Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-09
Says He Will Fight and Then Says
Positively Will Not.
D1Az TO QUIT IF PEACE COMES
Manifesto Addressed to the People of
Mexico.
MADERo FoRB1Ds MOVE ON CITY
Abandonment of lordeF Warfare In
Line with Policy of Insurrectos
to seek BarIy Recognition
by America. .


Ell PAso, Tex. May s--rho insurreetos
oarly tonight entered JuaFez as far as the
bull ring, The main column OF the rebels
advanced toward the city.
The artillery Of both Hides was brought
into action and the reports Of the cannon
were incessant. The Insurreotos were
swarming into the town The insurreotos
had control of both brides leading from
Juarez to the United states.
The federal artillery fired several ex-
plosive shells into the foothills surrounding
Juarez. The insurreoto detachment which
came up along the river bank fired only
intermittently Fierce fighting was In prog
ress in the town.
AT 7:lO o'clock General Madero returned to
his headquarters and denied that the attack
was general. He said he was making every
effort TO stop the battle, He, declares that
those fighting had disobeyed orders, The
remainder Of tho insurrecto army, how.
ever was holding itself In readiness TO give
succor to their comrades.
The insurrectos had taken all the custom
hoises but one. all bridges and tho build
ings. Th estreets of JuareE were said 70 be
covered with dead and wounded. The
United States custom house was hit by
bullets several times. The casualties on
the American side Of the line thus far
were reported to be four killed and nine
wounded
At o'clock General Madero announced
he would begin at sunset a general attack
on JuareS. He gave no explanation, but
IL is believed that the exact wording OF
the Diaz manifesto reached hereftodAy ana
proved highly unsatisfactory to the rebels.
The small detachment which broke away
fro mthe main command was in possession
of the outlying portion OF Juarez Colonel
steever ordered all United States troops
TO the scene of the fighting, He made a
report to the War department OF the fulfil
ity of his protests against shooting into
America nterrltory. Bullets were coming
into Ell Paso thick and fast near the
Santa Fe bridge, which Joins the two
towns.
To the truce bearer. who went from Gem
eral Maderos headquarters, the insurrectos
replied that they would stop fighting only
when they took Juarez. General Madero's
military chiefs were supposed to have pre-
vailed on him that he must take Juarez to
make the government recede from the al
legged naughty position It took on the Dinz
manifesto
Madero Changes Mind.
General Madero at 42o o'clock changed
his mind and said he would not attack
Juarez, The rebels were reportd to have
stopped firing. 1t We rported that the feder-
ais had shot the insurrecto truce bearer.
but It could not be confirmed. Many of the
federal dead can be seen lying in the
streets.
General Maderos announcement at the
conclusion Of conference with his chiefs
was, Il will not attack Juarez,"
A message received at the Madero camp
from Bl Pals, newspaper in Mexico City,
declaring that President Diaz had not
flatly announced his intention to resign
added 10 the argument which Madero's
! military chiefs made to him to attack the
town.
Colonel steever, in command Of the
Fourth United States cavalry, sent two
messengers to General Navarro protesting
against the federal fire into American ter
rttory. One man bore a flag OF truce and
another an American flag.
Colonel Steever sent a similar request 70
General Madero It read
I'm the name OF the president Of the
United States I hereby protest against
men under your command handling their
arms in such a way that bullets fall into
United States territory, as is happening
today"
secret Attack Averted.
! Residents Of Ciudad Juarez awoke today
to find that they had been spared a battle
which might have resulted in one Of the
deadliest conflicts OF the revolution. Cream
ing along in the thick night, the insur-
! Ell PAsO, May S.-Residents OF Ciudad
Juarez, the Mexican city across the Rio
| Grande, awoke today TO find that they
had been spared a real battle which might
resulted in one Of the deadliest conflicts
Of the Mexican revolution. Creeping
along in the thick Of the night. the insur-
recto army, supposedly on its way south
because it feared American Intervention IL