Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-06
HE TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED

Mexico City. Jan. $50 rapidly
has the number of rebels about san
Luis Potosi increased and so lmml-
nent does an attack on That city
seem that freight traffic into the
city from the south, over the only
line open, has been suspended. Ieie-
eraphic communication continues
and reports from San Luis Potosl
yesterday said the rebels from the
north and west were closing IN on
the town and that small bands were
menacing it from the east and south.
Reports are current that the
troops at Monterey and Saltillo have
revolted, but there is no conf1rma-
ton of this. Communication with
both cities is cut off.
Indications are that the rebel for
ces threatening San Luis Potosi are
those led by men whose activity mas
been confined to that part of Mexico
and who have never taken part In
the operations in the north. Eulalla
Gutierrez and Francisco Coss appear
to be the dominant leaders. They
are supported by the Cediollo broth
ers, who for months have been op-
Grating along the railroad line from
San Luis Potosi to Tampico
Private advices received mere
place the number of rebels about
San Luis Potosi as high as 5,O0o.
The majority of them are at Boca,
twenty-five miles north on the Ma
tional Railways. The remainder are
along the railway line extending
westward from San Luis Potosl to
Aguascalientes.
General Romero, commanding the
federal garrison at San Luis Potos1,
has about 1000 men well supplied
with artillery and ammunition. The
campaign near San Luis Potosi ap-
pears to be quite Independent of the
ones against Tampico, at when
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down from northern Tamaulipas.
Railroad men know practically
nothing concerning what is going on
north of San Luis Potosi, where the
rebels are in control as far as Saltll-
10. Advices received by them yes
terday said that two construction
trains with a complement OF troops
had been destroyed near Montezuma,
half way between San Luis Potosl
and Saltillo. The report said 3O0
soldiers were killed.
1t is understood the workmen on
the train were impressed into the
rebel army. The blowing up of the
train took place Dec. 80, but news
of the disaster arrived here only yes
terday by courier.
Not being convinced that General
Romero would be able successfully
to resist the rebels, many well to DO
residents of San Luis Potosi have ar
rived in the capital city and still
others are reported to be coming
here The capture of San Luis Po-
tosi, the wealth it would add to the
rebel Golfers, the city being the sec
ond wealthiest in the republic,
would seriously embarrass the gov
eminent, as it would bloch the i'm
portation of oil by way of TamplcO.
Alarmed by the difficulty in OBJ
tanning oil the management OF the
government railways, acting under
government instructions, is busy
converting oil burning engines into
coal burners. Owing to the scarcity
of coal in the republic and the neces-
sity of importing it from the United
States railroad men see little hope
of operating trains for any length of
time, except in a limited zone.
The banking situation here con-
times critical. The bank of London
and Mexico is still availing itself OF
President Huerta's extension of the
banking holidays by limiting with
drawals by depositors to 200 pesos.