The Washington herald., 1911-02-06

exchange few shots. They waited unit
this morning to ascertain if it was ;
train of rebels federals.
Calling Gun Set Up.
Finding it was fe'i"rals the inSurrecto
during the night had dug intrenchment:
around the train and had set up a Satlins
gun Then followed the all-day fgh
from behind hills waiting for nightfall
The rebels declared their intention o
f, attacking under cover of darkness during
: the night and rushing the federals
Not until this fight is ended will there
be an attack on JuareZ itself The fed
erals are fighting under the belief that
they are to be nraSSacred if taken prLS-
orers as their officers tell them. They
have seventeen cars. three of them pas
senGer coaches and the others are box
cars.
The precautions in Juarez have not
been relaxed. The soldiers are still on
the tops of the buildings and this morn
ing they cut loophOleS in tine walls of
the Lncient cathedral so that they can
shoot from inside if the inSUrrsctoS drive
them from tha roofs " here they are now
mtrenchcd behind sand bags.
JuareZ looks like a congress of ma
tiOns. Flags of every color are floating
from all the h"usatops and doors. show
ing the foreign residents. The Mexican
national emblem floats from every Of
ficial building proudly and defiantIy
Usually it does not fly except on the
cuStOm-hoILSe.
Auto Drivers Harvest.
More than hundred people went from
FL PaSo in automobiles to-day to the
near vicinity of the firing. Automobile
drivers make the round trip in four hours
with an hour at the battlefield and are
harvesting money at So to so a load.
There were no races to-day in Juarez
and there will be none until the fighting
is over.
Thcr" will hn no attack on Juarez to-
night, and maybe not before Tuesday
1t all depends upon the success with
which the federais able to hold their
Juarez as soon as he can defeat the
Robago command. He had already start
cd on his mar'i' against .Iuarez on Sat
urday night. having given UP the idea
that the train was coming from the south
with federal re-enforcementS when he
saw the light and halted his men
Otherwise he says he would have at
lacked JUareZ by TINS afternoon. The
inSUrrectos are we'll screened behind low
bills. and the fedrraiS can only fire at
them when they crawl up and look over
the top. There is a small growth Of
brush upon the top of these hills and
the rebels have good positions in which
to hide, especially as they use SmokeIeSs
powder.
The rebels are armed with all manner
of guns, but the majority carry Mauser
rifles, and very many of them carry
bayonets and wear Mexican army car
fridge belts, showing that they are either
deSerterS from tn" fCder;ilS or that they
have captured these things from federal
soldiers.
OrOxcO'x Father killed
Monterey. Mexico. F b. "A disnatch
from Chihuahua SAYS that further de-
tails have been received here of the fight
between federalS and rebels at La Mo-
jina. that state and that the report that
Pasquale Orozco. ST, her of Gen. Pas
Quale Orozco, jr.. who is command of the
insurrectns at Juarez was killed. is
confirmed
federals.
Omaha, Feb. 5-One hundred signal
men from Fort Omaha, together with all
signal apparatus. including one of the
battalions kept at the post. have been
ordered to the Mexican border and vii,
leave Monday.
Fort Meade. S. Oak. passed through
Omaha to-day, en- route to the Rio |
Grande country. four going to Ell Paso