Mullholand and the new provisional government of Texas were wondering over the wording of the message and came to the conclusion, which McAllen had lied . Nearly one day tried one now the events clearly to place around to avoid a further blood bath. However it was not possible for them to get a connection into adjacent states or into the capital. Only to New Orleans, Louisiana, a connection was possible. Here one answered on each request with a
repetition of the ultimatum.
Mayor Mullholand, who had become inadvertently the leader of a Texas-comprehensive rebellion, saw that all attempts to dialogue with the senate, the king or the military base in new Orleans were in vain. On urge of the town councillor he finally instructed, four hours before expiration of the ultimatum, the mobilization.
The city militia distributed handbills in the city and in the closer environment of Houston, while Mulholland personally
contacted the population over the radio. The ultimatum had run off already 4 hours and at the city hall and on the barracks area of the militia, 15,000 volunteers had appeared themselves.