Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-19
OFFICIAL INFORMATION SAYS
TAMPICO. SALTILLO. AND TOR
REON As WELL AS NUEVO LAR
EDO WILL BE ATTACKED SOON.
MATTER OF A FEW DAYS
MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND
CONSTITCTIONALISTS ARE SUR
ROUNDING SALTILLO- OF
ATTACK ON TAMPICO READY

At the ConstitutiOnalistS hcadquar-
tcrs i'll MatamorOS il was learned last
night that a general attack ON cities ia
north and northeast Mexico is to begin
within the next few days the conStitu
iionalists having in mind to bring to a
close the campaign in North Mexico. The
cities which are due to be attacked. ac
cGrding to the information. are Tampi-
60. Saltillo. Torrcon. Victoria. and Nuc
70 Laredo. The latter city. ii iS said,
will he attacked not longer than eight
days from today.
There are now more than three thonS-
and cOnStitutiOnaliSt soldiers i'll the vi
cinity of Saltillo. and this entire force
will be used in the attack on that city.
The federal garrison there il equipped
with artillery. and it is thought the
probable battle will be one Of the fer
cest of the Carranza campaign in North
Mexico. However. Major Francisco
Mujica chief Of staff 10 Blanco. il conf
dent that their forces will bc successful
i'm their effort to take that city
Major Francisco Aguirrc Leon az
rived in MatamoroS al o'clock veStcr
dav afternoon with one hundred men.
having come from Soto II Marina and
Padilla to receive the plan of attack
that is TO be used i'm the campaign
against Tampico. There are now five
hundred conStitutiOnaliStS between
Tampico and Victoria. and these will
make the first attack on Tampico, 10 be
followed later bv forces now at IIuaS-
tcca PotoSna. san Luis Potosi. which
will give their cooperation in the at
tack The number of the latter named
force is not known. Muiica would not
say when Leon will Stalt south
An nconfrmed rnmor has reached
headquarters in MatamoroS to the cf
feet that the railroad between Vera Cruz
and Mexico City has been cut If this
proves true. il means that Mexico City
il ut last cut off from it> port. and the
fedcraS will not he able longer to send
troops To the coast city.
Chief Of Staff Mujica. who has had in
hand the arranging Of the civil affairs
in Matamoros. stated last night that he
could not understand why the Browns
Vile authorities had not turned over To
TclCStcrO Cabrera. he new postmaster
he supplies that had belonged To the
MatamoroS post office which included
about Il hundred dollars worth of
stamps. He said that the United
states government authorized the post
master here To- turn the mail ana other
whoever is regularly named the post
master and that. the Brownsville Off
rialS had refused to do So
The supplies were brought u Browns
-illc just before the attack on Matam0r
IS by former Postmaster Gonzales. who
las remained on this side After 4 few
lays the supplies were turned over ID
GonzaleS. but the registered mail il still
in the hands of local officials The sup
plies are i'm the hands of representa-
tivcs Of the federal government. who
will net likely turn them over To the new
authorities in Matamoros
Assistant Postmaster f. T. Pierce of
thiS city stated today that the registered
mail Will be turned over to the Mata-
mor0S postmaster within few DAYS.
Regarding constructive plans. Major
Mujica said:
We are making good progress in the
repair Of telephone and telegraph lines
We have many men now ut work repair
ing lines between MatamoroS and San
Fernando and Jiminez, both these points
being in our control. The Offices Of
the telephone and telegraph dimes will
be in the MatamOroS customs house. and
we will try TO extend the lines as far as
we can
We have three gangs Of men working
on the railroad from MatamoroS to
Hcynosa. and in Il few days the service
will be ready for use. The Superinten-
dent of the Mexican National some time
ago ordered the suspension Of III en-
ployeS of the company and a large mum
ber of them offered their services to us.
which we accepted. Among the number
we have three engineers and Il sufficient
personnel to look after the detail Of op-
Grafton of the railroad"
Asked as To rolling stock engines. etc.
he said:
We have two engines. When We III
tackled Rcynosa We captured u military
train which had been sent out of Mat
amoroS. and we later captured pas
Scngcr train These are now in our
hands and rhpv will ha l,SaI ac coon ac