New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
FIERCE RIOT TN MEXICO
REYISTAS STORM HOTEL.
Tuo Americans Wounded IN Political
Fight-T1UO Dead.

uex,co Citv .,uIy 26-Two persons we're
killed more than a score were injured. including
two Americans. and two hundred arrests were
r,ada IN nolitical riots In Guadalajara yesterday
and last night.
A r,,oh broke up a meeting which was ad-
drassed bv orators who spoke in behalf OF the
reelection OF President Diaz and Vice-President
Corral The rioters shouted down with Diaz.
We want Reyes"
The rioters stormed the Hotel Garcia last
night where the Diaz orators were staying
Every window in the structure was smashed
and the bar. the office and the barber shop were
looted.
The police charged the crowd repeatedly, but
we're repulsed State troops were called out and
q number of yolleys were fired in the air with
out effect Some members Of the mob erected a
barrtcade on one Of the side streets. and shots
were exchanged between them and the soldiers
Six mounted gendarrnes and two policemen were
wounded. A boy four years old. is said to have
been killed
Considerable American property was de-
stroyed and two Americans were wounded. The
Americans asked the American consulate for
protection. The names Of the Americans
wounded are thought to be ". H. Horton and II.
Murphy though the dispatches so garbled
as to make their identity uncertain. The Amer
lean embassy and the American consulate In
Mexico City report that they have received no
advices from the consulate at Guadalajars.
No press messages reached Mexico City from
Guadelajara during the day, although CONNER
cial business was transacted as usual This
lends color to a runor that censorship has
been established.
Political speakers who are campaigning in the
interest Of Diaz and Corral. using a special
train. were insulted when they arrived at Quad
o1a he
where the meeting was to be held. they were
hosted and jeered by the throngs gathered along
the sidewalks.
At the theatre the crowds refused to allow
single orator to speak. drowning their voices
with yeIs and driving them from the stage by
hurling paper wads and an occasional stone
when the party emerged from the building they
were stoned. Leon Rojas. a prominent lawyer.
was struck on the head and severely injured
Automobiles streetcars and carriages in which
the campaigners rode were also stoned and the
glass In the vehicles smashed
The mob grew bolder and wilder. and nearly
every plate glass window In the downtown
quarter was broken. The 10th Regiment was
called out. and with the aid Of this organization
and Gordon OF mounted police the speakers
reached the special train. They arrived in Mex
ico City to-day.
The Hotel Garcia, which was wrecked BIZ the
mob. is one OF the largest in the republic. II
was leased by an American and he has put IN q
claim for damages.
Mr. Horton. one Of the Americans reported
wounded. was a guest at the hotel Just before
the hotel was stoned. Horton is said TO have
stepped TO a balcony and fired a revolver In the
air to disperse the crowd Murphy. the other
American injured was cut by a policeman's
sabre.
The latest dispatch from Guadalajara said
that all quiet. A heavy hailstorrn dis
persed the mob, which had taken position In the
Plaza de ArInas after breaking UP all the
benches and the grandstand.
The riot was the most serious which has oc-
CURED in Mexico in years. and is looked on as
significant by those who have closely followed
the political situation. The official press saws
that it planned and carried out by the
Democratic party. known as the Reyista party.
from the name OF its candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. General Bernado Reyes. formerly Minister
of War in Diazs Cabinet and now Governor Of
Nuevo Leon
Guadalajara is the second city OF the republic
and is ranked the most beautiful There Is a
large American colony there. The headquarters
for the extension Of the South Pacific Railroad
through Mexico is situated there and the city Is
the terminal point of the line.