The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-25
Seven Killed and 36 Wound
ed in Mexico City
WAS INTENSE EXCITEMENT
De La Barra Announced That President
Diaz Would Resign This Afternoon
That Provisional Government
Would Take Charge.

tense excitement of last night, this city
was in comparative quiet this morning.
The official statement OF the casual
ties resulting from the bloody rioting
that swept over the city yesterday and
last night places the dead at seven and
the wounded at thirty-six. Several of
the wounded are expected to die. A
large force of police was on duty to-
day Foreign Minister De La Barra is
sued an official statement this morning
that President Diaz and Vice President
Corral would resign this afternoon and
that the provisional government would
thereupon assume authority. The riot
of last night was started when specta-
tors from the galleries of the chamber
of deputies heard the announcement that
the two would not resign that day.
Until nine O'Clock the mob encoun-
tered no opposition and apparently lit
tie restriction was necessary. Shouting
yivas for Madero, they paraded the
streets, but always in an orderly
fashion except for the noise. Occasional
Instances of vandalism were immediate
ly condemned by the thousands of
marching men who joined in shouts of
"order, order"
At $3.50 it appeared that the crowd
was dispensing The main body had
been broken into smaller groups, but
at that time some of these had grown
more demonstrative in the big plaza
in front of the palace and the police
determined that the time had come for
drastic measures to be taken.
The shouting gesticulating mass of
humanity was warned to move on, but
a confidence born of better treatment
early in the evening caused them to
receive with derision the order of the
police Again they were told to dis
perse and again no attention was paid
to the order. Quickly their shouts of
ridicule were turned into cries of
anguish, for the police and the soldiers
fired The living stumbled in a mad
rush over the bodies of the dead and
wounded. The narrow streets leading
from the Zocato were jammed with /
fleeing men and women.
For a few minutes the guns of the |
government were stilled, but a regather- |
ing at street corners of the enraged and |
frightened partisans of bIadero resulted !
in another order to fire at will.
Sharper and longer now came the
shooting The mob fled but the troops
had not vet intimidated the rioters to |
the point where they were wiling to |
submit The force of the iron hand was
weakening and despite the death it |
had brought, the rioters refused to do |
more than scatter in miniature mobs /
each shouting for Madero and yelling I
for the downfall of the present govern I
ment
Almost at the moment of the be- |
ginning of the demonstration American
Ambassador Wilson entered the pal I
ace to pay his respects to the president,
but the president was too sick to re-
ceiye any visitors The call lasted 20 /
minutes. When the ambassador emerged /
lie found troops lined up in front of
the palace and mounted police at both |
ends of the block.
The troops which did the shooting re-
inforced the police later. The shouts /
of the mob crying "vive Madero" and /
death of Diaz' could plainly be heard /
by the ambassador although they did I
not penetrate so far as the presidents I
bed chamber, save when some careless
servant allowed the door to remain open1
for a moment The ambassadors motor I
car moved with difficulty. During its
progress at different times grimy hands /
We're thrust inside and the diplomat /
was saluted with "long live the am
bassador"
The Start Of the Riot.
The demonstration started from the
Chamber of Deputies after that body
had been in session more than an hour
and when it became known that the
designations of President Diaz and Vice
President Corral were not to be pre-
sented that day The chamber was
crowded to its capacity and the doors
had been closed upon a large number
who sought admittanee and who for a
time stood in orderly groups about the
entrance
Then number of men and boys APP
peared, bearing printed sheets declar-
ing that General Diaz had refused to
resign That was a signal for an out
burst of Indignation The shouting in
the chamber entrance called out the SER
,geant alarms and a number of as
sstants. and the balconies were cleared.
lHt NiuNh Aook up bHe VI viva NH
dero' and for a time stood about the
chamber shouting and waving their
hats
Then from somewhere appeared the
nucleus OF the later procession con- I
sisting of several coaches filed with
men and boys carrying pictures Of
Madero
When the crowd started. it was led
by coach in which stood a Young
woman Of the better class in white
linen suit wearing big black feTth-
cred hat She waved a Mexican flag
and urged the men about her to
greater pitch OF excitement Beside her
stood a young man, holding aloft a
large framed crayon portrait of the
revolutionary leader About the city
the crowd made its way, growing in
with every block traversed
They made a wide detour and at
tempted TO include in their ramlsing /
march the residence Of the president
At the first notice Of the gathering
crowd, however two squade Of mounted
police carrying rifles were rushed to
Diaz' residence and posted ON either
end Of the block When the crowd ap-
preached. the guards were placed four
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