Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-02-09
FEDERALS FIGHT
WITH zAPAT|STAS
When Smoke Cleared Away
IS Rebels and 7 Nader
istas Were Dead
BANDITS INFEST TWO STATES
Express VIII Not Take Ship.
ments For Michoacan and
Guanajuato.

(By Special Leased Wire 10 New Mexcanl
GHadalajara, Mex, Feb Sixty
federal troops today fought with 200
jZapatistas, near PanjamO, in the state
o. Guanajuato near the Jalisco rail
road line, Seven federals and fifteen
rebels were killed.
Bandits have been operating in
! Guanajuato. and AIichoacan for sever
al days and as a consequence the
express company refuses to accept
valuables for shipment in those states.
| The railroad bridges at Torreon
have been hastily repaired and Abran
! Gonzales. minister of the Interior pro
ceeded to Eagle Pass, Texas, by spe-
cial train last night.
! A Difficult Problem.
| Washington, D. c., Feb. 9.-Although
Mexican federals have been victorious
against the Zapatistas in several in
stances according to reports to the
state department today. the federal
government is still facing a difficult
problem.
Rebels Take ChapaIa.
| Chapala, in the state OF Jalisco. is
reported to have gone over to the
| rebels, and events in the state OF
| Michoacan are reported to have taken
a serious turn. A report from the
| American consul in Chihuahua note
the situation there unchanged.
Picking Camps for Troops.
Tho of (rn1nnn1
Sturgiss' trip from San Antonio for
Houston, it was explained at the war
department, was to obtain informa-
ton of sites for maneuver camps in
the event of a mobilization.
EI Paso is Frightened.
FL Paso. Texas, Feb 9-Some
frightened Ell Pasoans have been pro-
testing to Governor Colquitt against
the passage of Mexican federal
troops through Texas from Eagle Pass
ito El Paso and then into Juarez. some
| fearing that it might result in a bat
tie in Juarez, or as the troops al
tempt to cross from El Paso to Juarez.
1.-The governor replied that he has not
yet given the state department per-
mission to pass the MeXicans through
land is considering the matter. Ordi-
narily no apprehension is felt among
through here.
Juarez Without Troops.
The Juarez garrison is now virtu-
ally without troops, since the soldiers
were sent south yesterday to operate
against the Vasquistas now holding
the country west of Chihuahua. Some
cavalry horses and soldiers wives ar
rived this morning from Chihuahua
and other soldiers are expected to-
night, but they are to be sent south
at once, following those sent south
yesterday, to attempt to restore peace
along the line of the Mexico North
western railroad between JuareZ and
Pearson.
Railroad Track Destroyed.
Advices from chihuahua today
state that the Mexican National be-
tween there and Torreon is still torn
VI and that Nuch of the Mexico North
western traC'. has been destroyed be-
tween Chihuahua and MADEIRA, along
which much of the early fighting of
the Madero revolution took place.
Chihuahua People Fleeing.
Several bands estimated at from
one hundred to five hundred men,
each, are in action west of Chihuahua.
Residents of Chihuahua anxious to
escape being killed as innocent spec
tators are taking trains to Ell Paso as
| fast as they can get them. Disinter-
ested people estimate that there are
many more men in arms against the
government in Chihuahua than there
are supporting it. Pasqual Orozco
still declines to take the governor
ship. and Governor Abram Gonzales
is unable to reach there from Tor
reon, where he has been marooned by
!, burned railroad bridges.
The entire district in northwestern
, Chihuahua through which the North
u western line runs, is in charge of the
Vasquistas according to the advices
u received from this district. There
= are now about 1,500 Vasquistas under
arms in this district and the towns
- in this section through which the
t. Pearson line runs are said to be in
: the control of the men. Casas Gran.
y des, MADEIRA, Palomas, Ascension
i Sabinal, Santa Sofia. and the other
small towns are reported to be in
control of the discontents who arc
conducting the municipal affairs after
their own plans.
= Texas Rangers Would Stop Troops
Austin, Texas, Feb, Ex-Governor
Colquitt has not granted permission to
D. Mexican federal troops to move
/ through Texas territory from Eagle
y Pass to Juarez. The state depart
r ment is reported to have given such
: permission to the Mexican govern
! ment but the state department wired
j. the Texas governor to know if thert
: would be any objection and Governor
Colquitt still has the matter under
d consideration. In event the Mexican
q troops attempt to cross into Texas
territory from Eagle Pass, they coult
n be stopped by the Texas rangers, il
e is explained.
n Sta+e Capital Sacked.
e Mexico City. Mex. Feb. "a large