Report Fight With Carranza.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 28, 1913:
Loyalists and Rebels Said to be Fighting Near Coahuila.
    EAGLE PASS. Texas, Feb. 27.— Loyal troops from Lampasas engaged the forces of Gov. Carranza., of Coahuila near Monclova, 150 miles south of the border, this afternoon, according to a dispatch received to-night.
    The dispatch related briefly that a battle was in progress and the fighting was desperate, but did not state the number of men engaged or whether either force had gained an advantage.
    Gov. Carranza sent a messenger to this town to-day with the following statement:
    I wish to emphatically deny all reports to the effect that I am dealing with the so-called Huerta Government, and to state further that I have no intention ever of considering any sort of compromise.
    Gov. Carranza added that Gen. Huerta could give him no satisfactory explanation by what right he claimed the Presidency of Mexico. The Governor said he would stand out for the constitutional government against all odds.