The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-09
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Especial from United PreSs.)
Ell Paso, Texas. May 9-Despite the
confident assurances of General Juan
Navarro that Juarez has not and will
not surrender, it appeared certain,
shortly before noon, today, that the
capture of the city by Mexican in
surgents under Francisco 1. Madero,
was only a matter of a short time.
At that hour only a feeble resistance
was being offered by the Federal
garrison while hundreds of insur-
gent soldiers swarmed the citys
streets overwhelming the small bodies
of Federal infantry remaining.
Insurrecto officers declared at noon
that practically all the Federal cav
airy had abandoned Juarez and fled
all the Federal cannon had been si-
fenced excepting two guns mounted
on the roof of the Jail.
While the insurgents appeared vir-
tually certain of capturing the city,
! the indications were that the fighting
will leave much of Juarez in ruins.
The heavy cannon fire. which charac-
| terized the mornings battling, besides
: dealing death to both sides, has
wrought havoc to property. Many
buildings have been reduced to ruins
and several large structures in the
shells, had been destroyed by the
/ flames.
+ San Diego Cal, May 9-Two hun
dred Mexican insurgents commanded
], by Captain Price an American, at s
| o'clock, this morning, drove the Fed
| eral garrison out of the city of Tia
| Juana, across the border from here,
F! and occupied the town.
When the rebels marched into the
/ city, several buildings, including the
bull ring where the garrison made its
i last desperate stand, were in flames.
| Several score OF Federal soldiers step
ped out of houses as the insurgept
force advanced and surrendered to
Captain Price. while others made off
through the brush to the American
side of the border The fighting.
which Immediately preceded the cap
ture of the city. was of the most des-.
| perate character From a. m. when
! the general attack began, until 8
| o'clock. the Federals offered a stub
born resistance. They fell back before
4 the advancing rebels until they reach
I ed the bull ring where for nearly two
| hours the garrison withstood the in
| surgent fire. Finally, practically cut
| to pieces the garrison abandoned the
| city.
When the rebels arrived they found
! a dozen Federal dead in the streets
and a like number in the buTl ring.
The insurgent casualties are not
: stated.
When the fall of the city appeared
certain. General Bliss ordered so men
Wilcox Of the 30th cavalry, in main-
tanning control.
Guadalajara, Mexico. May 9-It is
reported that Luis Moya with 500 men
is attacking Durango and San Luis.
Another force of insurgents is also re-
ported operating against Sombrerete,
State of Zacatacates.
Ell Paso, Tex. May 9.-After a, SER
les of desperate battles in the streets
of Juarez, in which the casualties are
reported to have been enormous. the
troops of General Francisco ]. Madero
were practically in control of that
city at O'Clock, this morning.
At that hour the insurgent sharp
shooters had picked off nearly all
the gunners manning the Federal
machine guns and cannon and all the
guns had been silenced.
Navarro then practically abandon
ed the city, according to reports
reaching here.
Virtually all of his cavalry rode out
toward Rancho Flores, IL miles from
JuareZ, and the only Federal troops
left there were few companies of
infantry. These continued a desper-
n
surgent invaders. behind the heavy
barricades that had been thrown up
by Navarro in the main thoroughfares
of the town.
1t is reported that General Madero
has demanded the surrender of the
city and has sent Rogue Gonzales
Garcia and Alberto F'uentes to Gem
eral Navarro to insist that the Fed
eral commander abandon the CITY
and prevent further bloodshed De-
the general attack did not begin un-
til shortly before daylight. The num-
Der of insurgents already in Juarez
Is not known but it is believed to pe
upwards of 500.
Shortly after the fighting began, to-
day, Mrs. Josefa Garcia and her
young sons were wounded by stray
bullets in this city. When this latest
shooting was reported the United
States troops on duty along the river
front were ordered to clear every-
body out of the territory for three
blocks back from the river.
1t is reported that Captain Linde--
felt. who was in command of the
Americans who attacked the barri-
cadeS, last night was killed. The in
Surrecto reinforcements are reported
to be enroute here from the state of
Oj1naga- The Federals are also anti
cipating the arrival of reinforcements
and part of the insurrecto army
give battle.
The battle had not been decided at
10:45 a. M, although the rebels were
in Juarez by the hundreds and were
storming the barricades and trenches
of the Federals in the streets. The
Federals still held the custom house
and the jail as well as the church in
the center of the city. From the
Jail where they mounted field pieces,
the Federals shelled the rebels in the
streets.
The final exodus of on-combatants
from Juarez started when it appear
ed that the whole town would be
wrecked by the cannon of the rebels
and the incessant firing OF the men
in the streets Great throngs of wo-
men and children who had deter
mined to stick it out" in Juarez be-
came panic-strscke and rushed for
the international border at 10 a. m.
They were allowed to cross without