Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-05-10

the cracking of rifles Is intermittent.
F, The town of Juarez looks as If a
hurricane had struck it. Wires are
suspended from Jagged telegraph
! poles and the streets are filled with
| plaster, adobe debris, window glass
and splnters of wood Store signs
and awnings are punctured with
! holes. Many q brick building has O
cash in it and not few of the char
acteristic adobe houses of the town
are without roofs tonight.
The terror-s stricken residents of the
town have been under cover all day.
Many of them have been injured by
the hailstorm of bullets which fell
! during the day, passing through tain
walls and windows. The town itself
is quiet except for The occasional rifle
shots. Bullets continued to sing
across the Rio Grande to the Ameri-
can side, but the casualties We're few
or owing to the efforts Of the United
States troops, who have kept every
body several hundred yards back
from the river front
| There We're many sorties during the
| battle. the rebels maneuvering about
to draw the feder1is from the fortifi-
cations The mortars of the govern
ment troops kept up deafening fire
for several hours, but without any
more effect than TO prevent the rebels
! from swooping down upon them from
| the foothills west of the town.
The insurrecto artillery are of little
, value. The revolutionists accom-
plished more destruction while with
in Juarez by tossing dynamite bombs
about wherever they thought federals
were concealed. One of these bombs
is believed to have set the postoffice
on fire.
1 Various reports were current dur
| ing the day that rebel chiefs as well
as federal had been killed or injured.
| For a long time ii was believed that
! Colonel Garibaldi, grandson of the
famous Italian fighter. and comman-
| der of the so-caled American legion
OF insurrectos had been injured, but
tonight he was seen moving about his
men apparently unhurt General Pas
cual Oroszco and Colonel Villa, two
| rebel chiefs, are commanding the
movements of the rebels who are
gathered about the church and bull
pen, while Colonel Blanco with about
| 800 men, has taken up a position In
the shrubbery near the foothills ready
| to meet any flank movements.
General Francisco I. Madero, Jr.,
|
1.-THE progress Of the battle from a dis
tanee. He used a powerful pair OF
| field glasses and not infrequently
gave shouts of exultation at the ad-
vancing insurrectos. one detach-
ment of insurrectos deliberately ran
across the plain in direct fire of the
| federals to effect sortie which
might draw the federals from the
church which they held and General
Madero became visibly excited He
was eager to go to the front and
thrust himself into the battle but his
staff officers restrained MIN.
The insurrectos practically control
the river front and are aiding refu-
gees. especially women and children
! in reaching a place of safety. The
rebels have taken possession OF many
stores and are procuring food In the
houses where they have quartered
themselves.
| While General Navarro is said to
have sufficient ammunition and pro-
visions to hold out at least week
against the kind Of attack the rebels
handed out to him today. the rebels
are equally able, il Is said, TO con-
Itinue barassing Navarro for that
J length of time. The rebels have
made considerable progress today,
4 however. and il would cause no sur
prise IL they captured the town In an
other days fighting.
Some of the enthusiastic rebel poll.
| teal leaders in FL Paso who thougnt
that Juarez had been practically tax
en- sent communications to Gentral
| Navarro suggesting that he surrender
1.-THE town In the interest on humanity.
The gray haired old general only
smiled when he received these re-
quests and continued to give orders to
his staff.
/ Prospects Of rebel success are de-
pendent upon the ability OF the fed
erals to use their twelve machine
guns in the town.
General Navarro was reported tt
have been seen walking about the
streets directing the fighting, but in
lsrrrectos deny 1t. Members of the
Iinsurrecto army are known to bt
watching the gray-haired leader. ane
though they have orders not to shoo
are going to make a strong effort tc
take him prisoner. They tried hart
today to locate the general and to-
night one detachment OF insurTectoi
are planning to capture the fedora
commander tomorrow.
Privates Emile Garcia and Cassid,
of the American legion with the In
surrectos. who came to FL Paso thi
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