The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-05-12
EFFORTS RENEWED
TO CAPTURE JUAREz
General Attack by lnsurrectOs
Begins at Daybreak.
General Navarro, in Command of the
Federais, Confident He Can Hold
the PIace-More An1eri-
cans Are Shot.

A dispatch from Ell Paso, Tex, de-
scribes the rebel attack on Juarez,
Mexico, as follows
A desperate and bloody battle is
in progress in Juarez between the reD-
els under Francisco Madero, Jr., and
Mexican federal troops upder General
Navarro. On this side CT the RIO
Grande. where two more Americans
were shot soon after the battle was
resumed, it is believed the rebels Will
capture the heavily fortified town.
The general attack by the insurrecto
forces was begun about 4;30 a. m.
The firing by the insurgents was
begun by small detachment OF men
stationed in an adobe house near the
Stanton street bridge. With their ma
chine gun leveled to sweep the main
streets of Juarez, the rebels waited tor
the first break of dawn, then opened
fire.
Colonel Villareal, the insurgent
chief, advanced on Juarez from the
east with 500 men fresh from the
seige of Ojinaga General Rabago ad-
yanced to Juarez with 1000 federals,
but a strong command was assigned
to oppose him and Madero had no
fear from that source.
The two Americans shot early in Ell
Paso are Mrs Josefa Garcia and her
young SON. The former received a
wound in the neck.
Thousands of residents of Ell Paso
for hours have been watching from
roof tops and points CT vantage. The
United States troops had ordered
everybody on the American side OF
the line to stay three blocks away
from the river front.
Rogue Gonzales Garcia, Alberto
Fuentes, end other insurgent leaders
crossed into Juarez in the night to
discuss a possible termination of hos
tilities with General Navarro.
The rebel decision to attack Juarez
was made after ENJOYS sent to Gen
eral Navarro returned with news that
he refused to surrender. For an arm
istice arrangement he referred them
to Judge Cabajal, the federal peace en-
voy, but he, too, refused to enter into
an agreement with part of the rebels
already in Juarez.
Continuous firing during the night
indicated that the rebels were press
ing closely the advantage gained Mon
day by forcing the federals from their
trenches and outlying Notifications
near Juarez, and that they would
make a general attack soon.
The small band of rebels which
precipitated the engagement had driv-
en- the federals well into the town and
when daylight came acknowledgements
were at hand. If the main body of
rebels conducted itself with the brav-
cry which the initial detachment had
shown, it was the opinion of those
who have been observing the fighting
closely, that the insurgents would tri-
umph.
1t was reported that one of the fed
eral machine guns had torn a part of
a rebel detachment to pieces The
federals were not successful with their
machine gun in the open. The rebel
musketry was so accurate that the
federal artillerymen dragged their
gun away, leaving several dozen
shells for the insurgents to gather
General Navarro was confident of
holding Juarez and military experts in
town believed he could do it. He had
HI two field pieces and cannon in an
advantageous position. He had twelve
guns in ALL three of which were in
action on the outskirts of the own,
Smelling the hills from which the
main column of the insurgent army
must pass to enter the city unless it
decided to follow the river bank, the
route by which the vanguard of the
rebels gained entrance to the town.
1t was known that at least thirty
persons were killed and sixty wounded
in Mondays battle. Of the dead five
were struck by stray bullets while in
the streets of Ell Paso Twelve others
were wounded by shots which crossed
the international line.
Captain Linderfelt, the American
who commanded the small body of
men that first attacked Juarez, was
killed, with five others of his COM
mand. Captain CacEino of the fed
eral forces was reported to be serious