Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
mexican Troops Meet Stub
born Resistance in Coahuila.
Fight LASTS FOUR HOURS
.Fifty-Nine Are Killed, Carranzistas
Losing Thirty Three.
:NACozARI ALSO SEES BATTLE
Maderistas Attack Federal Garrison
Decisive Engagement Expected
a at Aqua Prieta.

Decisive Engagement Expected
sA at Aqua rriet"'
! MEXICO CITY, March S-The first
serious clash between federals and Car
ranzistas is reported today to have oc-
CURED at Reata, in the state OF Coahuila,
about midway between Monterey and
Monclova- The engagement lasted four
hours, the rebels offering stubborn re-
sistance.
The losses as reported from government
sources included twenty-six federals kill
ed and eleven wounded and tfirty-thre
rebels killed The rebel forces have
fallen back on Bajan, thirty miles to the
north.
Another Battle Expected.
Another engagement is looked for soon,
as the federals are advancing and en-
deavoring to follow up their advantage.
Only the most meager details Of the bat
tie have been received
Another column of federals is advancing
from the west, having marched over
|. land from Rincon, on the Northern Mex
leo railroad. These troops came to Rim
con by train from Escalon. in the state
of Chihuahua.
In order to prevent clashes between
rebels and the American troops, the Mex
lean war department proposes to send
5000 federals to occupy the border towns
in Sonora To this end 1t Is probable
that the government will ask the adj
ministration at Washington to permit
the passage of troops through American
territory.
Plan to Enlarge Army.
plan Is afoot to reorganize the army,
increasing its strength to 1900 men.
and it also is proposed to place an order
for $50 cannon in France.
The government quickly suppressed to-
day riot OF factory employees at Santa
Rosa, in the state of Vera Cruz. Anne
limo Mendoza, a Maderista leader, and
several other agitators were killed.
Maderistas Attack Garrison.
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. March S.-A battle
began at Nacozari today between the
Maderistas and federal garrison. Man
ager Williams of the Nacozari Mining
Company. while trying to communicate
with leaders of both sides in an effort
to stop the fight, was shot in the leg.
The fight at Nacozari is believed to be
"a clash of constftutionalists moving to
assist in the expected attack on Aqua
Prieta with a small federal detachment
stationed at the town Nacozari is at
the end of the Nacozari railway, a
branch of the Southern Pacific of
Mexico, about seventy-five miles south
of Aqua Prieta- 1t is the center of an
American mining district.
No additional details Of the fight were
reported here up to late today.
Decisive Fight Due Soon.
The first decisive battle of the Sonora
state rebellion is expected today or to-
morrow morning at Aqua Prieta. Refu-
gees arriving today from Nacogazi and
Moctezuma reported to Gen. Ojeda. COM
manding the $50 federal troops making yp
the garrison of the town. that 400 rebels.
mounted and well armed, are camped in q
mountain gap few miles south. During
the night the leader of the rebels sent q
formal demand for surrender. Ojeda did
not send q reply.
interfered with the work of the Arizona
legislature at Phoenix. Many members
from border towns are rushing home to
look after their families. Train service
from the south was annulled today after
the arrival of the refugees, by order OF
Gen. Ojeda, who feared the rebels would
commander a train In which to move
into Aqua Prieta, as RED" Lopez did
two years ago.
Rebels Plan Three Divisions.
, The rebel junta here today received
the general plan for the organisation OF
the constitutionalists. who are backing
|. up the stand of the state officials at Her
mosillo in denouncing the Huerta ma
tional government. The rebels plans to
form in three divisions.
. The first division will be in eastern
Sonora from Bacadehuilchi to the Amer
lean border near the Chihuahua line to
prevent invasion by federals from the
. south or east
Northern Sonora will be the operating
territory of the second division, with the
intention of taking the ports of entry
along the Arizona border, as well as Can
anea, Arispe, Nacozari, Ell Tigre and
, other American mining centers now oc-
cupied by small federal garrisons.
: Headquarters of the third corps will be
near Guy amas, the California gulf port
and north along the Southern Pacific Of
Mexico, and southeast into the Ures dis
! trict on the Yaqui river.
Constitutionaists Gain Support.
| Ell PASO. Tex. March s-With the re-
. volt against the Huerta government pro-
crossing rapidly in Sonora, the former
: Maderistas OF Chihuahua are ranying to
the war cry Of constitutionalism. The
. new rebels yesterday destroyed the Mexi-
can Central railway, between Chihuahua
: City and Rosalia, effectually stopping
trafic on the government railway be-
tween Mexico City and the border. The
: Mexican Northwestern railway has been
destroyed again below Juarez.
No material movement of Huerta troops
against the constitutionalists is reported
: in the state Of Durango. The special
train bearing the peace delegates and
: ENJOYS Of Orozco and Salazar ex-rebels
TO Mexico City Is again marooned north
of Santa Rosalia.
Hernandez Joins Carranza.
LAREDO, Tex. March Slight hun
. dred volunteers from Chihuahua, com.
manded by Col Rosalio Hernandez and
. other Mexican chiefs. have arrived al
! Sierra Mejada, CoahuiIa, to fight under
! the Carranza banner, according to ad.
I. vices received here tonight from Ciudad
s Porfirio Diaz-
Troops Are Rushed North;
Parral Is Still Isolated;
Carranza Captures Pedro