The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-09

l ri paso May S-Though the . er1nr ceased at ii: :s0 o'clock tonight < A st was r1ulored that an automobile < AA nartv went to demand the surren- Y ,> der of Juarez from General Ma ' L. varro. Should General Navarro re- < ,~. fuse a general attack Is imminent. Y ,> Physiolans have been ordered to ' a> be in readiness for the wounded ' V and the opinion is general that an ' ts attack will be made. The Da1 Ls. management is gradually losing its ' .A effect and the insurrectos are de- < t< terrnined to fight.
 
 E Paso, Tex, May S.--Insubordination Tn the ranks of General Madero's army and lust for the fight of which federal concessions apparently had deprived them caused a fierce attack on Juarez which eliminated tonight in careful retreat of the insurrectos after day or con- tinuous skirmishing
 The 15o rebels who early today opened fire on the federals not only captured some of the important outposts, but car ried the fighting into Juarez. Failing to ret reinforcements they retired
 The casualties of the insurrectos and federaIs are not known tonight, but i've persons on the American side of the line were killed and at least 12 wounded Thousands of people in El Paso dotted roof tops or lined the river banks in di- rect line of fire. Colonel Steever Of the Fourth United States cavalry protested to both armies against the fire into American territory and it lessened con- siderably thereafter
 Nearly 1000 American troops were massed on the border keeping crowds back and ready to respond to any orders from Washington.
 Tonight couriers galloped back ana forth in an effort to arrange an armistice Sd that peace negotiatlry. Smight be re su1ned General FraX S st' At2neru, si,' is a sad and rowp-t Q Ed man Ills of- forts to prevent 2 stseneral attack were successful bu6 <dly after he had been bonbardeG wicn conflicting stories es 'o the actual cause of the conflict
 General Madero tonight thought that rer.arks attributed to Colonel Tambourel of the federal garrison in Juarez tauht- ing the insurrectos, incensed them. Tn statement. General Madero genuinely re- gretted the occurrence.
 The fight lasted until dark and Turn fshed many a thrilling spectacle as well . es continuous terror for many Ameri- cans living along the river bank.
 Rebels Sneak Closer
 About a dozen insurrectos were seen 10 emerge from the barren hills around 1uarez early in the day. They skulked along through the shrubbery toward the federal outposts firing repeatedly at souad of federals cooped up In an adobe house.
 The version of the affair given at the Madero headquarters tonight is that the federals began the engagement.
 Al any rate the federals soon left their sdohe stronghold and fled, pursued by The insurrectos. At the head of the ln- surrecto hand was a Canadian, ". H. Mckenzie. whose pink shirt was plainly visible as he pressed close to Juarez.
 At the few first shots two federals toppled over. Soon the federais anan. doned their trenches and the rebels tirea s,tarm,ttentlv for a few hours without advancing. At last, about o'clock m inc afternoon, the federals brought their artillery into action and heavy cannon ading began.
 Vhe federals gauged their fire well and not only shot shrapnel into the insur- recto advance, but far into the ouuyns Sorces of the insurrecto camp near "Peace Grace" where the peace commis- eioners were to have met today. Ihe 1nsurrectos, however took advantage or the river bank and used 1t Tor protec, tion as the federals had been ordered not to shoot Into Fl Paso.
 They came as far as Atchison, TO peka and Santa Fe railroad priose' wiii.n so,ns Juarez and Fl Paso, driving the Sedarals hack into town and taking pos session of the custom houses.
 Carrying the fight into Juarez the rebels entered the town and for four hours kept ,,n continuous fire. Insurrecto reinforce ments reached the bridge later in the aft ernoon. but did not fire. They withdrew at night under orders from their chiefs.
 Americans in Attack
 Not a few Americans were among those ~,,ho entered Juarez. The first person ki,,ed on the American side of the line ras Antonio Garcia, who was standing h,s inc side of the Associated Press cor respondent about 200 yards from the ad- i, lvancing insurrectos across the riVer. woman sitting on a porch recelVed a pull let in her abdomen and another HI hef wrist
 About 6 o'clock tonight two unidentified Amer,cans were killed near the Santa Fe station The name of one whas supposed to he Camp, and his home is said to nave been in Nebraska. while the other had on his nerson a memorandum reading: k. 6. Ferguson, Troop F, San Francisco
 The names of the others killed nave not been learned. Glenn Cheesman of Shreve- port, La, Mrs. Joseph Morehead, Ed mund Heaton and Luis Villalobas of El ' Paso were among those wounded, but not I fatally.s ..a,
 There is occasional firing tonight in Juarez, but General Navarro is In com plete command.
 In the main insurrecto camp today con- fusion reigned. Orders were given for a general attack but they were counter manded. It was argued by some of the chiefs that small detachment had made such progress 1t was the duty of the rest of the army to reinforce them.
 General Madero wavered in his decision but finally decided to stand by his prom ise of last night not to attack the city Flags of truce suffered during the day, an insurrecto who bore one having been shot from his horse. Those who were irving to persuade General Madero to make general attack. 1t Is said. reported \ That the federals had fired on the truce bearer, but this has not been confirmed D At 915 o'clock an automobile bearing a nag of truce started from the Madero