The Topeka state journal., 1910-11-19
RIOT IN PUEBLA.
Mexican Rebels and Police Bat
E" tie in Streets.
Many Peace Officers Killed by
Explosion of a Bomb.

Mexico City, Nov. 19.-Reports from
Puebla where revolutionary rioting oc-
CURED yesterday are that the town is
quiet today. Similar reports are re-
ceived from interior cities estimates of
the number killed in the fighting vary
from 100 to 40.
On this point, however, no reliable
information is available.
Strong forces of cavalry and infantry
are patrolling the streets and pickets
and sharp shooters occupy the church
towers. The revolutionary movement
which began when policemen attempted
to break up a meeting of anti-re-elec-
tionists, appears to have ended with the
capture of the home of Jose Cerdan,
who is credited with having headed
the rebels. Cerdan is said to have es-
capped. He is grandson of General
Miguel Alatriste, former governor of
the state of Puebla. Forty-two alleged
plotters against the government have
been arrested. They include the moth
er and sister of Cerdan. It was the
sister and not Cerdan's wife, as first
reported, who shot and killed Chief of
Police Miguel Cagrera and who IN turn
was shot to death. The body of Cabre-
ra was thrown by the rebels into the
street where it remained throughout the
fighting.
Troops of artillery and cavalry are
rushed to Puebla if occasion requires.
Story of the Trouble.
The stories told are that the trou-
BILE began when several policemen,
headed by the chief of police, attempt
ed to break up a meeting of anti
reelectionists. AS Chief of Police Mi
guel Cabrera and his men advanced
toward the building a door was open
ed by woman who shot the chief.
fight then began between the po-
lice and the occupants. bomb was
thrown from one of the windows in
the midst of the policemen and ru-
rales, the latter having been called to
assist the officers The bomb exploded,
killing many. The other casualties
occurred in the course of the fghting
which took place in the street. So far
as known, there were no Americans
killed.
The passengers further declared
from midnight until they left Pueb-
la in the afternoon there was contin-
uous rioting and while the anti-re-
electionists had been disIodged from
the building, fears were entertained
that the disorders were by no means
at an end.
it was learned the Seventeenth batta-
lion left here for Puebla by special
train and that other trains were in
readiness to transport additional
troops to the scene if necessary. 1t
was officially stated here that is men
A telegram from Puebla at GAS
O'Clock last night said that at that mo-
ment the First regiment of federal
troops had arrived, as had also a corps
of rurales. These, under the command
of Generals Luis Vale and Eduardo
Cauz, were being led against the house
in which the rebels were fortified and
were attacking, shouting long live the
government
The Madertstas. as they have be-
come to be known, were keeping up a
hot fire from the windows and bal
comics.
A feature of the fighting was the
part played by women. The wife of
Joseph Cerdan, who killed the chief of
police, was in turn killed by the fire
of the troops. Several other women
who also were in the house are said to
have appeared upon the balcony and
taken part in the conflict. When the
place was captured several were found
among the dead and wounded
A later dispatch contained the in
formation that the house had been
and a large quantity of ammunition
had been captured and that order had
been restored.
Secretary of Foreign Relations En-
rique c. Cree1 authorized the statement
that he had no official information as
to the number of dead and wounded
at Puebla but that it was a fact that
and dynamite had been employed by
the revolutionists. The trouble, he
said. was confined to Pueb1a.
Il have had reports from the COVER
nors of all the states" he said, land
can say positively there is no disturb
ance anywhere in the republic outside
of Puebla.''