The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-23
Revolution Spreading More
Rapidly Than Ever and
Rebels Advancing
FORCES ARE UNITING
TO BRING END TO
REIGN OF DIAZ
Wealthy Residents Resting
Under Burdens and the
Poor Join Hands in
the Fight


most desperate fighting NJ far In tllr
rebellion against Diax IL reported here
to-day In telephone adyices from Tor
IRON. where 800 soldiers and rurnits
have brsxs engaged all night In tienc
bssttic with revolutionists " no arc said
IN number nearly 1000.
Firing from the iors Of churches
and other large buildings throughout
city. the Dtax fortx.s ami hundreds of
tOwnapeoFlc arc battling TO hold of
the sx,l1rln, Of whom large numbers
de~prssAte 0nslauKhts. On Ono incur
sion into thu. city tho rebels and de-
tenders engaged In hand -to-hand
sighting and more than ono hundred
of the s0idierx were captured beforT,
the reyOIutionists drew of with their
dead and wounded.
INSURGENTS AGGREssORS.
When tho hattie began more than
$500 rcvOiutitmists appeared before
thr city and were inme diately assault
cd by the 500 troops forming thu gar
risoa. These, entrenehsd behind walls
and In rife rita on the city's river
front. fought Oft the attack during ths.
night. This morning eight hundred
1IOAtiOftul 1oUt1 FASA1N ~ ~
defense Of the city. Th. soldiers will
No dctratItsxi some miles from the city
and arc expected - attack tire rebels
on the flank. AT Hasa reports the hat
tie wa& stu undecided. but the rcvo-
lufl0nists are reported TO he pouring
lii by hundreds, and unless the gov
ernment troops can obtain further
aid, Ii h believed the city will bc cssp-
tured.
PALACE BURNED.
Additional details Of the fattles
fought In Gomez PnIasto and I,arral
were received to-day from refugees.
They declare that during the fight
ing In the latter city the municipal
palace was burned and more tlan
score Of persons killed, Including the
chief Of police. The refugees praiSs.
the courage Of The rurale~. After the
reyolutionists had bcs.n once driven
away they returned In increased num-
beers and tho ruraics agnin drove ths'm
out.
Parral, which the revolutionists
captured after desperate fighting.
Monday and Tuesday II reported io
have been retaken. Two Americans,
one u mining man named Lawton and
another whoee name il unknown are
sajd to have bcen killed In the Parral
lighting. They were standing In the
doorway Of the Foreign Club. when
stray bullets struck them. The rcfu-
gees assert TINT WHEN rcinfory'enHnts
reached Parral tho rebels rs-trcatcd
after q sharp clash. fcayfng their dead
In the streets. Railroad c0mmuntca-
ti0n with Pnrrnl WAS rc-t~ta blishcsl
to-day and reports say quiet prevails
to-day there.
some refugees fruGn Chihuahua de-
<.lAred General Tcrra1as has sworn In
a large number Of citizens TO protect
the city. Machine guns have been
mounted upon the municipal palace
and the cathedral In preparation for
the attack by eight thousand rebels,
expected ~ ANY moment.
Diego Redo. high government OIL
cial, arrived here to-day from Mexico
City. He declared that the fightin&
NJ Orizaba was mainly confined to Ia
bor troubles, but added that heavy re-
improvements were being rushed there.
Refugees assert that the lighting re-
ported 1t TOFreon did not really Co.
cur within that city. bat between Tor
rcon and Gomez ralacio, four miles
away, the principal fighting being In
Gomez Palaci0.
EI. PASO, Tex. Noy. 2s.-~That the
Mexican revolution Is spreading more
repidly than ever despite the efforts
OF the entlfe IeOeTai army Oh NtcAieo
to prevent Il and despite the efforts Of
President Dlax. government to prevent
the dissertation OF news, was evident
to-day from the flood OF private re-
ports received here regarding the re-
volt
With Torreon. Gomez Palacio and
I1erdo already In the hands OF the re-
bells. Texas dispatches showed the
victorious revolutionary army. under
command Of Francisco /. Madero and
hts immediate Heutenants was attack
Ing Chihuahua and Cuatro Cienegas
and that the fail OF both places was
Imminent
From the latter place came advices
early to-day stating that Madero him.
self. at the head OF 1000 rebel troops.
b~gan an attack on the city At A. H..
and that at o'clock fierce battle was
In progress, with the rebels steadily
gaining ground. Further details have
not been received but the earlier ad-
vices predicted the quick capture OF
the city by Madero.
chihuahua, the largest city yet at
tackled by the revolutionists. n in Inn
lninent danger OF capture. the advices
(Continusd on Fourth Pags.)