Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1908 — REVOLUTION IN MEXICO? [ARTICLE]

REVOLUTION IN MEXICO?

Two Hundred Men Attack and Capture a Town and Troop* Promptly Move. Laredo. Tex., June 26.—Two hundred armed mounted men attacked and captured the town of Vlesca, state of Coahuila, Mex. Three persons were killed and several wounded in the fighting. Telegraph wires were cut and the railroad lines torn up and a bridge burned. . Three train loads of troops left the City of Mexico later for the scene, and on® train load of soldiers also left Saltillo, the capital of the state. Reports received here are to the effect that the government believes the attack was made by bandits. The vice president of the republic and the secretary of wnr and interior, It is stated, deny that the trouble has any political significance.