 offer no further ~
sistance, and that the rebels ,woult
take the town. ~
AT 1902 only the shots from tfsb
rebels guns are heard. Apparently
after the first volley In answer to the
attack The defenders OF the teH6
ceased firing.
After the defenders had fired -
volleys their officers ordered them ~
cease firing. The police also w0ee
ordered not to fire. sisf
A sr4all detachment OF Company Il,
Texas State Militia, engaged in guard
ing the Ell Paso electric light plant,
were fred upon last night by parties
concealed behind boxcars and said u
be Mexicans. Maxim silencers werS
used upon the guns and more than
twenty shots were fred. one bullet
passing through the hat of one of the
guardsmen.
A band of American cowboys from
Maria today engaged force Of Mexi.
cans on the Nelson Morris ranch. opr
posite Sierra Blanca, according to ros
ports received here.
The reports declare that the rebels
demanded stores, saddle horses and
guns. Brown Pascual. manager of the
ranch, refused and with four Americans
and 1--WE Mexicans withdrew to tho
ranch, where they were immediateiE
besieged by the rebels.
GUADALAJARA, Mex, Feb. 27.--rhtUr
teen rebels were killed and many otheSV
wounded in battle with the State
troops, fought at Tonaya, near Sap
Gabriel, in the southern part Of tn
state of Jalisco, today. The loss Of N
federal troops In the fighting consist
ed of a lieutenant killed and three -
iicemen wounded.
Samuel z. Magin, United States eun
sui here, hos been notified that Avt
American citizens interested In the ~
Miguel Mining Company, an Indianars
oils concern, have been driven from ~
property near Ebutla.
WASHINGTON, Feb. N.-Rea1sing
the need of stronger patrol on the
Mexican border in Arizona the wzx
department yesterday ordered twc
companies of the Fourth Cavalry frons
San Antonio to Douglass and one cont
pany to Nogales. Captain Mahlln Craig
of the general sts-ff has been orders4
from San Francisco to the Inperias
Valley to Investigate conditions there.
The Fourth Infantry. now divided bs-
tween Fort Crook. Omaha, and Fo1t
Logan Il Roots. Hot Springs. Ark,
has been ordered to get ready with
everything necessary for border ssrvi0e
and be prepared to entrain for sAS
Antonio upon receipt of second mag
sage. This will probably be the f1ru
iNEl 10 ItlnIOECS LnS DOfueT pAtf0k
but others will be assigned to such
service if Developments at Ell Paso av-
pear to Justify the movement
The assemblage of this force on tfD
Rio Grande does not mean an invasion
of Mexico, but il is admitted that thn
troops will NOT hesitate to cross the
boundary line to insure the mainte~
nance of a neutral zone broad enough
to insure the safety of persons on the
American side.
There is no thought of interventioo
In Mexico for the purpose of pacifica-
tion or otherwise" said Secretary
Stimson at the White House today.
''All that we propose to do is to pro
teet American lives and property, ana
this we viii do.
There is a general belief here that the
Mexicans viii respect neutral zone on
the border, and will not invite even d
temporary invasion By Americas
troopsr