Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-05-12
Government Troops at Sa.
binas, Coahui|a, Under Gen.
eraI Pruneda,. Defeated After
Battle With Rebel Soldiers. .
FIGHTING IN PROGRESS
NEAR BROWNSVILLE, TEX.
Laborers and Families Gather
At MoncIova for Protection
, From Reconsideration.
lists Begin Reconstruction.
ton.

fate of Presiden: Carranza still in
doubt, reports of few minor en-
gagements between federal and rebel
forces along the northeastern border
of Mexico reached revolutionary
headquarters tonight. ...
Carranza forces at Sabinas, Goa
hula, were routed by troops under
Gen. Antonio Pruneda, and after the
battle train load of wounded fed
erals was sent to Piedras Negras,
opposite Eagle Pass. it was reported.
Fighting was said to be i'll prog
ress at Matamoras, opposite Browns
vile, Tex. with the revolutionists
attacking the town.
Eight hundred laborers and their
families were reported as having
gathered at Monclova, Coahuila,
where they, were said to be seeking
protection from the menace of Car
rama forces operating i'll that. re-
gion.
Begin Reconstruction.
Claiming the greater part of Mexi-
co as their territory, revolutionary
agents here today began their share
of the long task of reconstruction
which faces a country torn by war
for an entire decade. AS the first
step. Roberto V. Pesqrcira, revolu-
tionary financial agent in the United
States, announced that he was max
ing efforts to obtain individual con-
tracts for Mexican laborers enter
ing the United States. instead, of the
collective engagements that have
hitherto prevailed. Senor Pesque-
ira charged that exorbitant fees
were being charged by labor agents
on both sides of the international
Inc. :.
we shall also try to eliminate
passport frauds, which arc beng
practiced by private individuals here
and In 1uarez, Pesquira said. so
far we have received the cordial CO.
operation of the American authori-
ties in our efforts to establish bet
ter relations between the two couns9I
tries"
Revolutionary agents in Washing
ton were enedeavoring. to obtain
permission of the United>States gov
erf,ment to establish wireless COM
munication between the radio sta
ton at Arlington. Va, and those in
Chihuahua City and Mexico City,
Pesqueira announced.
Doubt About Carranza.
While the advices coming through
t1,n rpuntttfnnQ
..uation there are fragmentary and
o,nflicting. they cast considerable
Z, ubt on the reports that President
Carranza has been made prisoner.
A Vera Cruz dispatch from tn,
r1wspaper FL Dictamen, a member
oi The Associated Press. bearing
,londay's date. dcclared~the fugitive
president of the republic had broken
through the revolutionary lines and
was standing at bay with 1000 men
at San Marcos. 27 miles north of
Puebla. -.
Prcsupposing the accuracy OF the
reports that Carranza is still at lib
ertv, the situation he finds himself
in, according 10 the Vera Cruz ad-
vices, is precarious. 1t is announced
that government troops i'll Vera
Cruz have deserted their command
er, General Candido Aguilar, the
governor of the state, and gone over
to the revolutionists, making that
state apparently no longer a safe
refuge for the fugitive president.
In addition. revolutionary forces
under Generals Hill and Trevino
were reported closing i'll on Car
ranza near San Marcos.
Will Ask Recognition.
Washington, May 1.-THE revo-
lutionary government III Mexico Will
ask for immediate recognition by
the American government.
A movement to this end already
has been inaugurated by the revo
lutionary regime, which has its
headquarters in the state OF Sonota,
where the revolution first was
launched. s... =.
Emiliano Tomez, commercial
agent at Nogales of the revolution
ary government, is reported to have
been entrusted with the mission of
negotiating with the. American gov
ernment.
A report originating in jTorreon
saws the new regime is to call for
loan of 100000 pesos to be used for
payment of its troops.
According to Nogales advices,
General Obregop has placed himself
under the orders Of General de la
Huerta, provisional president OF