Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-05-25
Failure of President Diaz to
Resign Starts Riots
in Streets
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED
Crowds Fill Streets of Cap
ital Calling on Diaz
to Resign

MEXICO CITY. May 25.-For six
hours last night this city was in the
hands of a mob until a rain storm,
more effective than the police and
soldiers, caused the dispersal of most
of il. AT midnight however, a frag-
ment of the mob was keeping step to
the beating of tin pals and paying no
attention to the downpour, continued
it's demonstration, eyed by the police
and soldiers.
Twice the soldiers fired on the mob,
the first time at the Zocoto, big
square in front of the national palace,
and again to dispense the mob which
stoned the building occupied by FL
impartial and set it atire. The es-
timates of the number of dead are
from to is, including three police
men, reported beaten to death by the
mob. FL Emparcial, which continued
to prepare it's edition, estimates the
dead at 30 mostly in the IOcOto. The
police at midnight estimated the dead
in ZOcOto at five or six and the wound
ed at about 40.
Enraged by the announcement that
President Diaz and Vice President
Corral would not resign, spectators in
the galleries of the chamber of depu-
ties precipitated a riot yesterday that
has resulted in at least three deaths
by the police and troops.
and many injured by the Volleys fired
The demonstration started after the
chamber of deputies had been in ses-
sion an hour and a half and after the
announcement that the president and
vice president would not resign until
Thursday. Several boys appeared in
the galleries with place cards stating
that DaZ and Corral had refused to
resign. This Immediately produced an
outburst.
Woman Exhorts Crowd
The galleries We're cleared and
from somewhere sprang the nucleus
of a crowd. A young woman of the
better class, standing in a carriage,
waved a Mexican flag and urged the
men about her to a great pitch Of eX-
citement. Beside her stood a young
man, holding aloft lithograph Of
Madero.
Following the carriage, the crowd
made its way about the city, grow
ing in numbers with every square
traversed. They made wide detour
and attempted to include in their line
of march the residence of the presi-
dent.
Fail to Disperse
About this time the police determin-
ed the time had come to use force.
The shouting, gesticulaung mass OF
humanity was warned to move on,
but the confidence born of better treat
ment earlier in the evening caused
them to receive with derision the ord
er of the police. Again they We're told
10 Iicnprcp and AGAIN attention
was paid to the order.
Quickly their shouts of rdicHle We're
changed to cries of anguish, from the
guns of the police and soldiers were
throwing into their midst a hail of
bullets. The living stumbled in
mad rush. over the bodies of the dead
and wounded. Narrow streets lead
ing from the Zocoto were jammed
with fleeing men and women.
Madero Recognized Leader
JUAREZ. May 24.-The most signi
ficant of the hundreds of kilograms
received by General Madero, congratu-
lating him on the triumph of the revo-
lutionary cause, was message from
Ambrosio Figureoa, leader of the reb-
els in the immediate vicinity of the
capital, assuring MaderO that the
Army of Liberation in the South
awaits his orders. The telegram is
regarded here as convincing proof that
Madero controls all the rebels in
Mexico, and that they will abide by
the peace agreement when once they
are convinced one has actually been
made, which several in remote dis
tricts seem to doubt.
Acting minister of Internal Affairs
Estanol, in a telegram to Madero to-
day suggested that the ex-revolution-
ary troops and the federals join forces
in fighting the bandits and robbers.
MaderO replied that the request was
logical, but that he could not issue
necessary orders until he arrived in
Mexico City Revolutionist leaders are
inclined to go slow about falling into
line with the federal government until
De La Barra is actually in power and
Madero is in Mexico City with him.
Diaz and Corral, it is expected will re-
sign tomorrow, according to an Off
cial announcement.