Protection For Progreso.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 10, 1913:
American Consul Requests That a Gunboat Be Sent to Yucatan Port.
    MEXICO CITY, Aug. 9.— Wilbur T. Gracey, United States Consul at Progress Yucatan, has requested that the gunboat Wheeling, which is patrolling the lower Gulf Coast, be sent to Progreso, where Americans are said to be in danger.
    A battle in which 900 rebels are reported to have been engaged has taken place near Progreso, though the result is not yet known here.