Bisbee Daily Review

SPECIAL TRAIN FROM TORREON WITH WOMEN IS BANDIT'S OBJECT

American Women and Children Come out of Mexican City. Villa Bandits Attack the Train But Are Foiled.

(By Review Leased Wire.)

MONTEREY, Mex., March 25.-A special train from Torreon, bringing women and children of the American colony, passed through here tonight.

The women were seated on the floor of a box car, protected by a barrier of trunks. The guard on the train engaged in a running fight with a large band of Villistas, who rode alongside for several miles from Preciado to Santo Nino. Wires were cut on both sides and attempts made to burn the bridges.

There were fourteen women and children on the train which was compelled to move very slowly. The attack of bandits was foiled by the prompt arrival of cavalry under Gen. Matias Ramos, who left San Pedro immediately on learning that the wires had been cut.

Villistas are becoming more aggressive in this section following the arrival of couriers from Villa urging the leaders here to imitate his methods against "gringos" and exterminate all they find. An all-day battle at San Marcos, five miles of San Pedro, was fought today by the troops of General Ramos against the main body of Villistas under Canuto Reyes. Fears are expressed for the ninety Americans left in Torreon and Durango.

Hunger and want of employment, apart from any political tendency, is aiding the Villistas in getting recruits.