Show TROOPS TO THE SCENE Forces Being Rushed to Fort Ring gold to Suppress Trouble Laredo Tex Nov 2LReports have reached here that there was a pitched battle last night at Fort Hlnggold Rio Grande City Tex between a company of the Ninth United States cavalry colored garrisonIng the fort and several sev-eral hundred citizens who attacked the post shortly after dark Three thousand thou-sand shots were saId to have been fired during the fight but the casualties are I not known here It is also said that all the women and children have been sent away from Rio Grande City and that runners are out after reinforcements reinforce-ments for the citizen The military authorities au-thorities arc occupying the telegraph wires and full reports cannot be obtained ob-tained That the affair is a serious one isin jcated by the activity in military circles cir-cles here Major Thompson In command com-mand at Fort McIntosh today bought up all the KragJorgensen ammunition in Laredo today and Is hurriedly loadIng load-Ing a specIal train with mules baggage bag-gage etc to take the available force here to the scene of the trouble and a special train Is en route here from San Antonia with a company from Fort Sam Houston State Adjutant General Scurry with I a force of rangers Is expected here to f 11lght also on theway there |