New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-23
Carranzistas Dismayed as
Leader of 10000 Repudi-
ateS First Chief"
ZACATECAS ADVANCE
ENGAGES OUTPOSTS
Border Believes Civil Govern.
ment in Rebel Territory
Has Ceased.
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

Nogales, Ariz., June 22.-Rebel forces
in Sonora to-day repudiated General
Nenustiano CarranZa and aligned them
selves with General Pancho Villa, when
General Aware 0bregon placed himself
and his entire command at the service
of Villa. General Obregon has been
regarded as Carranza's most loyal sup
porter, and his reputation of the FIRST
chief" came as a distinct surprise 20
the Carranzistas in this state.
Obregon has more than ten thousand
men under arms, and his offer, it IS
stated in advices from the south, hos
been accepted. His main army now is
moving upon Guadalajara. 1t will re-
quire some days yet for the rebels to
reach there, but reports received at
the border say rapid progress is being
made and little Federal opposition is
being encountered. The move toward
Guadalajara practically leaves Quay
mas and Mazatlan in Federal hands,
with no further attempt to take them.
For months General Oregon has been
carrying on a siege of the west coast
ports, but the campaign, it is admitted,
has not been successful.
By Telegraph TO The Tribune.
Juarez, Mexico. June 22.-"Deny most
emphatically that there is any split be-
tween CarranZa and myself
This is the message Villa sends from
the battle front to Juarez agents. Villa
men say it is literally true. Villa has
had no quarrel with Carranza. He has
left Carranza nothing to quarrel about.
With the exception of an empty title
and an Office force at Saltillo. Carranza
he's no active supporters in Mexico.
All who were active for him are either
under arrest or on the American side
OF the international boundary.
Efforts made during the last til rec
days to secure the release of Carranza
officials have failed. Villa not only has
not ordered the release of the Office
holders he ordered arrested. but he will
not reply to the appeals sent to him
b. Carranza sympathizers.
Colonel Tomas Ornelas, commander
of the Villa forces in Juarez, to-day
notified Csrranzistas in Ell Paso that
they are at liberty to come to Juarez
and that they will not be molested.
None have come. None of the twenty
five Carranza men arrested in Juarez
and none of the more than one hundred
arrested at other places by Villas or
ders have been given their liberty, nor
can Carranza men on the border get
any word of them. Villa denies that
they are in prison, but they certainly
are out Of reach of communication.
What is regarded as even more sus-
picious is that no word regarding them
can come from General Carranza.
kilograms to him at Saltillo regarding
his officials remain unanswered. Villa
controls the telegraph lines and Car
- 4 l. l. L.
that CarranZa does not get messages
sent TO him. The feeling is growing
on the border that there no longer is a
civil government in rebel territory, but
that instead Villa controls all rebel
hu Siness and has only his own trusted
men in the offices.
Torreon, Mexico, June 22.-With his
entire army detrained, his hospital
corps ready for field duty and his am
munition and supply trains at Calera,
General Pancho Villa to-day began the
first general movement upon Zacatecas
that yet has been made.
Advices from the front to-day say
the Federal outposts have been gradu-
ally falling back into Zacatecas as
Villas vanguard approached, but while
there has been spirited skirmishing at
a number Of points there has been no
general or serious engagement.
General Panflo Natera's army, which
was so completely routed by General
Barron's Federal forces in four attacks
on Zacatecas, has been recognized, and
Natera has placed his command at the
disposal of General Villa and himself
under Villas orders.
Villa has been slowly drawing in
upon Zacatecas to-day and tonight, and
il is indicated in advices that he is
ready to make a general and concerted
assault. 1t may be that he will attack
during the night, as at Juarez. This is
believed here to be his present plan
As the city is strongly garrisoned with
10000 veil armed men and is ad-
mirably fortified, Villa has said that he
wc aid act slowly and would make no
move until he had studied the sitpa.
ton and was sure of his ground. The
rebel leaders think the battle may
prove a more desperate affair than
Villa has anticipated.