Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-11
.0jEDA'S ARMY BOTTLED
UP AT aqua PR|ETA::
BATTLE IS IMMINENT
OBEY WITHOUT NCOUNTERNG AN OVERWHELMING FORCE OF STATE
TROOPS GENERAL CABRAL is AFTER HIM
PLOT TO FORCE INTERVENTION
DISCOVERED IN MEXICO CITY

border by I horde of state troops.
Ojeda feared that should he attempt
) to leave the town, he might precipi.
tate battle that would endanger resi-.
cents on the American side Of the
, border
PARKER COMMANDS.
Washington, d. c., March 11.--Brig'
General James Parker, recently pro-
NOTED from colonel, has been assigned
to command the first cavalry, with
headquarters at Fort Sam Houston.
! Dispatches 10 the war department
indicate serious situation at Piedras
Negras, Mexico, where the forces un.
der General Carranza appear to be in
! full control General Aubert with
federal cavalry is reported near Mon.
clavo.
! 1t is reported that General Carranza
Is trying to operate trains by impris-
cning discharged employees. Inhabi.
tants of Piedras Negras fear the town
may be destroyed. 1t is also reported
/ mat Carranza intends to take part of
:
Eagle Pass, Texas, March 11.-Mex-
+ lean railroad employees who arrived
here last night from Monclova report
ed that the federal leader. General
Aubert, who was expected to fight
Governor Carranza, has apparently
retreated south. The closing of the
railroad through Piedras Negras is
expected to cause shut down of the
many coal mines in Coahuila. throw
the coal miners ont of work and re.
suit either i'll their joining the consti-
tutlonalists or bands Of looters.
AMERICANS BACK OFT?
Mexico City, March 11.-Charees
that an American syndicate is hnanc.
ing the revolt of former Governor Jos.
NJ. Maytorena in the state of Soaora.
created sensation here today. The
charges were formally made in the
chamber of deputies last night by
Deputy Querida Mohena.
AN INTERVENTION PLOT.
Mexico City, Mex. March IA
plot to bring about intervention in
Mexico is said to have been frustrat.
eG by the suppression three days ago
0: disorders at Santa Rosa in the
state of Vera Cruz, when Camerino
Mendoza, former chief of rural
guards, was killed.
Documents have since been recov-
cred outlining a plan for securing in.
terVentlon, first by direct appeal to
President Taft to restore Madero. fail.
lns in which, it was proposed to make
attack upon American residents in
Mexico. The plotters are said to have
been personages connected with the
Madero government
FIGHT WITH FEDERALs.
Monterey, Mex, March 1.-THE
federal troops are reported to have
driven a large body of adherents of
Nenustiano Carranza back toward
Muzquiz after a fight on Sunday at
San Salvador Bonavides in the state
of Coahuia.
Followers of CarranZa are said to be
spreading the rebel propaganda
t'h'cLS lHc NiChdpOO lHuldUS, many OF
whom are focking to Carranzas
standard
General Trucy Aubert, with a col
umn OF federal troops, has advanced
to Barotoran, 60 miles north of Mon
clova, and it is expected he will at
tack Carronza's men at Muzquiz short
ly.
The city council of Torreon has
been removed from office owing to
the support given by its members to
Madero 1t has been replaced by
government commission presided over
by Juan Castillon, The commission
las been empowered by the govern
ment to use all available means for
the pacification of the city and the
surrounding country.
General Manuel Blasquez has been
named military governor by the state
IF Coahuila.