El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-14


At $50 D. m the Mexican combatants
were peremptOrily ordered by Lieut.
Col Tate to cease firing at once. and
bugles could be heard in the Mexican
fOrtificatiOn blowing the signal to cease
firing. An American soldier being shot
through the head and mOrtally wound
ed caused Col. Tate to issue the order.
Twelve Of KOsterlitzky's mounted
rurales threw away their arms and rode
to the American side, west from town,
attempting to escape to the interior,
but were captured by the American pa
troll just as the cease firing" call was
being sounded in the federal garrison.
KOsterIitzky Crosses Line.
At S o'clock Col. KosterIitzky and 90
men arrived at the international line
and surrendered TO the American SOL
diers. KOsterlitZky gave up his horse
and the men stacked their arms. II
was apparent then that it would be
only a matter of a few minutes until
Lieut.. Col Reyes would be compelled
to surrender. He soon followed over
the line into Arizona with his men.
Col. Oregon, commanding the rebels,
telephoned from the camp of the So
nora troops that he had ordered his
men to cease firing, but that they had
refused to obey and that ne was then
firing on his own men to compel them
to obey orders He asked Col Tate TO
give him a short time to stop all fir
ing.
At $50 Col. Reyes was at the Mexican
custom house with Col. KOsterlitZky,
and Cabral and ObregOn, the two rebel
leaders, arranging for a complete sur
render. Firing had entirely ceased The |
federal regulars had been sent back to
the quartet in NOgales. Sonora, and
everything was quiet Women and
children who had fled when the battle
opened, were returning to their homes
across the line.
Trains From South.
Three trains arrived last night rom Z
the south, but were not permitted to 4
cross to the American side
The victorious state troops last night, +
in undisputed control Of NOgaIes. So /
nora, celebrated quietly the days noisy ]
victory "Yiva Ia constitution was the 4
cry heard on all sides as the DaLue-
grimed soldiers Of the insurgent state /
marched into the border town
FederaIs as Refugees.
At NOgales, Ar1z.-Just across Lhe
street-there was no celeb ratlng- fne
defeated federals that had crossed the
line were housed in the Masonic nan
BY arrangement Of Col. kosterutzky Z
With the lodge All are free men,
granted the customary right Of refugee !
belIigerents With American army men
they chatted dejectedIy of the days
battle in broken English and Spanish
CLEANED Of island service
The victory OF the state troops
here throws practically the entire por-
ton OF the insurgent border state IN
the lanQS OF autl-E1u GL Ia AOA NS1 - 20 q
Prieta fell Wednesday without shot,
and Gen. Ojeda. marching TO ASSIST
Nogales. must traverse 100 miles or
trail with poor horses and all railways
cut between NacO and this point Nacos I
q subordinate port to NogaieS, remains
in the hands OF less than Toe federal
who are between the two fires
at Aqua Prieta and Nogales.
At Cananea. the American mining
center below NacO. the federal garr1-
son has been mingled peacefully with
a force OF state troops. indicating that
no resistance to the almost over
whelminE- landslide against HUerta VIII
be made at that point. Strong detach-
ments Of "Constitutionalists" from the
vicinity below Douglas are pursuing
Oieda's column Of some 500 federal
regulars mostly refugees from the
routed federal garrisOns at FL I1gre
and NacoZari
Col. wilder commanding the Firth
cavalry. arrived late Thursday from
Fort Huachuca and relieved Lieut. Col
Tate from full charge OF the noT c,.I. pa
troll Col Wilder at once sent Capt- =
9. Smith to confer with ODregon ana
Cabral REGARDING an amicable arrange
ment Of affairs in the town they h@d
Just captured.
rate Reports to Bliss
Washington. D. c. March 14.-MaJor
David Tate has reported to Gen. Bliss. J
II Fort sam Houston, that the bullets
which poured into NOgales, Ariz, jeop- |
lrdfzfng American lives, apparently
anne from the Mexican rebels and that ,
le did not return the fire, as IN doing
10 he would have been more likely to
lit the federals than those whose care Z
essness had been responsible for the !
,hots which entered American terri :
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