The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
GEN. REYES STONED AND LATER ROBBED BY MADER|STAM MOB Turbulent Riot Follows At tempt of Aged Candidate
 To Make Speech
POLICE KEPT BUSY
 AND RED CROSS TOO
Standing In Balcony General Reyes . Assailed With Missiles. Later Is Hurried Away In
 Automobile

Mexico City, September 3.--Stormed 1 and forcibly robbed of 5000 pesos to- day by mob of Maderistas, in the principal thoroughfare of the capital, Gen. Bernardo Reyes. candidate for the presidency in opposition to Francisco l. Madero, was forced to abandon an effort to address his constituents and te run the gauntlet of a jeering crowd, upon whom the police had received or ders not to fire except as last re sort
 Repeatedly the police charged the | turbulent element, however, and the ] records of the Red Cross, the White ] Cross and the commissaries account for 43 wounded as result of the days disorders. Most of these were injured by stones, but many show bruises and gashes made by the sabres of the mounted police.
 The stonlng of the aged general was the climax of riot that began about ~ I o'clock this morning and had not been entirely quelled at a late hour tonight. Since it's beginning police and soldiers have patrolled the streets at short and regular intervals, but on account of the governments desire not to use the iron hand the heavily armed horsemen had but an intimidatory ef- feet upon the rabble.
 Placing their faith in the word of l the government that equal guaranties would be given all parties in the cam paign and trusting Madero's word that he would welcome honest opposition, the packers of Reyes last week called an open air meeting for today It was announced that General Reyes would make his initial speech of the campaign, the site selected being in front of the big s1O000,0o0 National theatre in course of construction.
 Early this morning groups of Ma deriseas began forming in various parts , of the city and threats to interfere with the Reyeista meeting were heard. Shortly before 10 o'clock the partisans Of Reyes began gathering in Avenida Juarez and clashed with Maderistas near the western end Of the Alameida. Into this turbulent scene General Reyes, his son, Rodolfo, and group of party leaders drove in an automo- bile Far outnumbering his supporters, the Maderistas crowded about his ma chine, making difficult further prog ress. Stepping from the car the gen eral rebuked the mob for It's conduct, but his words provoked louder jeers, supplemented by a rain of stones and other missiles. The automobile was i abandoned It's occupants walked the length of the Alameida from the scene of the disturbance, distance of four blocks. The rowdes followed throw ing stones the while.
 Mounted police who had been trailing the crowds then rode their horses into the center of the mob which gave way before them Entering building fac Ing the theater. Reyes and his escort went to the second story from where ID lo1f Fxtrit h a intention of addressing the crowd grown to great proportion.
 Such was the disorder. however. that Reyes. escort attempted to dissuade him from making the effort. The old gen eral jwould not be deterred, however, and raised his hands for silence. h. stead the tumult grew and stones gath cred from the grounds about the new \ theatre were hurled al the white haired figure, cseveral reaching their mark and yet Reyes stood despite the efforts }of his son to induce him to seek shelter For twenty minutes lie remained there lodging missiles which wrecked the windows and signs covering the front of the building. The police had drawn their sabres and charged the crowd. Content with momentary success and . obeying their orders to deal gently with - the mob, the police reformed following the charge and took up their positions on the oposite side of the street. Elm boldened by the Knowledge that the police did not intend to attempt drastic measure, the rabble turned their at tention to hurline. into their ranks shower of stones
 For moSe than an hour the fight be- tween police and mob continued. For the most part the police took their medicine heroically, riding into the mass of shouting humanity, trusting to the force of the rush to keep the crowd moving.
 Inside the building Reyes friends had succeeded in convincing him that 1t was .useles sto try to carry out his pro- gramme. The party had an automobile brought to the entrance and in it they started for the Reyes home in santa Maria
 The chauffeur drove the car down Avenida Juarez at racing speed and the troop of mounted police which had been detailed to act as Reyes escort gallop- ed far in the rear. The flying auto mobile escaped most of the rocks hurled at it. but the escort of police in the rear were stoned at every jump by the crowd which now 1ined the avenue the ,l length of the AlameidA
 J Less than hundr, |. yards away in the center of the Alameida the usual Sunday band concert was in progress and the hundreds of promenaders were in ignorance as to what was taking place until squad of mounted police cldtteTeu dlHloSt Into tnelr midst and refined their horses on to their launches, filling 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 peos $150O in gold,.< Rodolfo Reeves felt for his watch and it was gone Notes were compared and 1t was found that at least A dozen of the Ryeista contingent had been the victims of pickpockets.
 By & cIrcuitous route the party went to police headquarters. reported their losses and then proceeded to the Reyes home. There the general rested durisg the remainder of the day. denying him self to almost all callers. A few blocks away in the home of his son, indignant partisan discussed the occasion and con- sidered the advisability of pursuing the campaign in the face of such odds.
 Meanwhile in the center of the city, the authorities still had the problem of dealing &ith the rabble. Orders were sent to the army headquarters and soon \ . troop of cavalry appeared on the scene. ostensibly to assist the police in restor- ing order. The army is not hated by the lower element as much as Is the po- lice. The khaki-clad horsemen were greeted with half hearted cheers, although