Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-05-11

/ vast throng OF prisoners and insur-
rectos who gathered to hear him
( threw their hats skyward and shout
ed in most deafening applause.
| A moment later down the main tho
roughfare was heard the galoping of
horses and soon the inSurrecto STAN
dard the Mexican national colors,
! flashed in the sunlight. Behind it
, rode Mrs. Francisco |. Madero, Jr.,
! and an escort of cavalry. Her face
was beaming with joy. her black dress
covered with dust, and she spurred her
horse to the scene of her husbands
triumph. The shouting increased as
the two embraced and entered the
municipal building. now the Madero
headquarters.
Orders were being issued there by
General Orosco all afternoon to his
men to guard store and houses to
prevent looting. General Orosco him
self shot at ltwo.of his own men whom
he caught trying to make away with
some booty.
The town the federals thought i'm
pregnable to attack fell after q com
paratively easy effort. The house to
house advance Of the insurrectos, the
same deadly fire which had driven
the federals from their trenches and
outposts early Monday when the
skirmishingg began gave them an en-
trance to the town hardly molested by
the artillery of the federals. At the
end of yesterdays fighting the rebels
mad extensive control of the town.
During the night they discovered the
federal strongholds and by the use
of dynamite bombs and shells, a rag
ing conflagration and fierce musket-
ry. fought their way to the famous
old Spanish church of the town,
brown colored building whose high
brick fence formed barricade for
the federals The insurgents took
the church at midnight, the federals
rotreating further into the city to the
top of the municipal building along
the edges of its flat roof being piled
sandbags for barricade.
After the attack was renewed in
the early morning today and the reb-
els had brought their machine guns
within range, the federals retired to
the barracks, insurrectos by the hum
dreds occupying the houses within 100
yards on every side. Their fire was
rapidly demolishing the building
There was no other alternative for
General Navarro but to yield. Shrap-
mel was being poured into the hollow
square Of the barracks.
Many federal cavalry horses were
soon killed. The soldiers crowded the
place to its capacity. only a few
loopholes from which to shoot at the
insurrectos pierced its sides. Finally
at noon, General Navarro hoisted o
white flag. He first attempted to
send messenger to Senor Qbregon.
one of the go-between in the recent
futile effort to bring about peace ne
gotiations, to arrange for cessation
of hostillties, a sort OF an armistice,
but the rebels would accept nothing
except immediate surrender. AS the
gray-haired general stood in the door
way of the barracks and received Col
onel Garibaldi, Raoul Madero,
brother of the rebel leader dashed
forward with his gun pointed at Ma
varro ready to shoot if Garibaldi were
hit. Federals and insurrectos alike
however. withheld their firing while
the surrender was being arranged.
The fighting sooa ceased and atten-
tion was Immediately directed to the
dead and wounded The federals in
their humiliation tore off their visor
NuGo uhu uiilloiiiS anu Ndih'u dtJt't'
edly in their undertaking down the
street under guard of the insurrectos
to the corral They numbered about
500. Tonight it was reported that $50
of them had taken the oath of al
legiance to General Madero and would
join his forces.
Church bells were rnng residents
of the town appeared in the streets
with sghs Of relief and the insurrec-
tos began a continuous uproar of
shouts.
The insurrectos began to collect
thousands of rounds of ammunition
from the federal barracks and they
easily have made the most valuable
capture of the revolution. They now
have two mortars. three machine guns
and two field pieces. Their ammunl-
tion belts somewhat depleted during
the attack are filled again.
The town of Juarez has been dam
aged beyond recognition by bullets and
shrlls Several houses nave been burn
ed 10 the grond. Numerous adobe
dwellings are roofless. Some have
large holes i'm their walls exposing
to view the wrecked interiors. Win.
dow glass. bedding and debris gener
ally Is Uttered / nthe streets Scores
of buildings are punetured with bull
let holes Many show the destructive
effect OF the artillery fire. The flags