Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-08
REBELS EXECUTE
125 FEOERALS
at TORREON,


/ General Alvarez and his staff and II;
/ federal soldiers were executed yester
day in Toreron. Mexico, under orders
of General Francisco Villa. of. the con
stitutionalist forces, according to m
formation from reliable sources
brought here today, With the city OF
Iorreon, the rebels captured prac-
tically all of the federals arms and ar
tillery. The battle lasted four days
with heavy losses to both sides.
FederaIs Reach Border.
| Piedras Negras. Oct. S.-Without
firing shot, federal soldiers took
possession of Piedras Negras. erst-
While provisional capital of the con.
7titutionalists, late yesterday, and end
ed the victorious march of the gov
eminent army under General Macs
through the state of Coahuila, the
home of Venustiano Carranza, revo-
lutionary commander in chief.
Except for four stragglers. who
were cut down by federal cavalry
while they were attempting to escape
across the border, ali of the consti-
utionalist troops in Piedras Negras
marched away with the approach of
the government army. They We're not
pursued.
The federals were sighted shortly
after noon on a hill top two miles
south of the city. Cannon were plant
ed and when all was ready for the
battle, a cavalry troop was sent over
the hill and into the city Meantime
the handful of constitutionalists had
shculdered arms and marched away.
The federal advance guard encoun-
tering no resistance. rode through the
alameda to the deserted constitutions
alist administration building and took
possession.
While the constitutionalists were
leaving. panic prevailed among the
residents who made rush for the
bridge. The quarantine,
established by the city of Eagle Pass
because of the prevalence of small
pox here and in the surrounding coun-
try, was raised in part and several
thousand terror stricken people were
permitted to cross the boundary
However they were marched under
guard of United States troops to quar-
antine camps outside Eagle Pass.
Reports last night as to the status
of the revolutionary movement are
Some dispatches indi
cate that the rebel army is badly scat
tered and broken in spirit while others
state that the several bands still are
intact and marching toward a common
point to reform and renew the cam
paign. Nonclova and Cpeatro Ciene-
gas, in the central part of the state
Of Coahuila, still are under rebel rule,
It is understood. while private dis
patches received at Laredo. Tex, to-
night report that the important city
Of Torreon. in the southern part OF
The state, has been taken by the con
The whereabouts of the constitu !
ionalist leader is unknown. Venusti |
ano Carranza who was governor of I
1oahuila when he proclaimed a revo'
ution against the government of HUI
,rta, left Piedras Negras some time |
lgo ostensibly to take charge of the
'ebel forces mobilized in the vicinity
VI Torreon. From that point he went
westward into the state of Sonora. A
lumber of his lieutenants including
resus Carranza. his brother, and sec
md in command, remained in Pied
as Negras until few days ago, when
hey left, presumably to direct their
roops in a battle at Peyotes, south
# the border, though no battle was
ought.
United States military authorities at
eagle Pass will make immediate rep
esentations to General Macs urging
measures to insure protection of life
nd property here until. reorganization
# the municipal government. For the
ime being, no one is permitted to
ross the international bridge from
,agle Pass into Mexico.