Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-09

'ious circumstances had precipitated it.
Reports had reached him that the
federals had opened fire and that the
men who had been reported as revolt
ing against mis- lead had pursued them
of their own accord and could not re-
linquish their positions.
He listened to the counsel of his
chiefs, who advised general attack.
All the leaders have been acting un
der General Madero's orders.
They have surrounded Juarez with
their men. and prospects are that the
battle will continue throughout the
day, without any decisive turn. Gen
eral Madero was at his headquarters
receiving the9 reports from the front.
and with him were the various politi-
cal chiefs confident of an insurrecto
victory.
Navarro Refuses Armisties.
General Navarro would have con
sented to an armistice if the insurrec-
tos had evacuated thel town, and he
told this to General Madero over the
telephone early today. but the rebel
chief b. that time had given orders for
a general attack. to reinforce the 200
brave men who had forced their way
into Juarez despite the federal trenches
barricades and outposts.
Bullets poured into El Paso since the
attack began, at 430 a. M, but the
United States troops kept sightseers
three blocks away from the river-front
Privates Emilio Garcia and Cassiday.
of the American legion, with the IN
surrectos came to Ell Paso this morn
inn 70
teen Americans already had been killed
and wounded and the rebel losses would
probably reach $50 killed and wounded
and that the federal loss was more
than double that amount. In one
trench were forty-seven dead federals
and in another thirty-eight They
were stripped of most of their cloth
ing.
Using McGinty Cannon.
Cassiday said that when the attack
started yesterday there were possibly
$50 insurrectos and that no reinforce
ments came until last evening. He also
added that Villa Real had arrived from
Ojinaga with reinforcements and two
pieces of artillery. One, he said, was
the famous "McGinty" stolen from Ell
Paso.
Colonel Garibaid is in command of
the so-called Amer can legion" of in
surrectos and they are fighting their
way to the bull ring
The rebels have poured a stream Of
shrapnel and solid shot into the ity.
One of the guns is manned by United
States and French artillerymen-
American Driven Back.
An An,arican ipsprracto ,on,ad A.
derson attempted to cross the Santa
Fe bridge to Eel Paso, but was driven
back by the United States troops.
At 730 o'clock this morning Colonel
Steever, in charge of the United States
troops, issued orders not to permit any
provisions to be taken across to the
insurrectos. A wagonload of food was
at the bridge for the rebels, but it was
not permitted to cross. The insurrecto
officers stated they held the port of
entry and that they had right to
bring food supplies to their men.
Navarro Refuses to Surrender.
The decision to attack was made
after the ENJOYS, sent shortly after
midnight, to General Navf ,ro returned
saying that he refused to surrender
For an armistice arrangement he re-
ferred them to Judge CarbaJal. the
Federal peace envoy bu1 he, too, re-
fused to enter into an agreement with
part of the rebels already in Juarez.
The firing by the insurrectos was
begun by small detach.lent of men
stationed in an adobe house near the
Stanton street bridge. With their ma
chine gun leveled to sweep the main
streets of 5uarez they waited patient
ly for the first break of dawn and
opened fire.
A United States soldier while off
duty swan across the Rio Grande oniv
an hour before the attaca began and
brought back with him two of the
wounded insurrectos. Orders had been
given not to allow the wounded to taxa
refuge in FL Paso, but under cover 81
darkness the soldiers towed the two
men to shore and brought them to y
hospital.
One of the insurrectos had a bullet
wound In his neck and the other a bui-
let hole in his leg. The soldiers de
clared that the detachment Of men
with the machine gun near tha Stan-