Federals May Quit Juarez.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 28, 1913:
Rush Order for Troop Train — Conditions Bad in Torreon.
    EL PASO, Texas, Aug. 27. — Preparations, apparently for a possible evacuation of Juarez by the Federal forces, were made hurriedly to-day. A special troop train of twenty cars was ordered made ready by Gen. Francisco Castro, the commander, and all of the more than 2, 000 troops in the town were prepared for a quick move. Federal officials would not admit that withdrawal was planned.
    American refugees who left Torreon Aug. 24 arrived here to-day and said 600 men had been killed in the fighting there when they left, and the Federals were burning their dead in the streets. An epidemic of typhoid fever had started, and conditions were desperate for Americans remaining there.
    Federals had abandoned Gomez Palacio and Lardo, suburbs, and rebels had entered both villages and destroyed several stores. The refugees said rebels controlled both railroads leading to Torreon, and had dynamited six trains on the international railway.