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Show BROTHER OF MADERO j LEADER OF REBELS SAN T,UI POTOSI, Mew. Sept. 14. I A list of rebel and bandit chiefs in this and border slates, compiled from reiki- ble sources, shows a total of forty-three at. tho head of hands ranging from thirty to OUO men each. Data gathered from ,J ranch owners, refugees, federal officers, , railroad men and residents of tho town show an aggregate of 5000 men under ; arms agalnat the government. The largest group, numbering GOO and commanded by Raoul Madero. brothor of H tho late president, is near Horradurla, M 100 uiilos to the northwest. Other hands 9 of 400 or 500 each, under Ernesto San- I loscoy-, Alhorto Torres and Jose Cabo. B are operating in tho north, east and D south of the stalo. The remainder arc i widely scattered over San Lui: Potosl and the neighboring states of Nuevo : Leon, Tamalipas. Queretaro and Zaca- , tecas. 9 Two of the most daring rebel leaders, a Candido Navarro and Pedro Santos, were M killed recently, but tho others arc strlv- :l Ing for the notoriety which these had achieved. More than twenty-two towns have been raided In the last few months, most of which are In possession of rebels reb-els or arc visited at will. The three larger groups have six machine guns, but the -smaller ones are not always well equipped, even with rifles, and are usually short of ammunition. The smelters at Matehuala, TVadely and San Luis Potosl, tho rubber manufactory at Cedral and the salt works at Salinas, Sali-nas, as well as many other industries, have closed down. The mails arrive from one to three weeks late. |