Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-03
RIOT AND BLO0DSHED.
Five JESUIT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MEXICO THE CAUSE.
Men, Women. and Children Moved Down &c
with scyths-Two Hundred
and Fifty Killed.
[By telegraph to the pispatch.I

ST. LOUIS, Nay 2.-The following descrip-
ton OF mob and riot which occurred At
Lsluz, near Gusnajuato, Mexico, few DAYS
ago, over tho Incarceration OF five Jesuit
priests who were stirring mp the ignorant
people against the Government is given by
a prominent citizen OF Guanajuat0 who
reached this place yesterday. 1t was nearly
dark when the priesss were imprisoned, but
bv the time the street lamps were lighted
1900 men roared and surged sgainst the
walls OF the jail. They attacked its neavy
doors with pick-axes, stones, crow-bars,
and heavy beams OF wood, and some
OF them in wild frenzy dashed
their bleeding hands and heads against The
massive walls. Many OF them were armed.
and in a short while heavy fire was pouring
into the windows. The MAYOR of GUIANA
iuato, who was inside, was one Of the first to
fall. The policemen, who rushed by In
squads Of two and three, were remorseless-
" butchered, and 10 short time more than
twenty OF them were lying dead on the pave
ment. The few scattered soldiers who were
in town were treated in like manner. The
mob, which by this time was utterly unman-
ageable either by the Government or priests.
who had melted II, now set fire TO the jail
doors, but Just 80 the inmates were about
TO surrender two hundred regular soldiers
arrived in double-quick time aud formed
across the street. The mob answered the
order to dlspeTse With yell and discharge
OF firearms. The command TO fire was at
once given, and the bullets, st feariullY
short range, swept through the mass OF men,
women, and children like a scythe, moving
them down IN rows. stu they came on, and
volley after yoley crashed into them, only
10 cause those behind 10 spurn the dead boz
dies with their feet as they pressed forward.
The streets were sticky with blood, and The
shallow cutters ran with Il. Ia the mean
time a number Of insurgents, armed with
pistols and rifles, had climbed upon the ad-
Joining houses. and the soldiers began 20 drop
one by one. After a half hours continuous
fighting q charge with the bsyOnet was or
dered. when the front rank OF the mob
felt The steel the entire concOurse broke and
disappeared through alleys and by-ways. Al.
together more than 80 persons had been
slain, by far the greater part Of whom were
miners and other Mexican aborers. The SOL
diers lost sixteen killed and wounded.
Among the slam was q lieutenant. The fire
in the Jail was quenched, and the five badly
frightened but determined priests were taken
to Guausjuato for safekeeping. They are
now confined in CASTILLO de Grandetas,
an immense pile in which the great Mexican
revolution had it's birthday, and in which
the patriot TIidalgo was subsequently
hanged. It Is thought that hal the recent
riot proved successful, the puesis been
rescued, and the local authority broken,
serious uprising might have developed. As
ii is. the incipient revolution is nipped In
the bud.
CITY or Mexico UQ GALVESTON, May q
The dispatches sent out from Texas pur-
porting 10 give details Of the rioting at siiso
and Guauaiuato are gross eXaggeratlOns.
The Project OF Slla0 was sssassinated yester-
day, and his was the only life lost in the en-
tire affair. The authorities have restored or
der. and to-day everything is quiet.