The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-24
CARRANZA LEADER REFUSES
O ERTUREs OF GUTIERREZ
TO FORM NEW REBELLION
WILL STICK TO CARRANZA
Report That Puebla Has Been Cap
tured by zapata is Denied-Vina
Troops Accused of Capturing and
Looting interior Cities.

Washington, Jan. 23.-General Al
varo Obreeon has declined to accept
oyertures from General Eulalio Guti-
errez to Join the latter in an inde.
pendent movement against Carranza
and the Villa Zarata coalition but will
remain loyal to Carranza. according
to an announcement tonight by the
Carranza agency .lere
The following telegram from Cen
eral Obregon dated Puebla made pub
lie by the agency here follows:
Deny all versions of the report
that have joined Gutierrez. As al
ways, ! have the honor to form a part
of the constitutionalst army worthily
commanded by Nenustano Carranza.
Generals Gutierrez, Robes. Canavi-
des, BIanco, Natera, Chao. Zuazua
and Sanchez have initiated a cam
| paian against Villa and have issued
manifesto disclosing his latest
crimes do not know what flag they
intend to follow"
As the message was said to be
dated Puebla, January % the Car.
rama agency deduces that there is
no truth in the report that Puebla has
been taken by the forces of General
Zapata. Enrique C.. I1orente. Wash.
! ington representative Of the conven-
tion government. however announced
me receipt of a telegram dated Pu-
ebla via Mexico City saying the "a
pata forces had entered the city.
The Carranza agency also issued
the following advices from the
border:
| Authentic reports received in
Eagle Pass from Monclova were TO
the effect that sixty Villa men took
| Cuatro Cienegas on January 2t and
that they looted the town and after
ward fled to the hills 1t is reported
| that General Luis Gutierrez has ar.
rived in Moncova with a large force
Of troops from Nuevo Laredo. Moth
| ing but military trains are passing
between Monclova and Piedras
Negras
"A portion of the principal state
troops reyoted i'm Merida" the state
ment says. These troops are known
as the Copoda Feranza battalion and
consist Of about nine hundred men,
practically all Yaqui Indians.
"The men divided into several
bands and attacked the governors
palace. city hall, police department
and one Of the barracks, where the
battalion known as tae Pine Suarez
was stationed 1t is said that this
battalion consists OF only a few hun
dred men.
1T is reported that the uprising
was caused by discomfort on the part
Of the officer in command of the
Copoda Feranza troops, Patricio Men
dOza, who was about 10 be removed
from his command and Who took adj
vantage of the discomfort shown by
the soldiers with an order which had
been issued for them to prepare to be
transferred to Vera Cruz.
1T is said that one OF the preteXts
given TO the soldiers by Colonel Men
doza was to the effect that the Pine
Suarez battalion had revolted and
that they, the members of the Copoda
Ferauza battalion, should stand by
the government The Copoda Fer
ANA men were then directed to the
! barracks where the Pine Suarez
troops We're stationed The fighting
continued internationally throughout
the night The following morning
the revolving soldiers were drives
from the city. They were still at
large at the time the disratch was
sent and there were conflicting re-
ports as to whether they had in
creased in numbers. The state de-
partment sent forces to subdue them
but it is difficult to ascertain the
true situation
There We're about twenty killed
in the fighting at Merida
"The Mexican transport Progreso
AID gunboat Bravo arrived at Pro
greso from Vera Cruz January with
about 500 Carranza men About 400
troops have likewise arrived from the
state of Tabasco and the major part
Of both groups has been sent into the
interior to suppress the rebellion"
The department also received a
telegram dated January % from Con
sui Simpich at Nogales stating that
published reports OF the murder Of