Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20
ASSOCIATED Press)

MEXICO CITY Nov. 19.-Estimates
of the number killed in the fight be-
tween soldiers and police on one side
and revoiutionists on the other at
Puebla continued today to be placed
as high as 10. Dispatches from Pu-
ebla say it is certain that more than
100 were killed in the conflict.
1t was IN the early stages of the
fight that the daughter of Aquites
Cerdan, whose house was the scene of
the fight, shot down the chief of police
and from that time until the surrender
probably 1000 shots were fired by both
sides The fay lasted for three hours
and a constant fire from the besieged
and besiegers was kept up.
Cerdan was killed while resisting ar
rest in tunnel where he had taken
refuge He fought to the last, firing
at the officers as soon as they found
his hiding place.
According to late advices from Pu-
ebla there was no fear of further trou-
BILE, as the troops were in control, al
though it was said that many factory
employees were still talking in a revo-
lutionary vein.
The fighting was confined to the vi
cinity of the Cerdan house, where
discuss plans for an uprising sched-
uled for tomorrow and where many
guns had been concealed. Secret
service men heard of the meeting and
the authorities ordered a squad OF
police to break 1t up.
SOLDIERS JOIN POLICE
When the officers approached the
house they met with resistance from
the revolutionists, who began to- fire
from the windows and balconies. Calls
for reinforcements were sent to head
quarters and later soldiers Joined the
police.
Many of the soldiers went to the tops
of adjoining buildings, some to church
towers, and from these points of van
tage poured a steady stream of bull
let's into the home of Cerdan.
From within the dwelling the revolu-
tionists returned the shots. Those who
fell under the fire of the besieged lay
in the street until the fray ended,
which was only after the rebels had
exhausted their ammunition. Upon a
slackening of the fire from within the
house the troops rushed it and cap
tured some forty survivors.
Not a pane of glass remained in the
window frames of the house, the doors
were riddled and hundreds of bullets
were embedded in the walls, while dead
and wounded lay in the yard, rooms
and halls.
ATTACK ON BANK PLANNED
kilograms from Torreon in North
ern Mexico say four men were arrested
today when the police broke UP a meet
ing of Moderistas. Papers which are
said to have revealed plans for an as
sault upon a bank as the first move
in the proposed insurrection were
seized.
Notwithstanding prevalent rumors of
a proposed uprising against the gov
ernment tomorrow. the authorities ap-
pear to feel no uneasiness. Various
regiments are under arms and will be
ready for service at moments no
tice throughout Sunday.
AS a precautionary measure the Gus
tomary Sunday bull fights have been
prohibited Speaking tonight of the
situation here Gov. Villerme de Landa
de Escandon of the federal district
said:
"There will be no uprising of the Mo-
deristas tomorrow The government is
fully prepared to meet any demonstra-
tion whatever and to crush it in its in
cipiency While we believe that the
heralded twentieth of November will
pass quietly as did today, we also be-
iieve in being fully equipped and in
readiness for any unexpected events.