The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-23

pany's quarters where there were
about thirty gringoes assembled With
their guns, waiting for something. no
one knew what. They were glad rl
get our news, for with the telephone
and telegraph concentration clg.
they had been imagining all sorts Of
things about the smelter. The sub-prc-
! feet had turned the town over to the
vice consuls, as It seems that In case
Of an insufrection, un0rr some phase
of international law, the commandatt
of a town can withdraw his forces and
let the consular representatives OF the
various governments police the city
and protect the property Of their re-
spective citizens. The United States,
Germany Italy, Great Britain and
think Sweden have vice-consulates al
Cerro de Paseo.
1--WE sat up until about In the
morning waiting for the arrival Of the
train, which we expected to follow
closely ON our heels. Just as day was
breaking we were aroused by the re-
port that the train was entering the
| lcity; we all turned out, and sure
lenough, there was the smoke OF the en-
! lgine plainly to be seen over one ofthe
low hills to the south OF the city The
government was out also, for there
were about sixty soldiers, Mauser-
armed posted on a high. rocky emf
nence which Is about In the center Of
the city.
"The sun came up presently, but no
one thought OF breakfast with the pros
Ipects Of such a lively scrap before our
leyes. About o'clock the insurgents
commenced to advance, in open forma-
tion, as nearly as we could Judge
about one hundred and twenty in all
were engaged The companys buia-
ing. a very handsome one of stone,
was about midway between the TWO
forces.
"Crrrraangl CrrrFaangl Crrrraang!
went the steel-iacketed Mausers OF the
government just as soon as the insurs-
ents were In sight They had the ad.
vantage of the attacking forces In that
the soldiers were all equipped with
Mausers ranging up to a mile and
three-Quarters, while the insnrgeni :
had only the Mauser pistol With "a
range OF thousand meters. When
the fun began number OF us were
gathered on the front steps Of the
building under an arched hallway,
which we thought afforded as safety,
but soon the bullets began splattering
against the walls and on The steps as
The insurgents got farther around,
using the Esperanza as a shelter.
! forgot 10 mention that the company p
) building was called the Esperanza. no
one WAS struck. but several were
grazed and suffered slight skin wounds
from the flying splinters and paru-
: cles OF rock knocked loose by the bul
! lets.
"AfteP that we went upstairs and
looked Out from the upper Windows
] The building was struck by over one
! hundred shots. several OF which en-
, tered windows but fortunately Gid ne
81 riOus damage The engagement
( lasted isr about three hours; al the
} n first b seemed that the Insurgents
! would advance directly upon me Town
but the shooting OF the soldiers I'm
{ lproved a little and u Inflicted heavy
I losses upon tne attacking Party AOoul
{ N o'clock the insurgents began 10 ~
! lire and the soldiers pursued ilhln
{ capulred about twenty-five prisoner
ard succeeded ria dispefslAs {hsm az
together.
4 icau who worked al the amclter an.
who ndQ luohfu VI ~ ~.
:, tionists. Approaching a hin he loohf'
:. over the crests and saw party Ok th'
;. reyoluuouists firing. lie rushed doWa
{ declared himself, Joined them. and j
d afterwards turned out that Ibis par
Z ticuiar PARTY was in hot retreat befor
4 a INDY OF the ~Soldiery and were al
3 eventually captured he with them.
4 saw him last night aiter ne had re
Z fnriied from Lima where ne was 70
4 leased from prison BY the eHofto
4 the American minister, a. the efsin'
D Of bis friends at the smeitef re hA'
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