Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
FINISH FIGHT
IS ON AT JUAREz
Rebel Army Attacks Federal
Stronghold in City.
HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN KILLED
Many Americans Slain In Fierce Street
Fight and Bullets SIay and Wound
Non-Combatants In Center of FL

Non-combatants In Center of El
Paso.
The third days fighting in Juarez
opened with desperate onslaught by
Madero's insurrectos in the strong
holds in the center of the city held by
General Navarro's garrison. 1t is said
hundreds have been killed and wound.
ed in the fighting.
Supported by superior artillery, the
loyal troops held the rebels in check
most of the day, but the latter, pour
ing into the city from the foothills
and from every direction and advanc-
ing by rushes, occupying houses in
their advance, finally gained the cen
ter of the city.
Many Americans enrolled In the
rebel ranks were killed and number
were shot in Ell Paso, despite efforts
of the United States troops to keep
the crowds of spectators back from
the banks of the Rio Grande, the nat
ural international border.
Throughout the day the fighting did
not cease for a minute. Thousands of
cartridges were expended, hundreds
OF shrapnel shells were exploded be-
tween the Mexican brothers in an en-
deavor each to eXterminate the other.
Back and forth they fought, first the
lnsurrectos gaining and carrying a
trench, then falling back under the
heavy fire of the rallying federals. The
insurrectos fought their way into the
heart of the town, captured the bull
ring and Cowboy park. Then they ad-
vanced slowly against the main strong
hold of the federals in the old church,
the postoflice the Jail and the munich
pal buildings, all grouped around the
Hidalgo plaza.
Every inch of the route was con-
tested, and it was slow. steady fight.
Darling from behind one adobe wall
to the other, the ins,lrrectos advanced.
Falling back from one roof to another,
the federals retreated into the big
buildings that gave them safety.
Rebels Fire Buildings.
The insurrectos used their two
home made cannon with splendid eff
feet, except that they had black pow
der and their smoke easily drew the
fire of the federals. The insurrectos
were able to silence the federal big
guns in most instances after they got
into the city, and for time the fed
erals had nothing more than their
rifles and hand grenades for the de-
fense of the town. In the middle of the
afternoon the federals got a field gun
onto the roof of the old church and
drove the insurrectos back from the
old plaza to the trenches near the
river, firing shrapnel at them as they
fed. Two of the shrapnel shells fell
into Eel Paso, one in the yard of the
Ell Paso laundry and one into the
Santa Fe stock yards. The bursting
shrapnel scattered the insurrectos
and killed and wounded many of them
AS the insurrectos fell back they be-
gan to set fire to the buildings about
the plaza. The torch was applied to
the postoffice. The fire spread rapidly
and soon started in another part Of
the city.
Throughout the fighting the casual
ties were heavy on both sides, and the
wounded and dying were left in the
hot sun, without food, water or medi-
cal attention. There were two doctors
with either command, and as the fight
ing was at close quarters the wound
ed fell thick.
On an arrangement between Colonel
Steevsr, of the United States army,
commanding the border guard. and