Show REAL FIGHT T TAKES PLACE ON BORDER Repulse Fierce On Onslaught l by Troops of or President Diaz I BATTLE OCCURS MILES BELOW EL L PASO I Number Killed UnKnown UnKnown but hut Federal Forces S Suffer Severe Los Losses e MULATO Mexico Feb VIa Via Presidio Presidio Pre Pre- sidio and Marfa Marta Tex TeL Feb Teb 10 Mexican can forces under General Luque e have hav sustained another defeat In the attack on the insurgents whom they have havo be hem be fighting In this vicinity for the l last week Today the federals assaulted the Insurgent for force about Mulato Nulato They were repulsed pulsed after after- A s battle lasting five hours Frequently durin during the she he aEs assault American Amen Ameri can tr troops ops on the tho opposite side of t the tho e eRio Rio Grande were under fire Shells Shells Shells' from field guus gaas used e by y tho the federals ede Js crossed th the river bursting dangerously close to the m man n of tr troop op H II of of- the toe third United States cavalry which pa patrolled p trolled the river bank It is declared by witnesses that frequently frequent y th tho fea federals led fed ernie chagrined at tho the fruitlessness of their assault deliberately turned their guns uns at groups g of women 8 and d children who had bad sought refu refuge e on the American side of the stream Man Killed en Texas Soil One shell from the thc federals federals' fire burst near Captain Williams of the thc cavalry aIr killing an an n who was watching the battle battIe from froin the American rican side d The federals withdrew after fierce fighting Jt it is expected that despite their losses they thoy wi will renew their at attack attack at- at t- t tack tomorrow r Friday Friday- rida Th The hc rectos s had been heen warned that federal soldiers wore coming The They They- took position poet tiou tion on a hill bill ne near neth r the town in the sd adobe be houses and alid b behind the th banks hauk ot of otan an n t irrigation oJ ditch federals approached ap apr proa roa hed 11 in battle line with infantry I next to the river cavalry on the ri right ht l iid artillery rp rn tho center tt T e. e After shelling the t. t town wn at Clong range th s 's soldiers advanced and the in insurgents n oP opened tire fire Tho Tue hottest fight to took k place along the ditch Twice time tho federals federals' captured the ditch but hut eu each earh h time w were ro driven out by br the rebels In Inthe inthe the last Jast charge chare the insurgents were ere Je bit by a S Scot ot F F. S. S M McCo Comb and an al American Seven Swen Mauser rifles were captured in in this charge Time The f federals numbered according to to their own al announcement Tho rho unit men in in Mulato Mulat The Tho Mexican soldiers sol soldiers diers were comm commanded J hy by G General Luque and Colonel 1 tho the in insurgents in in- by Ortega and md Emilio Sal Salgado ado Actual Loss Not Known It is impossible to estimate the thc number num num ber her killed tonight The bodies bodies of eight ight soldiers ol have ha been stripped of their weapons but ninny man more were carried off oft the field Only one insurgent nt Emilio milio Lop Lopez ez was killed The Mexican soldiers withdrew a milo from their position and anel camped To Tonight night tho the insurgents are movin moving to a 1 better position and there is it is frequent firing between outposts Customs Inspector In Tom Toni Perrine and Leo Lee were fired upon b by Mexican Mexica 1 soldiers and nd their pack Jo horses ses we were e. e shot During During Dur Dur- ing tho the fi fight bt Deputy Mar Marshal Eugene EUlene Warren disarmed several reu refugees ees Captain Williams has notified General Luque that there must be no more firing fir in ing across the river The Thc forces participating in this fight arc are not the same caine as s those en engaged a ed in inthe inthe in inthe the recent operations about Juarez The Tho scene of this battle is about miles milts southeast of Juarez and El EI Paso and andis is b remote from rail and telegraph communication comm tion tile life nearest railroad point b be being ing Marfa on tho the Southern Pacific nearly nearby miles distant CUSTOMS OFFICIALS ORDERED TO AID ARMY OFFICERS WASHINGTON Feb 10 Another Another step in the governments government's efforts to preserve strict neutrality alon along the tho Mexican border was taken today when the tho small army of customs officials of of- in in that vicinity ici ih was instructed by the treasur treasury department to lend itself to the plans of the army officer in char charge c of the r regular Jular troops there Collectors Cont at Ea Eagle Je Pass Brownsville Browns Drowns yule ville Cor Corpus us Christi El EI Paso and San Diego Die o were ordered to cooperate co eo operate without further instructions with Bri Brigadier adier General Ralph W. W Hoyt commanding at Fort ort Sam Houston Tex ARMED MEN REPORTED CROSSING THE BORDER EL EI PASO Tex Feb cb 10 Reports Reports reached the city early this thus mor morning that a body of armed men was crossing cross eros jug ing the international boundary between between be be- tween No Norm Noria ri a. a and Malpais s. s about twenty five e miles west of hi this city It on tho the El EI Paso Southwestern A train of nine cars was made up and loft left at at 3 0 o'clock k this morning carrying a aJar Jar large c detachment of the thc fourth United States cavalry to the scene General Orozco who was joined b by General yesterday ay camped last ni night ht at Rancho Flores with approximately men Whether he will Win risk riska a 11 i battle with General Navarro Na win who hnis is marching inarching north with a thousand men or whether he ho will retire retiro to tI the hills until bo he can collect a larger large force is it is uncertain If ho he should succeed in gathering tho the scattered bands of insurgents ander under un an- der his comm command nd ho he might oppose Navarro Novarro No- No varro on nearly equal terms but it U is believed ed that the thc bitter jealousies amon among the tho leaders leaders' wilt will make th this thi plan plau impossible Genera Blanco with Ith over men ment is rc reported thirty miles south of Rancho l Continued on la page 10 REAL FIGHT Continued from p page J 1 but it is unlikely that ho bo will wi join Orozco Orozco- in view of ot tho the personal enmity enmity en en- mity between them thorn General Navarro Navaro is reported ei eighty miles mies south of Juarez J All An is reported quiet in in the immediate immedi I ate Ita vicinity of Juarez |