Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-01
REVOLUTION BREAKS OUT IN
PAL0MAS
ARMED BAND REPULsED BY FEp-
ERAL GUARD
Bomb Is Thrown Into Telegraph OF.
flee, which Starts Fatal Com
fiet-Flght Lasts for
One Hour
EIGHT SHOT TO DEATH

! DEL RIO Tex, June 20.--It =
!. was learned here tonight that q =
! company Of rurales cornered q =
+ detachment of the revolutfQnlsts =
= who attacked the little toWn OF =
= Las Vacas, and that a fight oc- =
= Cured in the mountains tb the +
= southwest of the city. The lreVo~ =
= lutionists were short of aminunf- r
= ton and after the exchange OF =
+ few volleys their ammunition be- =
= came exhausted.
The rurales tonight are reported =
: to have charged the hiding placa =
i of the men and despite the fact =
\ that they offered to surrender e
! and pleaded for mercy, shot them =
= to death. The bodies of the dead =
= men were left in the mountains. 4
i I. 4. + 1. i 1. i J. + !. + - #&&4
BY Associated Press.
EEL PAsO. Texas, June s0.--Ehs frst
revolutionary outbreak in the republic Of
Mexico beyond hte borders Of Coahnfln &C.
CURED this morning at o'clock when the
garrison at Palomas, chihuahua, seventy
miles west of this city, was attacked Iy y
band of ffty men, who were repulsed with
a loss OF one killed and one captured.
There were fourteen guards stationed nf
the Mexican post when the attacking party
surprised the town. tsss-.-s|
Most of the insurrectionists were armed
with rude weapons and homemade imple-
ments OF warfare.
According to a dispatch received here
from Columbus, N. NJ, across the river
from Palomas, Juan Correon, the Mex
ican general, has arrived there from
Palomas, bearing dispatches to his
government concerning the attack.
1t began when bomb was thrown
into the telegraph Office, thus shutting
off communication with outside points.
In the fight which followed several
hundred shots were fired, and many
bombs were thrown at the headquar-
ters of the officers.
Owing to the fact that the bombs
We're Ill timed, the officers were able to
throw them, away before they explod-
ed thus saving the building and their
lives
The fight lasted one hour, after which
the attacking party retreated to the
mountains west of PalomaS.
One man was killed, but it seems
he was a non-combatant.
One of the revolutionists was seri-
ously wounded and captured. He
ties think he is a native of New Mex
leo.
Saw Armed RevoIters
This IDEA is connrmed by the report
of the section foreman from Mimbros,
seven miles west of here, to the effect
that a band of from thirty to fifty
men assembled there yesterday. They
would not allow him to leave the yards
during the day. They had two large
bundles of rifles and bought provis-
ions. They left Mimbros, a station ON
the Ell Paso & Southwestern, about
midnight last night.
Some excitement was caused here by
the fact that the local agent of the ex-
press company received shipment OF
several thousand dollars this morning.
This money was forwarded by the
Mexican government to pay the month";
ly salaries of the gendarnes located
south of here. and as these shipments
come regularly each month, 1t was
thought the revolutionists might try to
secure it. The money was turned over
to the Mexican officials. and so FAR as
known they were not molested.
There is a United States customs
office at Columbus, and all the customs
force is held in reserve In case OF pos
sible trouble.
It is reported an attack is planned
for tonight at Guadalupe, In Chihua-
hua. near Fort Hancock, Texas, nfty
miles each of Ell Paso.
Dynamite was discovered under the
residence of the mayor of Juarez to-
day. and the mayor and his family
have removed to FL Paso temporarily.