Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-05
GENERAL REYES is STONED
Aged Mexican Candidate for President
of Mexico Made Sport Of by Mob.
ENDEAvoRNG TO MAKE ADDRESS
Stands in Balcony in Heart of Capt.
tai of the Coumtry-ROclH Are
shOwered Upon Him TIL
He Fleea.

Showered Upon Him TIL
He Flees.
MEXICO CITY, sept. S.-Stoned and
forcibly robbed OF 1900 pesos today by
mob OF Maderistas in the principal thor
oughfare of the capital. General Bernardo
Reyes, candidate for the presidency In
opposition to Francisco I. Madero, was
forced to abandon an effort to address his
constituents and to run the gauntlet OF
jeering crowd. upon whom the police had
received orders not TO fire except as
last resort
Repeatedly the police charged the turbu-
lent element. however and the records of
the Red Cross, the White Cross and
the commissaries account for forty-three
wounded as a result of the days disorders.
Most of these were injured by stones, but
many show bruises and gashes made by
the sabers Of the mounted police.
The storing Of the aged general was the
climax Of a riot that began about 10 o'clock
this morning and had not been entirely
Quelled at a late hour tonight Since its
beginning police and soldiers have pa
trolled the streets, but because Of the gov
ernment's desire not TO use the iron hand
the heavily armed horsemen had but an
intimidatory effect upon the rabble.
Reyes Braves PublCs
Placing their faith in the word Of the
government that equal guarantees would
be given all parties in the campaign and
trusting Madero's word that he would
welcome honest opposition, the hackers of
Reyes last week called an open air meet
ing for today. 1t was announced General
Reyes would make his initial speech of
the campaign, the site selected being in
front of the big S1O,0O0.OO0 national theater
in course of construction.
Early this morning groups Of Maderistas
began forming in various parts OK the
city, and threats TO interfere with the
Reyeistas' meeting were heard.
Shortly before 10 o'clock the partlsans
of Reyes began gathering in Avenida
Juarez and the two elements clashed near
the western end of the Alameda Near
this turbulent scene Reyes, his son.
Rodolfo, and a group OF party leaders
drove in an automobile. Far outnumber-
ing his supporters. the Maderistas crowded
about his machine, making difficult fur
Their progress. Stepping from the car, the
general rebuked the mob for its conduct,
but his words provoked louder jeers, sup
plemented by a rain Of stones and other
missiles The automobile was abandoned.
Its occupants walked the length Of the
Alameda to the center OF the disturbance.
a distance of four blocks, the rowdies fol-
lowing and throwing stones.
steps Out on Balcony.
Mounted police, who had been trailing
the crowds now rode their horses into the
center Of the mob, which gave way be-
fore them. Entering a building facing the
theater Reyes and his escorts went to the
second story, from where Reyes stepped
onto a balcony with the intention of ad-
dressing the crowd, now grown to great
proportions.
Such was the disorder, however, that
Reyes escort attempted to dissuade him
from making the effort The old man
would not be deferred and raised his hand
for silence. Instead the tumult grew and
chunks OF marble and rocks, gathered
from the ground about the new theater,
were hurled at the white-haired figure A
number reached their mark and yet Reyes
stood despite the efforts of his son to in
duce him to seek shelter. For twenty
minutes he remained there, lodging mis-
siles which wrecked the windows and
signs covering the front of the building
The police, hated by the populace as the
instrument used by Diaz to maintain Or
der with an iron hand, had drawn their
sabers and charged the crowd stoically
riding into the mass Of shouting humanity,
trusting to the force Of the rush 20 keep
the crowd moving.
Escapes I'm Automobile.
Inside the building Reyes friends had
succeeded in convincing him it was useless
to try to carry out his program. The
party had an automobile brought to the
entrance and In 1t they started for the
Ravas home in Santa Maria
Tho chauffeur drove the car down the
street at racing speed and the troop Of
mounted police which had been detailed to
act at Reyes escort galloped far in the
rear. The flying automobile escaped most
OF the stones hurled at 1t, but the escort
of police was stoned at every jump by the
crowd which now lined the avenue the
length of the Alameda.
Less than 100 yards away, in the center
of the Alameda, the usual Sunday band
concert was in progress and the hundreds
of promenaders were in igornance as TO
what was transpiring until squad OF
mounted police clamored almost into their
midst and refined their horses onto their
launches facing the avenue into which the
rioters had begun to pour.
Once free OF the crowd Reyes made the
discovery that he had been robbed of 5000
pesos 81, 500. Rodolfo Reyes felt for his
watch and it was gone.
BY a circuitous route the party went to
police headquarters, reported their losses
and then proceeded to the Reyes home.
There the old general rested during the re-
mainder OF the day, denying himself to
almost all callers. A few blocks away, in
the house OF his son, indignant partisans
discussed the events and considered the
advisablity Of pursuing the campaign in
the face OF such odds.