Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-12
5 AMERICANS SLAIN
CITIZENS OF Ell PAso KILLED
IN BATTLE BETWEEN RER-
ELS AND FEDERALs.
TOWN OF JUAREz SToRMED
Gen. Madero Unable to Control His
Men--They Make Attack on Diaz
outposts-t.ooo U. S. Troops Guard
Border.


FL Paso, Tex.-One hundred and fif-
BY rebels made a daylight attack on
Juarez and the fighting between the
federals and insurgents lasted
throughout the day. General Madero
declares the assault was "unauthor-
lied"
The rebels not only succeeded in
capturing some of the important fed
eral outposts, but carried the fighting
into the town. The casualties of the
insurrectos and federals are not
known, but five people on the Ameri-
can side of the line were killed and at
least twelve wounded
When the bullets began to fall like
hail in the streets of FL Paso Col
Steeyer, in command of the Fourth
United States cavalry, sent couriers to
Generals Madero and Navarro bearing
this message:
In the name of the president of the
United States | hereby protest against
men under your command handling
their arms in suqA way that bullets
fall into United States territory, as is
happening"
But the bullets continued to fall.
and Colonel Steever later wired to
Washington for instructions.
Before withdrawing, the insurrectos
had captured all the customs houses.
the two bridges joining Juarez and Ell
Paso and the bull ring.
1t is believed by many that Juarez
would have been taken had it not been
for conflicting orders from Madero
Early in the day Madero undertook to
open negotiations with the federals
for an armistice. The negotiations
failed and Madero gave notice that he
purposed making a general attack
Shortly afterwards he countermanded
no attack
Generals Pasqual Orozco and Pan
oho Villa, reformed bandit, COM
handing a section of Madero's army.
disregarded Madero and made the at
tack. Madero issued statement de-
claring that he had not been obeyed
and was not responsible.
In the fighting it is said that Gen
eral Navarro was wounded. 1t is not
known whether or not the wound is
serious.
The fighting started when about
dozen insurrectos emerged from the
barren hills around Juarez and, skulk-
ing along through the shrubbery to-
ward the federal outpostg, fred re
peatedly at squad of federals cooped
up in an adobe house. The federals
soon left the house and fed, pursued
~ the insurrectos, who were headed
by Canadian named w. H. McKen-
zie. At the first few shots two fed
erals toppled over. Soon the federals
abandoned the trenches and the in.
surgents fired intermittingly for a few
hours without advancing. At last the
federals brought their artillery into
action and heavy cannonading began
They gagged their fire well and not
only shot shrapnel into the insurrecto
advance, but far into the outlying
forces of the rebel camp near Peace
Grove" where the commissioners
were to have met.
The insurrectos, however, took adj
vantage of the river bank and used it
for protection, as the federals had
been ordered not to shoot into Ell
Paso. They came as far as the Santa
Fe bridge, which joins Juarez and Ell
Paso, driving the federals back into
town and taking possession of the Gus
toms houses. Carrying the fight into
Juarez, the rebels entered the town,
and for four hours kept up a continu-
Gus fire. Insurrecto reinforcements
reached the bridge. but did not fire,
and withdrew at dark under orders
of their chiefs.