| Show AMERICAN CATTLEMAN TELLS JELLS GRAPHIC EXPERIENCES IN N MEXICAN REVOLT EL PASQ PASO Tex Nov No 24 George Georgo Georgo A. A Sharp manager of the Southwestern Cattle company of this city who arrived arrived ar are ar- ar rived Wednesday from Mexico was a ap p passenger on on the tho Mexico Northern train attacked by revolutionists rc last Mon lay day Mr Sharp went into Mexico a week ago igo go and soon found himself in n nth th center of one of the disturbed dis dis- His story follows When the re regular ular passenger train bain c cs of soldiers bound f for I ro loft Chihuahua hua Monday m it was not believed that it would 1 encounter a lI any ny serious opposition At U San Andreas which i is about forty miles west of Chihuahua the train was met with with a hot rifle fire filC from revolutionists re who were wore concealed behind vacant houses and piles of wood At the thc first volley a lieutenant and several several sev soy era eral soldiers on the train were killed outright as were three women and a child Two men were badly hadly wounded and several veral others injured although h not seriously The The presence of mind of the engineer engineer en en- who opened the throttle and the train beyond the fire of the tho revolutionists re undoubtedly saved our l live e end and nd tWo the the lives lives Jives of the remainder of the troops With the wi window dow lights of the coaches broken the the frames shat by bullets Md hd the soldiers in a panic c the tr tram train arrived ed at Bustillos where t the e coaches bearing the tho troops were cre left kit on a. a sidetrack Soldiers Huddled in Church Tho rho railway officials fearing trouble trouble trou trou- ble further ahead refused to take the soldiers to their destination and at last reports the they were huddled within the cb church afraid afraid to come out i 1 iJ J H About noon Monday I was ridin riding into the outskirts of Guerrero when I Iwas I was as surprised surprised- to to- hear heavy t firing rin in inthe inthe the town I r attempted to ride lide around th pl place c ce to avoid the trouble when I Iwas Iwas was as met by br two who inquired inquired in in- my business busTness and nd advised me to leave loave the country for the sake of safety Guerrero soon f fell Il into the ban hands s of the rebels rebels' and the troops aro now in a state of siege sieso in the barracks barrack It is c confidently expected by the insurgents that the troops will either bo killed or takenA takenA taken A A party of rebels left eft Guerrero Monday Mon Men day morning and marched march 1 on the tho villa vil vii la of capturing the place without opposition Two large stores here bern were sacked and all an uns ammunition ammunition ammunition tion and provisions taken Leaving Minica the band captured San after an engagement which resulted in the death of thirty nine soldiers rs and and with only the los loss lbs of one ono revolutionist c At At this town I boarded boarder the tho train bound for Chihuahua and it was this train that was wrecked at San Andreas by the revolutionists ro who had removed two rails Several persons were slight l ly injured though none nono fatally Rebels Surround Train The rebels surrounded the train but seeing there were no no troops did not molest the passeri passenger ers It was here that 1 talked with several leaders who expressed ex cx- pressed themselves in a very optimistic I manner that the regime of Diaz is a athing athing thing of the the past x I The rebels at this l print pOint int numbered about men all of whom of-whom whom are well equipped v carrying Winchesters revolvers revolvers re oh eIs and swords Each man is provided pro vided with ith a good horse and all seem all seem to be anxious to fight v T TAfter T After seriously considering the proposition proposition to hold the thc passengers of the train rain as prisoners to be exchanged ed for rebels we were finally allowed to send a asin sin single Ic message to Chihuahua for a relief relief re re- ro- ro lief train which arrived afternoon afternoon aft aft- and which subsequently brought us to Chihuahua The wreck was not allowed to be cleared |
