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Show REBELS DEFEAT .THE FEDERALS Over Six Hundred of Huerta's Men Killed or Wounded May 29 in Fierce Battle at Sausillo. RAILROAD LINES OUT OF COMMISSION Four Thousand Insurgents Between Be-tween San Luis Potosi and Saltillo; Uprising in the State of Campeche. EL PASO, Tex., June 15. Six hundred hun-dred federals were killed or wounded in a battle May 29 at Sausillo, according accord-ing to reports reaching here today from southern Chihuahua state. After this victory over 1200 federals, the insurgents under Generals Villa, Chao and Hernandez, marched north toward the state capital, whenco the Parral garrison had retreated. They are reported as having taken Cusihui-riachic, Cusihui-riachic, a mining town west of Chihuahua Chi-huahua City. The 400 federals, who Friday evacuated evac-uated Madera, were met j-csterday by Villa's men at BuBtillos. The rebels poured a hot fire into the federal troop train, killing tho engineer and fireman. The train retired. . General Mercado, acting military governor, has called in all other outlying outly-ing garrisons to tho defense of the capital. Tho insurgents arp maneuver ing to provent these movements. Juarez Threatened. Some 500 federals at Juarez alone, remain unaffected by the general- orders, or-ders, Juarez is threatened by a movement move-ment of constitutionalists from the Ojinaga district below the Texas border, bor-der, according to military reports received re-ceived at Fort Bliss, Tex. Practically evory railway lino in tho state is out of commission as a result of rebel activities. Tbero is no traffic traf-fic on the Mexican Central railway north or south of the stato capital. Tho Mexico Northwestorn railway is operating below the border only as far as Casas Grandcs. A repair train carrying car-rying 200 federal infantry Is stranded between burned bridges north of Chihuahua Chi-huahua City, reported refugees arriving arriv-ing by automobile here today. Supports Gomez. " The only armed force of consequence in the Casas Grandcs is led by Colonel Maximo Castillo, a mutineer from tho federal ranks. He haB proclaimed for the Vasquez Gomez revolution, which is not connected with tho constitutionalist constitution-alist movement. After taking Pearson last week, Castillo Cas-tillo was joined by Braulio Hernandez, who previously was reported executed. Hornandoz, a formor socretary of state of Chihuahua, is said to bo organizing a provisional government under tho Vasqucz Gomez banner in the Casas Grandcs district, which is loft unprotected unpro-tected by either federals or constitutionalists constitu-tionalists as far Bouth as Madeira. ASKS SURRENDER OF SAN LUIS POTOSI MEXICO CITY, Juno 15. The rebels reb-els have demanded the surrondor of the town of San Luis Potosi, tho key to communication with Tampioo and the oil fields. There aro said to bo 4000 rebola between San Luis Potosi and Saltillo 'and to the cast and northeast. Practically all of Tamaulipas, with the oxcoptiou of Tampioo, is at tho merej' of tho rebels. General Blanquct, the new minister of war, has promised to protoct San Luis Potosi by a general aggressive campaign in the states of San Luis Potosi, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. He said today that ho planned an expedition expe-dition from Vera Cruz, consisting of throe vessels, which will bo sent to Matamoras. He expects co-oporatlon from the south, and also will make an offort to open the Laredo routo. Du-rango Du-rango lias been under siogo for seventy days, and tho inhabitants have boon rcducod to diro struits, The fndornls reoccupied Zacatoctis today, which was rocontly ovacuated l)y tho rebels. An uprising in tho state of Campeche, Cam-peche, headed by tho govornor, Manuel Man-uel Brito, is giving tho fodornl government govern-ment some concern, although Ht is as eerted officially that the movement is not receiving tho support of tho people. peo-ple. Thero aro rumors of further changes (Continued on Page Two.) REBELS DEFEAT TIE FORCES OF HUERTfl (Continued from Page One.) in the cabiuct; according to the report, Jtudolfo Jleycs, minister of justice, is jjjatod for retirement. He is the son o'f General Bernardo Reyes, a "Diaz man, who was killed in the battle at the palace ;it the timo of the uprising upris-ing against Madero- General Felix Diaz insists that the cabiuct changes do not. presage trouble for the administration. admin-istration. Federal Advance Checked. NOGALES, Ariz., June 15. The advance ad-vance of General Ojeda's federals north of Guaymns was chocked in J'ighting yesterday, said today's id-vices id-vices from official insurgent sources. It wns said that General Obregon 's state troops made a flanlc movement, encountering tho federals below Ortiz and capturing 150 men. There was a lull in the fighting today. Time Limit Expires. t MEXICO CITY. June 15. Tho term, fixed b' the arbitration committee for the final adjudication of the Chamizal dispute, affecting the boundaries at EI Paso, expired today. Neither the American embassador nor tho foreign minister discussed the matter. This is ono of the questions which President Huorta declared could not be considered consid-ered as long as the American government govern-ment fails to recognize the present administration. ad-ministration. Supplies Cut Off. : BROWNSVl LIxE. Tex., June 15 That constitutionalists are endeavoring endeavor-ing to starve the city of Monterey, Mexico, and forco the federal garrison there to withdraw, is the information received hero today. All avenues of supplies have been cut off, it is said, and even carts carrying corn are not permitted to reach the city. Industries within Monterey havo suspended operations and many of the poorer classes arc said to bo suffering from hunger. It is reported that -100 rebels will bo started overland from Matamoras tomorrow to-morrow to reinforce tho constitutionalist constitutional-ist forces in control of Nuevo Laredo. Mexico's Finances. MEXICO CITY, June 15. Foreign exchange, for which a month ago bankers bank-ers domanded as high as 2.50 pesos for $1 gold, but which dropped to nearly normal 2 pesos for $1 gold with the announcement of placing of tho 200,-000,000-peso loan by tho government, rose aeain yesterday to 2.20, several banks declining to sell at any price. The flurry started with the refusal of the Banco Nncional de Mexico, through which it is understood tho French loan funds are to be paid, to sell exchange, giving as a reason that its balance was exhausted nbroad. The real reason is said to be the fact that' the loan funds are being delivered iu installments, instead of in a lump sum, as apparently was expected. Tho first 50.000,000 pesos paid in have been exhausted ex-hausted by pressing government, obligations, obli-gations, and ,thc second installment is not yet available. |
